Methods is recruiting for a Principal Microsoft Fabric Architect to join our team a permanent basis. This role will be mainly remote but require flexibility to travel to client sites, and our offices based in London, Sheffield. What You''ll Be Doing as a Principal Microsoft Fabric Architect: Be the senior technical authority for the programme, responsible for defining technical direction, priorities, standards and decision-making. Be accountable for creating and maintaining the Data Transformation Programme roadmap and ensuring all workstreams align to the target architecture and business objectives. Setting priorities Guiding technical workstreams Identifying incorrect or low-value activities Redirecting effort towards programme outcomes Uplift the capability of the existing team Mentor architects and engineers Establish good engineering practices Develop Fabric knowledge within both Methods and the customer teamChair or lead: Architecture reviews. Design authorities, Technical governance forums and Data platform standards reviewsAdvocate the business benefit of data standards, championing and governing those standards across projects and the organisation Demonstrate an overall perspective on business issues and activities, determining patterns, standards, policies, roadmaps and vision statements Make and guide effective decisions, explaining clearly how decisions have been reached and resolving technical disputes across varying levels of complexity and risk Communicate ..... full job details .....