Senior Data Engineer

Role Overview

Senior Data Engineer / Microsoft Fabric Architect-Engineer to support an enterprise public-sector analytics modernization initiative for a remote (U.S.) client. You will assess, design, implement, and optimize Microsoft Fabric capabilities, establishing scalable architecture, governance, and enterprise best practices.

Responsibilities

• Microsoft Fabric Architecture: Validate and design Fabric architecture (tenant configuration, workspaces, capacities, domains, OneLake, Power BI integration).
• Data Engineering: Build reusable ingestion, transformation, and orchestration patterns using Fabric Data Factory, Dataflows Gen2, Notebooks, and Lakehouses/Warehouses.
• Enterprise Analytics Design: Design scalable Lakehouse/Warehouse patterns, semantic models, Direct Lake, and enterprise reporting; implement medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) where appropriate.
• Integration: Support integration with enterprise apps/APIs, operational systems, Microsoft 365, Azure services, and file-based sources.
• Governance & Administration: Define Fabric governance standards including RBAC, tenant/workspace administration, sensitivity labels, endorsements, and lineage; integrate with Microsoft Purview.
• Performance & Capacity Optimization: Capacity sizing/workload placement; optimize refresh, query performance, storage utilization, and cost; build monitoring/alerts/runbooks.
• DevOps & Deployment: Establish source control and deployment/release management; define environment promotion processes and documentation/naming conventions for pipelines, notebooks, semantic models, reports, datasets, and Fabric objects.
• Knowledge Transfer: Run technical workshops; produce documentation (architecture, governance, operational procedures) and communicate recommendations/risks to stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and implementing Microsoft data & analytics platforms.
• Hands-on Microsoft Fabric experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, OneLake, Lakehouse/Warehouse, Fabric Data Factory or Azure Data Factory, semantic models, and Direct Lake.
• Strong SQL skills and scalable data pipeline experience.
• Experience implementing governance, security, and deployment standards.
• Git-based source control and CI/CD practices.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure Synapse Analytics.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview.
• Experience with Delta Lake, Spark, or PySpark.
• Experience implementing enterprise data governance frameworks.
• Microsoft Fabric or Microsoft Azure certifications.
• Consulting experience delivering architecture assessments and implementation roadmaps.

Contract & Work Details

• Remote (U.S.)
• Pay: $70–$75/hour
• Duration: 3-month contract with potential extension
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM MT

Deliverables

• Microsoft Fabric technical assessment
• Enterprise reference architecture
• Implementation roadmap
• Governance & operating model/processes