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, classifica

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