Enterprise Fabric Architect/Microsoft Fabric

Ciklum is looking for a Enterprise Fabric Architect/Microsoft Fabric to join our team full-time in the US .

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Enterprise Fabric Architect/Microsoft Fabric, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow.

We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Fabric Architect to lead architecture strategy, onboarding standards, and platform governance for a large-scale Microsoft Fabric enterprise data acquisition and operationalization program.

The role will focus on defining scalable architecture patterns for onboarding enterprise data into Microsoft Fabric Bronze and Silver layers while enabling downstream analytics, reporting, semantic modeling, and AI initiatives.

The Enterprise Fabric Architect will act as the primary architecture authority for the Fabric platform and will drive enterprise-wide standards for ingestion, operationalization, governance, metadata, lineage, and reusable onboarding frameworks.

This role requires deep expertise in modern cloud data platforms, enterprise architecture, data engineering, governance frameworks, and large-scale platform operationalization.

Responsibilities:

12–18 years overall experience with at least 7+ years in Enterprise Data Architecture, Cloud Data Platforms, Data Engineering, or Analytics Architecture

Enterprise Architecture

Define enterprise-wide MS Fabric strategy, onboarding standards, scalable architecture patterns for data acquisition and operationalization

Drive architecture governance across Medallion layers ensuring consistency through reusable ingestion frameworks and templates

Lead technical reviews, establishing rigorous standards for scalability, resiliency, security, performance across all squads

MS Fabric Architecture

Architect Lakehouse, Warehouse, OneLake, semantic enablement layers to support enterprise-scale analytics and AI initiatives

Standardize ingestion pipelines and reusable data products, optimizing platform stability and operational efficiency through expert design

Operationalize master data onboarding and source system integration, ensuring architectural alignment with downstream reporting and modeling needs

Data Governance & Standards

Establish governance frameworks for metadata, lineage, and ownership, implementing "governance-lite" guardrails that balance delivery speed with enterprise controls

Define observability and monitoring standards to ensure data quality and architectural compliance with security and regulatory policies

Stakeholder Management

Serve as primary advisor for data transformation initiatives, partnering with executive leadership to define the strategic roadmap

Align architecture with delivery, align with DMs to bridge strategy with execution while mentoring Architects, Engineers, Data Modelers

Requirements:

Strategic Leadership: Proven experience designing and leading enterprise-scale Cloud Data Platforms and Data Engineering architectures

Architectural Mastery: Expert-level knowledge of Microsoft Fabric, modern Lakehouse architectures, and Medallion Architecture principles

Operational Excellence: Skilled in building scalable onboarding frameworks, managing metadata/lineage, and implementing robust operational controls

Executive Communication: Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to lead discussions at the executive level

Technical Stack

Platforms: Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse), Azure Synapse, Snowflake, and Databricks

Data Engineering: Delta Lake, Spark, dbt, and Azure Data Factory

Governance & DevOps: Microsoft Purview, Metadata frameworks, CI/CD, and DataOps practices.

Modeling: Power BI Semantic Models

Key Success Measures

Onboarding & Adoption: Successful integration of enterprise datasets into Fabric and high adoption of Silver-layer datasets by domain teams

Standardization: High reuse of onboarding patterns and consistent architecture across all squads and domains

Performance: Enhanced platform scalability, operational stability, and a measurable reduction in onboarding cycle times

Compliance: Strict adherence to enterprise governance and metadata standards

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology

What’s in it for you?

Strong community: Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment

Growth focus: Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise

Tailored learning: Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications

Endless opportunities: Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies

Care: Healthcare, Basic Life Insurance, Short and Long-term disability insurance according to the Company’s Benefit Plans

About us:

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress. In the US, Ciklum is growing fast—inviting experienced professionals to lead digital transformation alongside Fortune 500 clients. Be part of a company where innovation and impact go hand in hand.

Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!

Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.

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