What are the responsibilities and job description for the Azure Data Architect position at Danta Technologies?
Looking for an experienced customer-focused Azure Data Architect with technical depth and architecture skills. In this role, you’ll work closely with pre-sales, business units and engineering on some of client's largest and most strategic customer engagements to help identify, define, and architect solutions on Azure. Specifically, you will be part of a customer engaged team of technical PMs and engineers responsible for implementing new landing zone(s) and execute POCs and pilot migration projects.
Experience - A minimum of 8-12 years of experience in a consulting or an architecture position with a software and/or services company.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Understand customer's IT estate, LOB applications, IT and business priorities and success measures to design implementation architectures and cloud native solutions
- Collaborate with network, security, AD, backup, tools and application architects and SME's to develop enterprise grade solutions.
- Develop deep relationships with key customer IT decision makers.
- Define long term cloud strategy and mentor operations teams to implement the solutions
- Keeping up to date with market trends and competitive insights and maintain technical skills and knowledge
- Advocate new features and solutions to bring operational efficiency and cost reduction.
- Act as a subject-matter expert on Microsoft Azure and assist Sales/Pre-Sales in RFP activities.
Requirements
- Strong Knowledge of cloud computing concepts, especially in relation to Azure services like Data Lake storage, Databricks, Data Factory, and more.
- Proficiency in database design, data warehousing, data lakes, and data governance practices.
- Strong understanding of relational and non-relational databases (SQL/NoSQL)
- Expertise in building data pipelines using tools like Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics.
- Hands-on experience with ETL processes, data integration techniques, and ensuring data quality.
- Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments, such as encryption, identity management, and access control.
- Familiarity with industry regulations and compliance frameworks, such as GDPR, HIPAA, and SOC 2.
- Azure Data Architects need to ensure that data solutions are cost-effective and perform efficiently. This involves monitoring system performance, identifying bottlenecks, and making adjustments as needed.
- Experience in PaaS services including Logic App, Function App, App service, Key Vault, and Containers is preferred.
- Extensive experience in conducting design workshops, documentation of HLD (High Level Design) documents.
- Proven track record of building deep technical relationships with senior IT executives and growing data services in large or highly strategic accounts.
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly.
- Proven track record of driving decisions collaboratively.
- Resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences (Senior Executives, IT management and developers).
