Senior Microsoft Data Architect - Pre-Sales. LilyLifestyle

Data Architect – Pre‑Sales – Microsoft Fabric – Hybrid (UK) – Salary up to £125,000

We are looking for a senior, commercially aware Microsoft Data Architect with deep expertise across the Microsoft data stack—ideally Microsoft Fabric—to shape solutions, build POCs, and support pre‑sales activity as the practice continues to grow. You will sit close to sales and senior stakeholders, owning solution design early in the lifecycle: running discovery workshops, designing modern data platforms, preparing and presenting POCs, and helping clients understand how Fabric and the wider Microsoft ecosystem can support their analytics, AI, and data strategy.

While you won't be expected to code day‑to‑day, you must be technically credible, hands‑on when needed, and comfortable guiding both clients and delivery teams. This role suits someone who enjoys influence, solutioning, variety, and wants autonomy, seniority, and the opportunity to shape how Microsoft Fabric solutions are positioned and adopted.

• Act as a senior Microsoft Data & Fabric authority in pre‑sales and early client engagements
• Design end‑to‑end architectures across Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Platform, and PowerBI
• Prepare and deliver POCs, demos, architecture designs, proposals, and RFP responses
• Lead discovery and whiteboard sessions with senior stakeholders and technical teams
• Articulate value, cost, trade‑offs, and ROI of proposed solutions
• Support and guide delivery teams to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and well‑architected
• Help grow and mature the Microsoft/Fabric practice through repeatable offerings and thought leadership

• Strong experience across the Microsoft data stack, with Microsoft Fabric ideally at the core
• Background in pre‑sales, POCs, technical workshops, or client‑facing solution design
• Senior‑level experience as a Data Architect, Principal Engineer, or Lead Consultant
• Strong understanding of modern data platforms (lakehouse, streaming, analytics, AI/ML enablement)
• Confident communicator, comfortable engaging senior stakeholders and guiding buying decisions
• Solutions mindset – hands‑on enough to be credible, strategic enough to lead

• Salary up to £125,000 depending on experience
• Hybrid working with UK office flexibility
• Clear seniority, autonomy, and influence
• Opportunity to shape Fabric‑led solutions and client strategy
• Strong investment in training, certifications, and long‑term progression