Director, Data Platform

Intercare Holdings Insurance Services

Director of Data Platform overseeing Azure Fabric at AvonRisk, a risk management provider. Leading data architecture and team through a 6-month build and ongoing platform management.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeRemote • California, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $190,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureBigQueryCloudTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the Azure Fabric architecture end-to-end: workspace topology, OneLake / Iceberg storage strategy, dev/test/prod separation, capacity sizing, governance
Lead a 4-person surge team (Data Architect, two Data Engineers, Business Analyst) through a 6-month build
Define the Bronze ? Silver ? Semantic layered architecture, with a Gold semantic schema expressed in AvonRisk business terms so reports, dashboards, and AI models survive future claims-platform migrations
Drive the Fabric Mirroring validation for our claims system and design the ADF fallback where Mirroring isn't viable
Architect multi-tenant PHI security: client-segregated PHI workspace + masked cross-tenant analytics layer, with RLS and Fabric secure data sharing for client portal access
Stand up the customer-facing analytics portal (Power BI Embedded or Fabric-native) with a 10+ client pilot live by end of Month 6
Establish data catalog, lineage, DQ, and governance using Microsoft Purview and Fabric-native tools
Operate the platform as a permanent capability — uptime, performance, capacity, cost
Onboard additional source systems as AvonRisk grows through acquisition and new programs
Build the AI/ML feature foundation that underpins our agent roadmap
Collaborate closely with product builders, claims operations, and client-facing teams to keep the semantic model aligned with business needs

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of hands-on data platform work, including 3+ years on a modern cloud lakehouse or warehouse (Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, or Synapse)
Production Azure Fabric experience preferred — alternatively, deep Azure data experience (Synapse, ADF, ADLS Gen 2, Power BI Premium) and a credible plan to come up to speed on Fabric in week one
Power BI semantic modeling at depth — DAX, dataset design, Direct Lake mode, Row-Level Security
Modern data engineering posture: DBT (or equivalent — SQLMesh, Coalesce) for transformation engineering · data testing frameworks (dbt tests, Great Expectations) · ADF, Fabric Pipelines, or equivalent orchestration · CI/CD for data · infrastructure as code (Bicep / Terraform) · Git-based workflows for analytics code
Dimensional modeling judgment — when to denormalize, when to conform, when to wait
Strategic data product thinking.
Excellent written communication.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
Company contributions to HSA and FSA plans
Employer paid life and disability insurance
401(k) with company match
Paid time off (PTO) and company paid holidays
Learning and development opportunities that support real career advancement
Employee assistance resources and a supportive culture that values balance and wellbeing

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Hard Skills & Tools

Azure Fabricdata platformcloud lakehousePower BIDAXDBTdata testing frameworksCI/CDinfrastructure as codedimensional modeling

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationcollaborationstrategic thinking