Role Summary Avanade India's Data & AI practice is looking for a Microsoft Fabric Architect to drive presales solutioning and technical architecture for modern data estate, data lake, data warehouse, and data migration engagements built on Microsoft Fabric, stepping into delivery leadership as engagements require. This is a client-facing role for someone who enjoys shaping opportunities as much as solving hard architecture problems - from client workshops and proposal-stage solutioning through to guiding implementation teams when needed. Key Responsibilities Lead presales solutioning for Microsoft Fabric opportunities - architecture proposals, effort estimation, solution demos, and client workshops - partnering with account and practice leadership on pursuits. Design end-to-end Microsoft Fabric solution architectures, including OneLake, Lakehouse/Warehouse, Data Factory (Fabric), Real-Time Intelligence, and Power BI-based semantic and reporting layers. Define data platform strategy, target-state architecture, and migration roadmaps in collaboration with client stakeholders. Architect modern data estate builds - data lake, data warehouse, and lakehouse patterns - including migrations from legacy platforms (on-prem warehouses, Synapse, Databricks, Snowflake, or other cloud data platforms) to Fabric. Step into delivery as needed to provide technical leadership on active engagements: solution design, architecture governance, design reviews,



performance and cost optimization, and production readiness. Establish data architecture standards, security/governance models (Purview, Fabric workspace governance, data lineage), and CI/CD practices for Fabric-based delivery. Act as a trusted technical advisor to client stakeholders, translating business requirements into scalable, well-governed data architectures. Mentor data engineers and architects on project teams; contribute to reusable accelerators and IP for the practice. Stay current with the Fabric roadmap and broader Microsoft data platform ecosystem, bringing recent capabilities into client proposals and solutions. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. Avanade is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women. Please read Avanade's Hiring and Privacy Statement for more information on how we process your data during the Recruiting and Hiring process.

📌 Microsoft Fabric Architect (Bengaluru)
🏢 Avanade
📍 Bengaluru