Mgr - ICOE Data & AI Solutions Architect with Fabric

Our talented Integrated Center of Excellence Data & AI team is made up of globally recognized experts – and there’s room for more analytical and ambitious data professionals. If you’re passionate about helping clients transform their business with the latest data, analytics, and AI technologies, let’s talk. Come join us As an Intelligent Data Platform (IDP) Solution Architect within our Integrated Center of Excellence Data & AI Practice, you'll leverage a client-centric approach to understand our client’s challenges and opportunities to deliver solutions and services that make transformative change and deliver high value business outcomes, you will play a senior leadership role in shaping, selling, and delivering enterprise‑scale analytics platforms built on Microsoft Fabric and contribute to shape the strategic direction using data platforms, reporting, self-service analytics, real time intelligence and AI engineering You will engage in strategic solutioning, lead high‑impact pre‑sales pursuits, intervene in complex or high‑risk deliveries with enterprise data solutions leveraging Microsoft Azure, Fabric and Databricks and help define Avanade’s Fabric‑led data platform strategy, offerings, and accelerators. This role combines deep technical leadership, client advisory, and platform stewardship, as a trusted advisor with a strong partnership focus with Microsoft. Using the power of Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, Data Factory, Spark, Warehousing, Real‑Time Analytics, and Power BI), alongside Azure services and applied AI, we help clients unlock insights, modernise analytics estates, and drive measurable business outcomes. Together we do what matters What you’ll do Lead pre‑sales, solution planning, and solution design for Microsoft Fabric‑centric sales pursuits and strategic accounts. Shape deals and propositions, including architecture, estimates, commercial inputs, and delivery approach, in collaboration with sales and delivery leadership. Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, translating complex Fabric capabilities into clear business value and outcomes. Provide technical and delivery assurance, addressing delivery risks, quality concerns, and architectural issues when required. Drive Microsoft partnership engagement at an offering and capability level, influencing roadmap alignment and go‑to‑market activities. Define and promote best practices for Microsoft Fabric architecture, governance, security, performance, and cost optimisation. Establish reference architectures, accelerators, and reusable patterns across Fabric workloads (Lakehouse, Warehouse, Real‑Time, Semantic Models). Contribute thought leadership, points of view, and IP to support global GTM activities. Coach, mentor, and inspire technical leaders and architects across regions, building a strong Fabric community of practice. Stay current with Fabric and Azure platform evolution, incorporating new capabilities into client solutions and internal offerings. Support internal asset development and engineering initiatives to strengthen Avanade’s Fabric differentiation. . Skills and experiences Management Consulting or Systems Integrator experience strongly preferred. Proven experience architecting and delivering enterprise analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake, Data Factory, Spark, Warehousing, Real‑Time Analytics, and Power BI. Strong understanding of data platform governance, including Microsoft Purview, security, lineage, and metadata management. Hands‑on experience with data pipeline design, ELT/ETL, data modelling, and analytics architectures. Experience leading performance tuning, capacity management, and cost optimisation within Fabric environments. Strong stakeholder management and executive‑level communication skills. Demonstrated ability to build reusable frameworks, reference architectures, and accelerators. Experience leading and mentoring senior technical teams and communities. 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 accounts and distributed delivery teams. Able to orchestrate and influence global teams to deliver successful outcomes. 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. We anticipate this job posting will be posted on 03/19/2026 and open for at least 3 days. Avanade offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Avanade Role Location Annual Salary Range California 155,000- 184,000 Cleveland 140,000- 165,000 Colorado 140,000- 165,000 District of Columbia 155,000- 184,000 Illinois 150,000- 178,000 Maryland 155,000- 184,000 Massachusetts 155,000- 184,000 Minnesota 150,000- 178,000 New York 165,000- 195,000 New Jersey 140,000- 165,000 Washington 155,000- 184,000 . At Avanade, we advance the world through the power of people and Microsoft. Join us to shape your skills and the future with bold ideas and innovative solutions. Our partnership with Microsoft and Accenture empowers you to unlock your full potential. Working at Avanade offers the chance to build a career path that suits your skills and interests and the freedom to be your authentic self. We are committed to your growth, well-being, and success. This is where passion meets opportunity, technology meets humanity, and every challenge is a chance to make a genuine impact on colleagues, clients, and communities. Together, we do what matters.