Fabric Technical Architect

Fabric Technical Architect

Rate - £600 Outside IR35

Duration - 4 Months

Location - London (Twice a week on site)

A client of ours are looking for a Microsoft Fabric Technical Architect to join a multi-Year improvement programme.

As part of the 'Core Delivery Team' you will be responsible for the solution designs, recommendation of the appropriate technologies, and that functional / non-functional requirements are being met translating user stories to backlog delivery. You will work with the delivery teams guiding on solution quality, integration and business value. You'll be consulted on changes in Operating model and how technology can support / be a dependency to the success of the change.

• Work with the Bank's IT Architecture Team as a Core Project Team member to shape the business case/project initiation document.
• Participate in workshops, providing quality assurance and gathering requirements to shape project deliverables.
• Understand the Bank's As-Is Infrastructure components, e.g.
  • Authentication
  • User management
  • Integration
  • Migration options
• Formulate and document project technology artefacts that help to articulate the desired direction of travel:
  • Design principles and policies
  • Requirements (Functional and Non-Functional)
  • Technical standards
  • Key Decisions
  • Solution briefs, high-level and low-level designs
  • Architecture Board Presentations

Experience

• Experience in choosing, designing, and implementing MS Fabric technologies in a financial organisation or a consultancy position.
• At least 3 years of experience in Solution Architecture, or a SME-related role, with a strong focus on financial tech.
• Proven experience as an MS Fabric Data Architect or similar role. Must be a Data and AI solutions partner with Microsoft or higher.
• Demonstrate design expertise of the Fabric platform in terms of environment sizing, Dev Ops, source control, and production readiness.
• Demonstrate expertise in Medallion architecture and Lakehouse, with a recommended data modelling strategy focused on self-service reporting and ETL.
• Demonstrate expertise in creating visualisations and dashboards.
• Demonstrate expertise with canned reporting, pixel-perfect reporting, bursting, and flat reporting.
• Proven experience in delivering architecture through the full delivery lifecycle.
• Strong knowledge of data dimensional modelling.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Data Services, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI and Synapse Analytics.
• Hands-on experience Utilize DAX, T-SQL, PowerShell, C#, and Python for analytics development.