Senior Digital Consulting Manager – Azure Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Design and create cloud analytic solutions utilizing Microsoft Fabric, the broader Azure data estate, and a modern data and analytics platform architecture.

• Take ownership of the complete architecture encompassing data ingestion, transformation, data science, semantic modeling, and the reporting and application experience.

• Ensure compliance with best practices and standards regarding security, scalability, reliability, performance, and compliance.

• Document and convey the platform architecture to internal teams, technical stakeholders, and executive sponsors.

• Develop and enhance frameworks and accelerators, including starter domain models, declarative environment patterns, governed metric libraries, automated reviews, and guardrails.

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across various capability areas, business sectors, and technology partners.

• Oversee project delivery workstreams and teams across the platform.

• Contribute directly to business development by shaping the platform architecture into a marketable, repeatable offering.

• Convert business requirements into technical specifications while collaborating with stakeholders and clients.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in cloud data architecture, with extensive, up-to-date expertise in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric.

• Strong understanding of Azure services, including Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Storage Accounts, Logic Apps, Functions, Azure SQL Database, Active Directory, DevOps, and Monitor.

• In-depth knowledge of Fabric workloads such as Power BI, Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Semantic Model, Data Factory pipelines, Dataflows Gen2, Notebooks, Data Activator, Deployment Pipelines, Workspaces, and Apps.

• Proficiency in platform governance, security, infrastructure-as-code, and orchestration disciplines.

• Skilled in cloud architecture design patterns and principles, such as microservices, serverless, and event-driven architecture, specifically applied to data platforms.

• Experience leading end-to-end cloud migration, integration, and deployment projects across multiple clients or programs.

• Certification in Microsoft Azure or Fabric, such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Fabric Analytics Engineer, or Azure Data Engineer Associate.

• Proven experience mentoring technical teams and leading delivery workstreams.

• A track record of contributing to business development and fostering client relationships.

• Exceptional communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual incentive compensation program

• Medical coverage

• Dental coverage

• Vision coverage

• Other wellness programs