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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