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This role provides architectural leadership across Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Data Warehouses, Lakehouses, Azure Data Factory, Fabric Data Factory, SQL Server, and enterprise integration platforms. Our engineering organization has adopted Specification-Driven Development (SDD) as a core delivery discipline, and AI is a strategic priority.\nPosition Purpose\nDefine enterprise data architecture strategy, design scalable and governable platforms, establish standards and best practices, provide architectural leadership for Microsoft Fabric adoption, support modernization initiatives, and enable AI-ready data foundations.\nKey Responsibilities\nDevelop and maintain the enterprise data architecture roadmap.\nEstablish target-state architectures for analytics, reporting, AI, and operational workloads.\nLead Microsoft Fabric architecture and governance including OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Fabric Data Factory, semantic models, and security.\nDefine standards for dimensional modeling, Data Vault, fact and dimension design, and slowly changing dimensions.\nEstablish ETL/ELT architecture standards across Azure Data Factory, Fabric Data Factory, SSIS, and Pentaho.\nCreate governance frameworks for data quality, lineage, metadata, security, privacy, and compliance.\nDefine AI-ready data architecture patterns and support AI, machine learning, and generative AI initiatives.\nConduct architecture reviews, mentor engineers, and establish reference architectures.\nPromote Specification-Driven Development and architecture-first practices.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.\n8+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, data warehousing, or analytics.\n3+ years in a senior architecture or technical leadership role.\nExperience designing enterprise-scale cloud data platforms and modernization initiatives.\nRequired Technical Skills\nMicrosoft Fabric\nAzure Data Factory\nFabric Data Factory\nSQL Server\nAzure Data Lake Storage\nOneLake\nEnterprise Data Architecture\nDimensional Modeling\nData Vault\nETL/ELT Architecture\nCDC\nData Governance\nMetadata Management\nAdvanced SQL and T-SQL\nPreferred Qualifications\nAzure Synapse Analytics\nSpark and PySpark\nPower BI\nInfrastructure as Code\nCI/CD for data platforms\nAI and machine learning platform experience\nEnterprise architecture governance experience\nSpecification-Driven Development experience\nLegacy Platform Experience (Beneficial)\nQlik Replicate\nQlik Compose\nSSIS\nPentaho Data Integration\nLegacy data warehouse modernization\nHybrid cloud and on-premises architectures\nKnowledge & Competencies\nEnterprise architecture principles\nData platform modernization\nData products and data mesh concepts\nLakehouse architectures\nHybrid cloud architectures\nStrong stakeholder management and communication skills\nStrategic technology planning and roadmap development\nSuccess Criteria\nDefine and execute enterprise data architecture strategy.\nEstablish Microsoft Fabric as the strategic analytics platform.\nCreate reusable architecture patterns.\nImprove enterprise data quality, governance, security, and reliability.\nStandardize warehousing, ETL/ELT, and analytics architecture practices.\nEnable scalable AI and advanced analytics solutions.\nDeliver architecture standards through disciplined SDD practices.\nLead modernization from legacy environments to Microsoft Fabric.\nWork on a team leading in the adoption of Microsoft Fabric and AI-enabled data engineering capabilities.\nPreferred Certifications\nMicrosoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate\nAzure Solutions Architect Expert\nAzure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203)\nAzure Fundamentals (AZ-900)\nTOGAF\nCDMP\nJob Family\nData & Analytics Architecture\nLevel\nPrincipal / Lead Individual Contributor\nReports To\nDirector, Product Software Engineering\nOur Interview Practices\nTo maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you-not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.\nApplicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.\nCompensation:\n$107,500.00 - $188,400.00 USDThis role is eligible for Bonus.Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. 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