We are looking for a visionary technical leader to build and define our Microsoft Fabric Practice.
As the Data Engineering Practice Lead you will be the primary architect of our Modern Data Platform strategy. You will master the entire Fabric ecosystemfrom OneLake foundations to Real-Time Intelligenceand lead the commercial charge to migrate our clients to this unified SaaS platform.
You will work in lock-step with the Data Visualization Practice Lead providing the high-performance architecture (Direct Lake Lakehouse) that fuels their dashboards.
1. Practice Strategy & Commercial Growth
Fabric GTM Strategy: Define our service offerings for Fabric Modernization including migrations from legacy SQL/Synapse/SSIS to the Fabric SaaS ecosystem.
Pre-Sales & Architecture: Lead technical discovery sessions design end-to-end Lakehouse architectures and write technical proposals (SOWs) for large-scale data initiatives.
Evangelism: Act as the Face of Fabric for Devoteam showcasing the power of a unified data platform to C-Level clients.
2. End-to-End Fabric Architecture
OneLake & Governance: Architect the storage foundation using OneLake (shortcuts mirroring) and govern it using Microsoft Purview (domains lineage endorsement).
Data Integration (ETL/ELT): Master Data Factory (Pipelines and Dataflows Gen2) to orchestrate complex data movement at petabyte scale.
Engineering & Warehousing: Define standards for Synapse Data Engineering (Lakehouses Spark Notebooks) and Synapse Data Warehouse (T-SQL).
Real-Time & AI: Lead the adoption of cutting-edge features like Real-Time Intelligence (Eventstreams KQL Databases) and Data Activator to build event-driven data apps.
3. Team Leadership & Standards
Engineering Rigor: Enforce software engineering best practices for data: CI/CD for Fabric items Git integration for notebooks and rigorous PySpark code reviews.
Mentorship: Upskill a team of Data Engineers transitioning them from traditional SQL/SSIS roles to modern Spark/Fabric roles.
Qualifications :
Must-Have Technical Mastery (The Full Stack Fabric Expert):
Core Compute: Deep expertise in Synapse Data Engineering (PySpark Delta Lake optimization) and Synapse Data Warehouse (T-SQL performance tuning).
Integration: Mastery of Data Factory pipelines and the ability to design complex orchestration logic.
Storage: A deep understanding of OneLake architecture including Shortcuts to external sources (AWS ADLS Gen2) and Mirroring databases.
Real-Time: Hands-on experience with Real-Time Intelligence (KQL Eventstreams) for IoT or live-streaming use cases.
AI & Data Science: Familiarity with Copilot in Fabric to accelerate coding and Synapse Data Science for model training (MLflow).
Collaboration & Integration:
The Power BI Handshake: You understand exactly how to optimize a Lakehouse for Direct Lake mode so your Data Viz colleagues get blazing-fast performance without data duplication.
Soft Skills:
Consulting Authority: You can walk into a room with a CIO and explain why they should move from a dedicated SQL Server to a Fabric Lakehouse.
Problem Solver: You are comfortable debugging everything from a failed Spark job to a permission issue in OneLake.
Success Metrics
Revenue: Growth of the Fabric practice through new implementation and migration projects.
Innovation: Successful delivery of a flagship project utilizing Advanced Fabric features (Real-Time or Data Science).
Efficiency: Reduction in data latency and cost-to-serve for our clients via optimized Fabric capacities.
Additional Information :
The Devoteam Group works for equal opportunities promoting its employees based on merit and actively fights against all forms of discrimination. We are convinced that diversity contributes to the creativity dynamism and excellence of our organization. All of our vacancies are open to people with disabilities.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
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