Data Architect || Minneapolis, MN || Long Term

Position: Data Architect

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota - Onsite

Duration: 12 Months

Role Overview

Lead the architectural design of a scalable, domain-aligned Microsoft Fabric data foundation supporting ingestion, transformation, governance, and analytics use cases.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement Fabric-based Medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold)

• Design workspace and environment strategy (Dev/Test/Prod)

• Establish ingestion standards and Silver layer transformation patterns

• Define partitioning and performance strategies for large datasets (700M+ records)

• Design security and access control model (including sensitive workforce data)

• Align governance baseline with monitoring and Purview integration

• Provide architectural oversight for semantic modeling

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in data architecture roles

• Deep expertise in Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Lake, or Lakehouse architectures

• Experience designing scalable ingestion frameworks

• Strong knowledge of data modeling and performance optimization

• Experience implementing governance controls in enterprise data platforms

• Ability to translate business objectives into technical blueprints