Senior Data & AI Solution Architect

About the role

We are looking for a hands‑on Senior Data & AI Solution Architect to lead the design of enterprise‑wide data, analytics, and AI solutions in a Microsoft‑first environment. You will translate business requirements into secure, scalable architectures and guide delivery teams from prototype to production.

Key responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end solution architecture for data, analytics, and AI use cases, ensuring design quality, security, scalability, supportability and cost efficiency.
• Convert business needs into technical designs, target architectures, integration patterns and implementation guidance.
• Lead by example through hands‑on prototyping, architecture reviews, troubleshooting, code/design reviews and technical support for delivery teams.
• Embed security, governance, compliance and operational readiness into solutions from design through production deployment.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a related field.
• 10+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years in senior solution architecture roles for enterprise data, analytics and AI platforms.
• 5+ years of strong hands‑on experience with Azure‑based data platforms.
• Proven experience with enterprise security, governance and compliance frameworks.

Required skills

• Azure Data Factory
• Azure Databricks
• Azure Data Lake
• SQL and dimensional data modeling
• Azure OpenAI and Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns
• Power BI (semantic models, DAX, Power Query, governance)
• Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Search, Semantic Kernel, Prompt Flow
• Microsoft Fabric
• Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, CI/CD for Data/AI solutions
• Microsoft Entra, Purview, Azure Key Vault

What we offer

• Opportunity to shape enterprise AI strategy in a leading Microsoft‑first organization.
• Access to cutting‑edge Azure AI services and tools.
• Collaborative environment with strong technical leadership.