Job Title: Fabric Architect

EXL is looking for a Fabric Architect who is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing an enterprise-wide data fabric architecture leveraging Microsoft Fabric (or equivalent cloud data fabric solutions).This role focuses on building a unified, scalable, and secure data platform that integrates data ingestion, transformation, governance, analytics, and AI workloads across multiple business domains.

Responsibilities

Define and implement end-to-end data fabric architecture using Microsoft Fabric components (Data Factory, Synapse, Power BI, OneLake, Lakehouse).

Design data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration frameworks supporting both batch and real-time data integration.

Develop metadata-driven ingestion, audit, balance, and control frameworks to ensure data consistency and traceability.

Architect semantic data models and analytical layers for enterprise-wide KPIs, reporting, and AI enablement.

Create data modeling standards and blueprints for dimensional, logical, and physical models (Star/Snowflake schemas).





Lead design and implementation of data pipelines and integration patterns using Python, SQL, Spark, and Fabric Data Factory.

Oversee data ingestion from structured, semi-structured, and unstructured sources into the Fabric Lakehouse or Warehouse.

Ensure data quality, lineage, and metadata management across all data domains.

Integrate Fabric platform with Azure and other cloud ecosystems for unified data access

Define and implement data governance policies, metadata management, and cataloging using Microsoft Purview or Fabric-native capabilities.

Ensure compliance with enterprise and regulatory standards (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2, etc.).

Implement row-level and column-level security, encryption, and access control frameworks.

Establish data lifecycle management and retention strategies

Collaborate with business and analytics teams to define KPIs, semantic models, and reporting frameworks.

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📌 Cloud - Architect-Architecture-Cloud Architecture (Bengaluru)
🏢 EXL
📍 Bengaluru