Azure Cloud Data Architect

Azure Cloud Data Architect

Experience: 8 to 12 years

Location: Mumbai

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and design modern data platforms aligned with industry best practices and standards.
• Develop high-level and low-level technical solution designs for data integration and analytics.
• Build and optimize database models for efficient data access and storage.
• Define and implement strategies for data integrity, security, and compliance.
• Design and implement data quality and governance frameworks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, analysts, and engineering teams to deliver scalable data platform roadmaps and solutions.
• Ensure performance tuning, cost optimization, and adherence to security standards.
• Mentor technical teams and contribute to best practices documentation.

Must-Have Technical Skills

• Azure Services:

  Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, Event Hub, Azure Functions.

• Data Modeling:

  Design and optimize conceptual, logical, and physical data models for efficient data access and storage.

• ETL/ELT Development:

  Build and manage data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Databricks (PySpark/Spark), and SQL.

• Programming:

  Strong proficiency in SQL and Python; experience with Spark for big data processing.

• Data Governance & Quality:

  Implement data cataloging, lineage, and quality frameworks using tools like Azure Purview or Collibra.

• Security & Compliance:

  Apply encryption, RBAC, and compliance standards (GDPR, HIPAA) within Azure environment.

• Performance Optimization:

  Tune queries, optimize storage and compute resources for cost efficiency and scalability.

• DevOps:

  Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, ARM templates or Terraform for infrastructure automation.