AREA(S) OF RESPONSIBILITY

We are looking for a highly experienced Data Architect (Grade 7A) to lead the
design and delivery of the enterprise Data & Insights platform on Microsoft
Azure. The role demands deep expertise in cloud data architecture, data models,
data lake/lakehouse, vector-store based RAG systems, GenAI, Agentic AI, and
governance using Microsoft Purview.
The ideal candidate has robust hands-on skills in Python, LangChain, LangGraph,
Azure data services, and end-to-end SDLC execution.

Roles & Responsibilities

* Architect and design Azure-based data lake/lakehouse platforms, domain data
models, and ingestion-to-consumption pipelines.
* Develop conceptual, logical, and physical cloud data models aligned with
enterprise standards.
* Architect RAG pipelines including embeddings, chunking, vector stores, hybrid
retrieval, reranking, and evaluation.
* Build Agentic AI workflows using LangChain and LangGraph; design tool
orchestration, memory, and safety layers.
* Implement governance with Microsoft Purview for cataloging, lineage, PII
tagging, and policy enforcement.




* Ensure platform security using Entra ID, private endpoints, VNETs, Key Vault,
and encryption controls.
* Lead solution architecture reviews, performance tuning, cost optimization,
and NFR engineering.
* Oversee CI/CD (Azure DevOps), IaC (Terraform/Bicep), and observability (Azure
Monitor, App Insights).
* Mentor engineering teams and standardize best practices, patterns, and
reusable components.

Technical Skills

Mandatory

* Azure Data Platform: ADLS Gen2, Synapse/Serverless SQL, Databricks/Spark,
ADF/Synapse Pipelines
* Programming: Python, PySpark, SQL
* GenAI & Agentic AI: RAG architecture, vector stores (Azure Cognitive Search,
Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant), embeddings, reranking
* Frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph
* Data Modeling: Conceptual/logical/physical models, Delta/Parquet patterns,
lakehouse modeling
* Data Governance: Microsoft Purview (catalog, lineage, classification,
glossar

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