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Role Summary

As an Intelligent Data Platform (IDP) Solution Architect within the Integrated Center of Excellence Data & AI Practice, you will play a senior leadership role in shaping, selling, and delivering enterprise-scale analytics platforms built on Microsoft Fabric. This role spans Manager and Senior Manager levels, combining deep technical leadership, client advisory, pre-sales, and delivery assurance responsibilities.

Using Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, Data Factory, Spark, Warehousing, Real-Time Analytics, and Power BI), Azure services, Databricks, and applied AI, you will help clients modernise analytics estates, unlock insights, and deliver measurable business outcomes. You will also actively contribute to Avanade's Fabric-led data platform strategy, offerings, accelerators, and global go-to-market initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support high-impact pre-sales pursuits, solution planning, and solution design for Microsoft Fabric-centric opportunities.

• Shape deals and propositions including architecture, estimates, commercial inputs, roadmaps, and delivery approaches.

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, translating complex technical capabilities into clear business value.

• Provide technical and delivery assurance, intervening in complex or high-risk engagements when required.

• Define and promote best practices for Microsoft Fabric architecture, governance, security, performance, and cost optimisation.

• Establish reference architectures, accelerators, reusable patterns, and intellectual property across Fabric workloads.

• Drive Microsoft partnership engagement, influencing roadmap alignment and joint go-to-market activities.

• Contribute thought leadership, points of view, and engineering assets to strengthen Avanade's market differentiation.

• Coach, mentor, and inspire architects and technical leaders across regions, building strong communities of practice.

• Stay current with emerging Data & AI platform capabilities and integrate innovations into client solutions.

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• Management Consulting or Systems Integrator experience strongly preferred.

• Proven experience architecting and delivering enterprise analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric.

• Strong understanding of data governance, security, lineage, and metadata management (e.g., Microsoft Purview).

• Hands-on experience with data pipelines, ETL/ELT, data modelling, analytics architectures, and real-time analytics.

• Experience with performance tuning, capacity management, and cost optimisation in Fabric environments.

• Familiarity with Databricks, open data formats (Delta Lake, Parquet), and data mesh principles.

• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and executive presentation skills.

• Demonstrated ability to develop reusable frameworks, reference architectures, and accelerators.

• Experience leading, mentoring, and influencing senior technical and community teams.

• Proven success building and maintaining strategic partnerships with Microsoft.

About You

• Passionate about technology and advising clients at a strategic level.

• Comfortable operating across technical, commercial, and delivery leadership responsibilities.

• Experienced working with large, complex enterprise clients and globally distributed teams.

• Able to orchestrate and influence virtual teams to deliver successful outcomes.

• Background in consultative technical sales, solution architecture, and enterprise delivery.

Enjoy Your Career at Avanade

• Opportunity to work for Microsoft's Global Alliance Partner of the Year.

• Minimum 80 hours per year of training and paid certifications.

• Real-time access to global technical specialists and delivery teams.

• Dedicated career advisor supporting your professional growth.

• Collaborative, inclusive culture with engaged and supportive colleagues.

Compensation at Avanade varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Avanade provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

California

$150,000 - 190,000

Cleveland

$140,000 - 150,000

Colorado

$140,000 - 150,000

District of Columbia

$150,000 - 190,000

Illinois

$150,000 - 190,000

Maryland

$150,000 - 190,000

Massachusetts

$150,000 - 190,000

Minnesota

$150,000 - 190,000

New York / New Jersey

$150,000 - 190,000

Washington

$150,000 - 190,000

For Canada :

British Columbia/Ontario$140,000 - 170,000

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