Principal Data Lead - Remote

Genesis
10 is currently seeking a Principal Data Lead for a remote or hybrid position with a Financial Services Consulting Firm located in Scottsdale, AZ or Raleigh, NC. This is a contract-to-hire opportunity. Compensation: $150.00 - $160.00 per hour, W2, based on qualifications

Position Overview:

This is a hands-on Lead Solutions Architect role for a candidate who designs, builds, and leads. As a working architect, you will spend a significant share of your time in the platforms themselves, configuring and extending Dynamics 365 Project Operations and Finance & Operations, modeling data in Dataverse and the Enterprise Data Warehouse, writing and reviewing transformation code, and tuning Power BI semantic models.

You will lead a team of developers, data engineers, and analysts, setting the technical direction and owning design standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Serve as the lead technical architect for Dynamics 365 Project Operations, Finance & Operations and Dataverse, owning the end-to-end solution design Personally design and build data models, entities, integrations, workflows and extensions, and resolve complex configuration, performance and data issues Design and implement integrations between Dynamics 365, the Data Warehouse and other enterprise systems using Dataverse, Azure Data Factory, Fabric pipelines, APIs and the Power Platform Review and approve customizations, extensions and ALM practices (solution layering, source control, environment strategy and deployment pipelines) Translate business processes in finance, project delivery and operations into sound, maintainable system designs Own the architecture of the Enterprise Data Warehouse and Microsoft Fabric environment, including lakehouse and warehouse layers, dimensional models and data marts Build and review ingestion and transformation pipelines, SQL, notebooks and stored procedures Design dimensional and semantic models (facts, dimensions, conformed dimensions, slowly changing dimensions) that serve Power BI and AI workloads consistently Architect Power BI semantic models, dataflows, row-level security and deployment pipelines, and set performance and reuse standards for reports and dashboards Establish and maintain end-to-end data lineage from source systems through to Power BI reports and AI models Define, document and enforce design standards including naming conventions, modeling patterns, and coding standards Lead, hire, coach and develop a team of Dynamics developers, data engineers and BI developers Design the data foundations that AI and machine learning solutions depend on, ensuring governed, well-lineaged and high-quality data feeds Primary Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Software Engineering or a related field 8+ years of hands-on experience in solution, data or analytics architecture, including recent, direct build experience (not solely oversight) Deep hands-on experience with Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and/or Project Operations, Dataverse and the Power Platform Strong hands-on expertise in data warehouse design and engineering: dimensional modeling, SQL, ETL/ELT pipelines, and Microsoft Fabric or Azure Synapse/SQL Demonstrated experience implementing and maintaining data lineage, metadata management and source-to-target documentation Proven track record of defining and enforcing design and coding standards through design reviews and code reviews 3+ years of experience directly managing technical staff, including hiring, coaching and performance management Advanced Power BI skills, including semantic modeling, DAX, row-level security and deployment pipelines Desired

Skills:

Microsoft certifications such as Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect Expert, Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate or Azure Data Engineer Associate

Experience with Microsoft Purview or other data catalog and lineage tools Experience in a professional services or project-based business Exposure to AI and machine learning data pipelines and responsible AI governance Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis
10 employees will be considered for this position. If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply! Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis
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