Microsoft Fabric Architect – London

About the Job you are considering:

We are seeking a highly experienced and innovative Microsoft Fabric Architect to lead enterprise-scale data modernization and AI initiatives. This role requires deep technical expertise in Microsoft Fabric and related services, with the ability to translate business needs into scalable architecture on the Microsoft platform. The ideal candidate will be a thought leader, trusted advisor, and hands-on architect capable of shaping next-generation data platforms and driving adoption across stakeholder groups.

Hybrid working:

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your Role:

• Lead end-to-end architecture design and implementation for Microsoft Fabric across enterprise data programs.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to align Fabric capabilities with strategic goals.
• Architect unified data pipelines using Fabric Data Factory, Power BI, and Lakehouse components.
• Drive technical delivery, ensuring best practices in performance, security, and cost optimization.
• Conduct enablement sessions, workshops, and architecture reviews to support development teams.
• Develop reusable frameworks, accelerators, and governance models for scalable deployments.
• Evangelize new Fabric capabilities and represent the organization in partner/customer forums.

Your Skills:

• Experience in data platform architecture, with 2+ years in Microsoft Fabric or related Microsoft Data Stack.
• Expertise in Power BI Datasets, Semantic Models, and Direct Lake optimization.
• Strong understanding of Lakehouse architecture, Delta/Parquet formats, and data governance tools.
• Experience integrating Fabric with Azure-native services (e.g., Azure AI Foundry, Purview, Entra ID).
• Familiarity with Generative AI, RAG-based architecture, and Fabric Notebooks is a plus.

We are a Disability Confident Employer:

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and 
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

Make It Real (what does it mean for you):

• You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation.  We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. 
  To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
• You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Why you should consider Capgemini:

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts.  We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible.  It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future.  By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini:

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.
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