Power Platform Solutions Architect (Fabric and BI)

Reporting to the Enterprise Solution Architect, the Power BI & Microsoft Fabric Solutions Architect is a senior member of the Solution Design team, responsible for designing, governing, and delivering modern Microsoft data and analytics solutions across razorblue's client base. This role combines deep technical expertise with commercial awareness and excellent customer engagement skills, helping organisations transform data into meaningful business insight through Microsoft's modern analytics platform. You'll work closely with customers, Solution Architects, Account Management, Developers, and Project Delivery teams to ensure all proposed solutions are scalable, secure, commercially viable, and aligned with Microsoft best practice. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience across the Microsoft data ecosystem, with particular focus on Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Microsoft SQL, Azure Data Services, and Microsoft 365, alongside a good understanding of AI-driven analytics including Microsoft Copilot. You'll be comfortable leading discovery workshops, designing enterprise reporting platforms, advising customers on data strategy, and supporting project delivery from initial concept through to successful adoption. This is a customer-facing role requiring excellent communication skills, commercial awareness, and the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Our Perfect Candidate

Our ideal candidate is passionate about helping organisations make better decisions through data. You'll enjoy solving complex business problems, designing scalable analytics platforms, and helping customers modernise legacy reporting solutions using Microsoft's latest technologies. Customer service is paramount to us, which is why we're looking for someone who combines exceptional technical knowledge with outstanding communication and consultancy skills.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Solution Design & Pre-Sales (40%)

• Lead the design of modern Microsoft data and analytics solutions for new and existing customers.
• Produce and review High Level Designs (HLDs) and technical documentation aligned to razorblue standards.
• Design enterprise analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, SQL, OneLake, Dataflows Gen2, Lakehouses, Warehouses and Semantic Models.
• Design scalable reporting architectures supporting operational, management and executive reporting.
• Support customers in defining reporting strategies, KPI frameworks and self-service BI capabilities.
• Lead customer workshops to gather reporting, analytics and data requirements.
• Present proposed technical solutions to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Support Account Managers and Solution Architects with technical proposals, Statements of Work and project scoping.

Microsoft Data Platform & Analytics Strategy (20%)

• Act as the subject matter expert for Microsoft Fabric, Power BI and Microsoft's modern analytics platform.
• Advise customers on data governance, security, data modelling and reporting best practice.
• Help organisations modernise legacy reporting platforms, spreadsheets and disconnected data sources.
• Design data integration solutions across Microsoft 365, Azure, SQL Server and third-party applications.
• Support the adoption of Microsoft Fabric capabilities including Real-Time Intelligence, Data Engineering, Data Science and OneLake where appropriate.
• Promote best practice around semantic modelling, DAX optimisation, report performance and workspace governance.
• Stay current with Microsoft's roadmap across Fabric, Power BI, Copilot and AI-powered analytics.

Project Delivery & Technical Leadership (20%)

• Work closely with Project Managers, Consultants and Developers to support successful project delivery.
• Provide technical leadership throughout implementation projects.
• Support complex troubleshooting across customer reporting and analytics environments.
• Ensure solutions align with security, governance and operational best practice.
• Support testing, validation, deployment and customer handover.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of delivery methodologies and technical standards.

Mentoring & Knowledge Sharing (20%)

• Improve technical capability across the business through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
• Support Consultants, Developers and Engineers with reporting architecture and analytics guidance.
• Contribute to internal documentation, workshops and technical training.
• Encourage innovation through adoption of Microsoft Fabric, Power BI and emerging Microsoft AI capabilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Relevant Microsoft certifications desirable, including:
• Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate
• Microsoft Azure certifications (AZ-900/AZ-104 or equivalent)
• Other relevant Microsoft Data, AI or Cloud certifications

Experience

• Strong experience with Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.
• Experience across Microsoft 365 and Azure.
• Experience designing customer-facing data and analytics solutions.
• Strong understanding of data modelling, governance, security and reporting best practices.
• Experience delivering customer workshops, pre-sales engagements and technical consultancy.
• Experience producing high-quality technical documentation and solution designs.

Skills

• Excellent customer-facing communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Commercial awareness with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Passion for continuous learning and emerging Microsoft technologies.

Continuous learning and development are central to our culture, and we heavily invest in elevating our people, not just hiring those already at an expert level.

Razorblue Gives

Working for an IT partner isn't for the faint hearted, it requires drive, passion for technology, collaboration, and a drive to innovate. If you want to learn more about the IT domain as a whole or specialise in one particular area, you can do that here. We are not looking for the most qualified people, but people who have a true drive to learn and a passion for the technology sector. Our learning and development opportunities, combined with our team's drive for growth, result in a high volume of promotions granted year after year. We operate a hybrid working policy across most roles and often get asked why we haven’t made the decision to go fully remote… For us, natural learning opportunities are invaluable and office working enables this and has also inspired our collective culture of teamwork.

Our Other Benefits Include

• Base salary of £55,000 - £60,000 per annum depending on skills and knowledge
• Hybrid working (50%)
• Flexible working to suit your work life fit
• 25 days holidays per annum + public holidays + the ability to purchase 10 more
• Private Health Insurance with Vitality Health
• Your birthday off
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption leave + baby bonus
• Fully funded training and accreditations to expand your skillset
• Two paid charity volunteering days per year
• Discounted Broadband
• Life insurance
• Quarterly team social fund
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gear up with the latest tech toys through our partnership with Currys
• Cruise around in an eco-friendly electric car with our EV Scheme

We're committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you require any reasonable adjustments to participate in our application or interview process. We're here to support you.

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