Azure Big Data Architect

We are seeking a Data Architect / Sr. Data and Pr. Data Architects to join our team. In this role, you will be involved in a combination of hands-on contribution, customer engagement, and technical team management. As a Data Architect, your responsibilities will include designing, architecting, deploying, and maintaining solutions on the MS Azure platform using various Cloud & Big Data Technologies. You will be managing the full life-cycle of Data Lake / Big Data solutions, starting from requirement gathering and analysis to platform selection, architecture design, and deployment. It will be your responsibility to implement scalable solutions on the Cloud and collaborate with a team of business domain experts, data scientists, and application developers to develop Big Data solutions. Moreover, you will be expected to explore and learn new technologies for creative problem solving and mentor a team of Data Engineers. The ideal candidate should possess strong hands-on experience in implementing Data Lake with technologies such as Data Factory (ADF), ADLS, Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, Event Hub & Streaming Analytics, Cosmos DB, and Purview. Additionally, experience with big data technologies like Hadoop (CDH or HDP), Spark, Airflow, NiFi, Kafka, Hive, HBase, MongoDB, Neo4J, Elastic Search, Impala, Sqoop, etc., is required. Proficiency in programming and debugging skills in Python and Scala/Java is essential, with experience in building REST services considered beneficial. Candidates should also have experience in supporting BI and Data Science teams in consuming data in a secure and governed manner, along with a good understanding of using CI/CD with Git, Jenkins / Azure DevOps. Experience in setting up cloud-computing infrastructure solutions, hands-on experience/exposure to NoSQL Databases, and Data Modelling in Hive are all highly valued. Applicants should have a minimum of 9 years of technical experience, with at least 5 years on MS Azure and 2 years on Hadoop (CDH/HDP).,