• Strong Microsoft Fabric experience, ideally involving a production implementation
• Solid prior background in Apache Spark / distributed data engineering
• Experience with data pipelines, transformation and orchestration
• Strong SQL and Python/PySpark skills
• Understanding of Fabric components such as Lakehouse, Data Factory, notebooks, OneLake and related data engineering capabilities
• Ability to work with an implementation partner and independently assess architecture and technical decisions
• Capable of becoming the internal technical owner of the Fabric environment after implementation
• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with technical leadership
• Microsoft/Azure data platform experience would be highly valuable
• Architecture or platform ownership experience is a plus

This is expected to be onsite in Charlotte approximately three days per week, so candidates who can realistically support that requirement will be considered.