Principal Architect (Lakehouse – Microsoft Fabric/OneLake)

Position: Principal Architect (Lakehouse – Microsoft Fabric/OneLake) Location: Denver, CO – Onsite Duration: Contract/Full Time Please look for candidates with integration experience between multiple systems like Data, Workday, and other technologies. Job Description: • Own the target medallion architecture on OneLake and lead the evaluation and recommendation of Microsoft Fabric versus Azure Databricks, with a documented decision record and rationale. • Define and enforce the architectural standards, patterns, and conventions all workstreams follow — one architecture, one standard. • Provide technical leadership to the reverse engineers, system SMEs and AI/ML engineer, reviewing entity models, mappings and pipeline designs for consistency and quality. • Design the Data Backbone (DNA) — the lightweight master-data layer of governed crosswalk keys — and the lightweight MDM approach that sustains it. • Design the data-quality gate framework, KPI certification model with confidence scoring, lineage and observability approach, and SLA-breach monitoring across the medallion layers. • Codify the repeatable Bronze → Gold method into reusable templates and reference implementations that can be re-run system by system, working with the AI/ML Engineer on automation. • Lead the technical governance interface with Client architecture, security, and platform teams, including Purview catalog and glossary design and Power BI / Fabric Data Agent enablement over certified Gold data. • Own traceability and auditability of data on its path to Gold and define the technical operating model for the ongoing DataOps service handed over at programme close. • Contribute to hypercare and to knowledge transfer into the permanent Client team.