Role: Senior Fabric Administrator
Location: London
Employment: Fulltime
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Fabric Administrator to manage, maintain and optimise Microsoft Fabric environments across a modern data and analytics platform. The role will focus on platform stability, security, governance, performance and cost efficiency, ensuring that Fabric services and workloads operate reliably and support business and reporting needs.
Working closely with data engineering, analytics, cloud, security and governance teams, you will provide hands-on administration and operational support, troubleshoot complex platform issues, improve monitoring and automation, and help establish consistent standards for the use of Microsoft Fabric.
Key Responsibilities
· Administer and maintain Microsoft Fabric capacities, workspaces, domains, OneLake environments and related platform settings.
· Support the operation of Fabric workloads, including Lakehouses, Warehouses, Data Pipelines, Dataflows Gen2, Notebooks, Spark workloads and Power BI integrations.
· Monitor platform health, availability, performance and capacity utilisation using Fabric administration tools, APIs, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and relevant dashboards.
· Investigate and resolve incidents, performance issues and service interruptions; undertake root-cause analysis and implement actions to prevent recurrence.
· Manage capacity, concurrency, workload scheduling and resource utilisation to improve performance and cost efficiency.
· Apply and maintain security and access controls, including workspace roles, Microsoft Entra ID, role-based access control (RBAC), managed identities and secure data-sharing practices.
· Support data governance, classification, lineage and compliance controls, including integration with Microsoft Purview where applicable.
· Contribute to platform standards, workspace organisation, environment management and operational procedures across development, test and production environments.
· Support resilience, backup, disaster recovery and business continuity arrangements for business-critical data workloads.
· Automate repeatable administrative and support activities using suitable scripts, APIs and platform tooling.
· Work with data engineers, architects, analysts, infrastructure and security teams to troubleshoot issues and support reliable platform delivery.
· Maintain documentation, operational runbooks and knowledge articles; share expertise and provide guidance to colleagues and platform users.
· Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in platform reliability, governance, usability, performance and support processes.
· Use service-management and delivery tools to track incidents, changes and improvement work in line with agreed processes.
Essential Skills and Experience
· Hands-on experience administering and supporting Microsoft Fabric in a data and analytics environment.
· Good understanding of Fabric capacities, workspaces, OneLake and the administration of Fabric workloads.
· Practical knowledge of Lakehouse and Warehouse concepts, pipelines, Dataflows Gen2, notebooks, Spark and Power BI integration.
· Experience monitoring and troubleshooting platform performance, capacity utilisation, data workloads and operational incidents.
· Understanding of Microsoft Azure services that support data platforms, such as Azure Storage, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and Microsoft Entra ID.
· Knowledge of identity and access management, RBAC, data security and governance principles.
· Experience with operational support, change management, documentation and continuous improvement in a production environment.
· Ability to analyse problems, identify root causes and communicate technical issues and solutions clearly.
· Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively with technical teams, stakeholders and platform users.
Desirable Skills and Experience
· Experience with Microsoft Purview, data classification, lineage and governance policies.
· Familiarity with Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks or other data integration and analytics services.
· Experience with automation and scripting, Fabric Admin APIs, Azure DevOps, Git or CI/CD processes.
· Knowledge of capacity and cost optimisation across cloud data and analytics services.
· Understanding of service-management practices and tools such as ITIL, ServiceNow, Jira or Azure DevOps.
· Experience supporting highly governed, regulated or business-critical data environments.
· Relevant Microsoft Azure or Microsoft Fabric certifications.
· Exposure to AI/ML workloads or the enablement of AI capabilities within data platforms.
Personal Attributes
· A proactive, service-focused approach to platform administration and support.
· Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
· Careful attention to security, governance, reliability and operational quality.
· A continuous-improvement mindset, with the ability to balance immediate support needs and longer-term platform improvements.
· Clear communication skills and the confidence to raise risks, explain trade-offs and recommend practical solutions.
Qualifications
Relevant technical qualifications or certifications in Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Azure, data engineering or cloud administration are advantageous. Equivalent practical experience will also be considered.
About the Role
This is an opportunity to help maintain and improve a modern data platform, ensuring that Microsoft Fabric is secure, reliable, well-governed and fit for evolving business needs.
About Cognizant:
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
Additional employment information
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
