Position : Azure Architect (Data & AI)

Overall/Total Experience : 10 - 12 years

Location : Gurugram

Working Days : 5 Days from Office

Notice Period Requirement : 30 Days (Maximum)

Client's Company Size : Startup / Small Enterprise

Roles &

Responsibilities :

- Design end-to-end data architecture on Azure covering ingestion, storage, transformation, governance, and consumption layers.
- Define reference architectures using Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, and Azure SQL/Cosmos DB.
- Architect AI/ML and Generative AI solutions using Azure Machine Learning, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, and Cognitive Services.
- Design data governance, security, and compliance frameworks using Microsoft Purview, Unity Catalog, and Azure security best practices.
- Create solution blueprints, high-level and low-level design documents, and target-state architecture diagrams.
- Lead technical solutioning for RFPs/RFIs, prepare architecture proposals and delivery roadmaps.
- Deliver architecture presentations, PoCs, and demos to technical and business stakeholders.
- Provide hands-on architectural oversight during implementation, ensuring adherence to design and Azure best practices.

Candidate Requirements :

- 10 years overall, with 8 years in Azure Data/AI architecture,



and proven experience architecting and delivering large-scale data platforms on Microsoft Azure.
- Pre-sales experience : customer discovery, technical solutioning for RFPs/RFIs, architecture proposals, effort/cost estimation, delivery roadmaps, and architecture presentations/PoCs/demos.
- Prior experience in a Microsoft Partner organization, with direct involvement in achieving/maintaining the Data & AI (Azure) Solutions Partner designation, and hands-on contribution to passing the Microsoft Data & AI specialization audit.
- Solid expertise in Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Fabric, and/or Azure Databricks.
- Experience with Azure Machine Learning, Azure OpenAI Service, and building AI/ML or GenAI-powered solutions (Azure AI Foundry, Cognitive Services).
- Solid understanding of ETL/ELT pipelines, data modeling (dimensional / data vault), and orchestration tools.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Purview (or equivalent) for data governance, cataloging, and lineage, plus working knowledge of Azure security, networking, and identity (Entra ID, Private Link, Key Vault, RBAC).
- Hands-on scripting/programming in Python, SQL, and/or Spark, and IaC experience.

📌 Azure Architect - Data & AI Platform (India)
🏢 Laksh Consultants
📍 India