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