Microsoft Fabric Architect

Company Description

"Talan is an international consulting and technology expertise group that supports and accelerates the digital transformation of its clients through the levers of technology, data, and innovation.

For over 20 years, Talan has been advising and supporting companies and public institutions in defining and implementing their transformation and innovation projects in Switzerland and internationally.

Present on 5 continents in 21 countries, the Group, certified Great Place To Work, has more than 7000 employees.

Equipped with a Research and Innovation Center, Talan places innovation at the heart of its development and operates in areas of technological change such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Intelligence, Blockchain, to serve the growth of large groups and mid-sized companies in a committed and responsible approach.

By placing "Positive Innovation" at the heart of its strategy, Talan is convinced that it is by serving humans that technology amplifies its impact on society as a whole.

Job Description

We are looking for a Microsoft Fabric Architect to strengthen our Data team and support our clients in the design, industrialization, and evolution of modern data platforms based on the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem.
You will be involved upstream of projects to define target architectures, frame usages, and guarantee the performance, security, and governance of the implemented solutions.

Your responsibilities: 

• Design and define end-to-end data architectures based on Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Factory, Power BI).
• Frame and manage the implementation of data pipelines (batch and near real-time) within Microsoft Fabric.
• Define architecture, modeling, and data integration standards (Delta tables, schemas, best practices).
• Support Data Engineer teams in building, industrializing, and optimizing pipelines.
• Design analytical data models adapted to BI, Data Analytics, and Data Science uses.
• Ensure governance, security, and data quality (access management, traceability, best practices).
• Optimize the performance and costs of Fabric platforms in a cloud context.
• Be the reference contact for business and IT teams on data architecture topics.
• Contribute to pre-sales and technical orientation of data projects with our clients.

Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years of experience in data environments, including significant experience in an architect or technical reference role.
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Fabric: Data Factory, Lakehouse, OneLake, Delta tables.
• Mastery of cloud data architecture design and data modeling.
• Proven experience in multi-source data integration (ERP, CRM, relational databases, APIs, flat files).
• Ability to define and enforce technical standards and best practices.
• Good knowledge of complementary tools and languages: SQL, Python, Power BI, REST APIs.
• Fluent English (written and spoken).

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