Azure Data Architect
Job Title : Azure Data Architect
Location: Bangalore, India
Employment Type: Full-Time / Permanent
Experience: 10+ Years
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement enterprise-scale Azure Data & AI architectures.
- Define modern data platforms using Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure SQL.
- Design data ingestion, ETL/ELT, data integration, data modelling, and analytics solutions.
- Establish data governance, security, privacy, quality, and compliance standards.
- Provide architecture guidance for scalability, performance, availability, and cost optimization.
- Work with Data Engineers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and application teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, POCs, and solution design activities.
- Drive cloud modernization and migration of legacy data platforms to Azure.
Required Skills
- 10+ years of experience in Data Architecture / Data Engineering / Cloud Architecture.
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure Data Services.
- Expertise in Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL, Data Factory, and/or Microsoft Fabric.
- Strong knowledge of data warehousing, data modelling, ETL/ELT, and distributed data processing.
- Strong understanding of Python, SQL, APIs, and cloud integration patterns.
- Experience with data governance, security, IAM, networking, and Azure architecture best practices.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and solution-design skills.
Preferred
- Azure certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert / Azure Data Engineer Associate / Azure AI Engineer Associate.
- Experience designing enterprise GenAI/Agentic AI solutions.
- Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, MLOps, and infrastructure-as-code.Experience working with large-scale enterprise data modernization initiatives