Microsoft Fabric Architect / Administrator

Microsoft Fabric Architect / Administrator

Work Location: PA (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 Months

Job Overview

STAFFXPERT is looking for an experienced Microsoft Fabric Architect / Administrator to lead the implementation, governance, and optimization of an enterprise-wide Microsoft Fabric ecosystem. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure Synapse, Databricks, data architecture, governance, and cloud-based analytics solutions.

This role requires strong leadership, client interaction, offshore coordination, and hands-on technical expertise in Fabric administration, security, performance optimization, and modern data engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

Administration & Governance

Configure, manage, and audit Microsoft Fabric tenant settings across the organization.

Ensure security compliance, feature governance, and platform standardization.

Monitor and optimize Fabric Capacity (F-SKU) usage using Capacity Metrics applications.

Implement scaling strategies to optimize platform performance and cost.

Manage and enforce: RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)

Row-Level Security (RLS)

Object-Level Security (OLS)

Integrate Microsoft Purview for: Data discovery

Data lineage

Compliance and governance

Configure and manage DLP (Data Loss Prevention) policies to protect sensitive enterprise data.

Integrate Fabric with Azure Log Analytics for: Monitoring

Alerting

Auditing

Trend analysis

Identify and resolve noisy neighbor workloads, throttling, and performance bottlenecks.

Establish Power BI governance standards and conduct training sessions for business users and non-IT teams.

Architecture & Engineering Responsibilities

Design and implement enterprise Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) using: Fabric Lakehouses

Warehouses

Provide architectural oversight and best practices to optimize Fabric capacity utilization.

Develop orchestration and integration solutions using: Data Factory Pipelines

Dataflows Gen2

Design and manage connectivity between Microsoft Fabric and external/SaaS data sources.

Utilize Shortcuts to reduce unnecessary data duplication.

Optimize semantic models for DirectLake mode to support near real-time reporting.

Establish CI/CD pipelines using Git integration for Dev, Test, and Production deployments.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Experience

10+ years of experience in Data Architecture or Data Engineering.

Minimum 1-2 years of hands-on Microsoft Fabric experience.

Strong experience with: Power BI

Azure Synapse

Databricks

Technical Skills

Microsoft Fabric Administration

OneLake Architecture

PySpark / Notebooks

T-SQL

DAX

Delta Lake

Data Governance & Security

Azure Log Analytics

Data Factory Pipelines

Dataflows Gen2

Power BI Administration & Governance

CI/CD & Git Integration

Data Strategy

Proven expertise in designing enterprise OneLake architectures to eliminate data silos and support unified analytics platforms.

Preferred Certifications

DP-600: Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate

AZ-305: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Top 3 Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate Microsoft Fabric architecture and administration initiatives.

Manage offshore teams and client communication effectively.

Ensure platform scalability, governance, security, and operational flexibility.