AIVION Limited
Microsoft Fabric Data Architect / Lead – Manchester (Outside IR35 Contract )
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Experienced Microsoft Fabric Data Architect / Lead
Location: Manchester
Working arrangement: Hybrid – two days per week in the Manchester office
Contract: Outside IR35
About the Role
The client requires a senior Microsoft Fabric specialist who can assess the current environment, strengthen its architecture and governance, implement practical improvements, and build a well-controlled and sustainable internal capability.
Key Responsibilities
- Reviewing the existing Microsoft Fabric environment, data lake, and associated datasets
- Assessing the current architecture and identifying technical, governance, and control gaps
- Reviewing how data is acquired, ingested, stored, transformed, and made available to business users
- Establishing appropriate governance across data quality, ownership, access, security, and ongoing platform management
- Defining clear standards and controls for the continued development of the Microsoft Fabric environment
- Identifying opportunities to automate data acquisition, ingestion, and movement
- Ensuring the environment is structured to support the internal insights team and wider business stakeholders
- Providing guidance on how new datasets should be assessed, introduced, and managed
- Working closely with the existing technology, data, and insights teams
- Supporting and developing a permanent Data Engineer who has strong general data and Python experience but limited direct Microsoft Fabric exposure
- Transferring knowledge and capability throughout the assignment
- Completing a structured handover so the permanent resource and internal team can manage the environment confidently
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- Strong, hands-on Microsoft Fabric experience
- A solid background in data engineering and data architecture
- Experience designing, reviewing, or improving data lake environments
- Strong knowledge of data governance, data quality, ownership, security, and access controls
- Experience across data ingestion, transformation, automation, and distribution
- The ability to assess an existing environment quickly and translate findings into a practical delivery plan
- Previous experience mentoring and developing permanent team members
- A delivery-focused approach, with the ability to create a sustainable solution and strengthen internal capability
If you are interested and your experience aligns with the requirement, please share your latest profile at munish.dhall@aivion.ai.
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