[Hiring] Integration Lead @Attain Partners

Role Description

The Integration Lead – Microsoft Fabric / Azure is responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of enterprise data integration solutions for Higher Education institutions, with a particular focus on Advancement, fundraising, alumni relations, constituent engagement, and institutional data ecosystems. This role combines solution architecture, technical leadership, hands-on development, and client-facing consulting.

• Work directly with institutional stakeholders, functional teams, architects, data engineers, and application teams to define integration requirements.
• Develop scalable, secure, and maintainable integration patterns leveraging Microsoft Fabric and the broader Microsoft Azure data platform.
• Lead technical discovery workshops, assess existing integration architectures, recommend future-state solutions, and develop integration designs.
• Oversee development, troubleshoot complex integration issues, and provide technical leadership throughout implementation.

Qualifications

• Experience working within Higher Education, preferably supporting Advancement, fundraising, alumni relations, or constituent engagement.
• Understanding of Advancement concepts such as constituents, organizations, gifts, pledges, campaigns, and relationships.
• Strong hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions using Microsoft Fabric and/or Microsoft Azure data and integration services.
• Advanced experience with Fabric Data Factory and/or Azure Data Factory.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Fabric architecture and enterprise integration solutions.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience working with relational databases and cloud data platforms.

Requirements

• Lead integration architecture and delivery using Microsoft Fabric and Azure integration technologies.
• Facilitate client workshops to understand business processes, data flows, systems, integration requirements, security requirements, and operational dependencies.
• Translate functional and business requirements into detailed technical integration designs.
• Design integration patterns for batch, near-real-time, event-driven, API-based, and file-based integrations.
• Define canonical data structures, transformation rules, mappings, interface specifications, and data contracts.
• Develop reusable integration frameworks, templates, logging standards, error-handling patterns, monitoring approaches, and deployment processes.
• Troubleshoot complex data and integration issues across multiple source and target platforms.
• Lead technical design reviews and provide guidance to integration developers and data engineers.
• Establish appropriate Dev/Test/QA/Production deployment and release-management practices.
• Support data reconciliation, validation, exception management, and operational monitoring.
• Identify technical risks, integration dependencies, performance concerns, and opportunities to simplify the institution's integration landscape.
• Develop future-state integration roadmaps and recommend modernization opportunities.
• Provide technical estimates and support project planning, solutioning, and pre-sales activities when required.
• Mentor technical consultants and developers and establish delivery standards and leading practices.

Benefits

• Empower career growth.
• Provide industry-leading benefits packages.
• Encourage a flexible work environment.
• Foster a culture of inclusion to support the needs of our team.

Years of Experience

• 7+ years of professional experience in data integration, application integration, data engineering, or enterprise technology consulting.
• 4+ years of experience working with Microsoft Azure data and integration technologies.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric strongly preferred.
• 3+ years of experience leading technical teams, integration workstreams, or enterprise integration projects.
• Prior experience delivering projects within Higher Education is strongly preferred.

Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate
• Microsoft Applied Skills credentials related to Microsoft Fabric, Azure integration, or data engineering.

Additional Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to build trusted advisor relationships with clients.
• Experience supporting sales and business development.
• Position requires flexibility to travel periodically based on business and client needs.