Mastech Digital · 8 hours ago
Azure Data Architect – Data Modernization (Microsoft Fabric)
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expMastech Digital is undertaking a Data Modernization initiative to migrate data into Microsoft Fabric, enabling a unified and analytics-ready data platform. They are seeking an experienced Azure Data Architect responsible for end-to-end architecture design, migration strategy, and technical leadership for modernizing legacy data platforms.
Information Technology
Hiring Manager
vivek shrivastava
Responsibilities
Design and own the end-to-end data architecture for migration from legacy systems (on-prem databases, data warehouses, flat files, ETL tools) to Microsoft Fabric
Define target-state architecture leveraging Fabric components such as: OneLake, Data Factory (Fabric), Lakehouse & Warehouse, Synapse Data Engineering, Power BI semantic models
Establish architectural standards, design patterns, and best practices
Assess existing legacy data platforms and define migration and modernization strategy
Lead data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration using Azure Data Factory / Fabric Data Factory
Design scalable ELT/ETL pipelines and incremental data loads
Plan and execute phased migrations with minimal business disruption
Implement data governance, security, and compliance using Microsoft Purview and Fabric security models
Define data access, role-based security, and data sharing strategies
Optimize performance, storage, and compute costs within Fabric
Ensure data quality, lineage, and observability
Work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, and analytics teams to translate requirements into architecture
Provide technical leadership to data engineers and BI developers
Review designs, code, and implementation for alignment with architecture
Support testing, cutover, and post-migration stabilization
Qualification
Required
8+ years of overall data & cloud experience with strong Azure architecture background
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric in at least one data modernization or migration project
Strong expertise in Azure Data Factory / Fabric Data Factory
Strong expertise in Azure Synapse / Fabric Lakehouse & Warehouse
Strong expertise in Azure Data Lake (ADLS Gen2 / OneLake)
Strong expertise in Power BI (enterprise semantic models)
Experience migrating from legacy systems (on-prem databases, traditional DWs, legacy ETL tools)
Strong SQL and data modeling skills
Experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms
Preferred
Experience with Microsoft Purview (governance & lineage)
Exposure to DevOps / CI-CD for data pipelines
Experience with real-time or near real-time ingestion patterns
Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, Data Engineer, Fabric Analytics Engineer)
Healthcare Domain experience
Company
Mastech Digital
Mastech Digital provides IT associates in digital and mainstream technologies, Digital Transformation Services around Salesforce.com and SAP
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
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