Azure Data & AI Architect at NexZenta | Torre

Azure Data & AI Architect

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Full-time

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Compensation
INR1.6M - 2.7M/year
~USD16.8k - 28.3k/year
Non-negotiable
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Remote (for India residents)
Posted about 1 month ago

Responsibilities


Azure Data & AI Architect Location: Gurugram, Haryana Working Model: Remote Employment Type: Full-Time Experience: 10+ Years About the Role We are looking for an experienced Azure Data & AI Architect with strong expertise in Azure Data/AI architecture, pre-sales solutioning, and delivery leadership. The candidate should have proven experience designing and delivering large-scale Azure Data & AI platforms and working directly with customers on solution architecture, RFPs/RFIs, PoCs, and technical presentations. Prior experience in a Microsoft Partner organization is mandatory, including involvement in Data & AI Solutions Partner designation and/or Microsoft Data & AI specialization requirements. Key Responsibilities Design end-to-end Azure Data & AI architectures covering ingestion, storage, transformation, governance, security, and consumption. Develop reference architectures, solution blueprints, HLD/LLD, and target-state diagrams. Lead customer discovery, RFP/RFI solutioning, technical proposals, estimation, roadmaps, PoCs, demos, and architecture presentations. Provide architectural oversight during delivery and guide Data Engineering, AI/ML, and Data Science teams. Review data pipelines, code, IaC, security, performance, scalability, and cost optimization. Apply Azure Well-Architected Framework principles. Support Microsoft Partner requirements, including customer success references, skilling, performance evidence, and specialization audits. Required Technical Skills Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) Azure Synapse Analytics Microsoft Fabric and/or Azure Databricks Azure Data Factory / Synapse Pipelines ETL/ELT and data modeling — Dimensional / Data Vault Azure Machine Learning, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry AI/ML & GenAI solution architecture Microsoft Purview or equivalent Azure security: Entra ID, RBAC, Key Vault, Private Link Python, SQL, Spark/PySpark IaC: Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates MLOps / MLflow / CI/CD Mandatory Requirements 10+ years overall IT experience. 8+ years in Azure Data & AI Architecture. Proven experience delivering large-scale Azure data platforms. Strong technical pre-sales and customer-facing experience. Experience with RFP/RFI responses, solution estimation, PoCs, demos, and architecture presentations. Mandatory: Previous experience with a Microsoft Partner organization. Mandatory: Direct involvement in Microsoft Data & AI Solutions Partner designation and/or Data & AI specialization audit requirements. Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills. Preferred Qualifications Azure Solutions Architect Expert Azure Data Engineer Associate Azure AI Engineer Associate DP-600 – Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Power BI semantic modeling/reporting Consulting / SI / Microsoft Solutions Partner experience Key Skills Azure Data | Azure AI | Data Architecture | AI/ML | GenAI | Microsoft Fabric | Azure Databricks | Synapse | Azure OpenAI | Pre-Sales | Solution Architecture | MLOps | Microsoft Partner