Data Architect – Microsoft Fabric Focus
Minor Hotels Europe and Americas
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Lisboa • Portugal
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About the role
- Lead data platform architecture initiatives end-to-end, from discovery and design to implementation and operationalization
- Define target architectures based on Microsoft Fabric components (e.g., OneLake, Lakehouse/Warehouse, Data Engineering, Data Factory, Real-Time Analytics, Power BI)
- Guide project delivery teams through architecture decisions, trade-offs, and technical problem solving to ensure quality and scalability
- Design data integration patterns (batch/streaming), including ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and ELT/ETL best practices
- Establish data modeling standards (dimensional, data vault, domain-oriented) and patterns for analytics-ready datasets
- Drive governance, security, and compliance architecture (IAM/RBAC, data privacy, lineage, cataloging, and monitoring)
- Define and implement DevOps/DataOps and CI/CD practices for Fabric workloads (versioning, testing, deployment pipelines)
- Support pre-sales and commercial initiatives: contribute to solutioning, estimations, proposals, and client workshops; translate requirements into architecture and roadmap
- Collaborate with broader cloud and data ecosystem teams (Azure services, integration platforms) to deliver coherent solutions
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or modern data platform delivery
- Proven experience designing and implementing solutions on Microsoft Fabric and/or modern Azure data services
- Strong knowledge of Lakehouse architecture, data warehousing, and analytics patterns
- Data integration/orchestration, performance optimization, and cost control
- Data governance and security by design (privacy, access control, auditing, lineage)
- Experience with CI/CD and automation for data platforms (Azure DevOps/GitHub, IaC is a plus)
- Comfortable engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Fluency in Portuguese and English (spoken and written)
- Microsoft certifications (e.g., Fabric, Azure Data Engineer/Architect)
- Experience with data governance tooling (Purview or similar)
Benefits
- Flexibility enables a better work-life balance
- Health and Life insurance
- Referral program with bonuses for talent recommendations and other fringe benefits
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Hard skills
data architecturedata engineeringdata integrationdata transformationdata modelingDevOpsDataOpsCI/CDELTETL
Soft skills
problem solvingcollaborationcommunicationstakeholder engagementleadership
Certifications
Microsoft Fabric certificationAzure Data Engineer certificationAzure Data Architect certification