Solution Architect

Role Overview:

We are looking for a Solution Architect Data & Analytics to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale analytics platforms on the Microsoft ecosystem. This role is balanced between delivery and pre-sales (50:50) and requires strong technical depth, architectural thinking, and people leadership skills.

The ideal candidate has been hands-on earlier in their career and now operates effectively at an architecture, client-facing, and team leadership level.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Solution Architecture & Delivery (50%)

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for data and analytics programs.
• Design architectures using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Services, Databricks, and dbt.
• Define lakehouse and medallion architectures (Bronze/Silver/Gold).
• Establish data modeling strategies.
• Review technical designs and ensure scalability, security, and cost optimization.

Pre-Sales & Client Engagement (50%)

• Lead solutioning for proposals and RFPs.
• Conduct architecture workshops and whiteboarding sessions.
• Support estimations and delivery approach definition.

Technical Leadership & People Management

• Mentor and guide data engineers.
• Participate in hiring and capability building.
• Resolve escalations and provide architectural direction.

Governance, Security & Quality

• Design governance-aligned architectures.
• Implement security using Azure RBAC, Purview, Unity Catalog, and Fabric security.
• Define data quality frameworks and MDM patterns.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years in data & analytics engineering or architecture
• Strong Azure Data Platform experience
• Microsoft Fabric solution design
• Databricks & Delta Lake
• dbt working knowledge
• SQL & Python
• Client-facing experience

Industry Experience

- Mandatory: Experience in either Healthcare, Manufacturing, or Finance

Soft Skills & Leadership

• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Ability to explain complex architectures
• People management and mentoring skills

Nice-to-Have

• Microsoft certifications
• Power BI semantic modeling
• CI/CD for analytics platforms