Cloud Solutions Architect, Azure (Hybrid)

Cloud Solutions Architect, Azure (Hybrid)

We have an immediate need for a contract Cloud Solutions Architect, Azure to join a leading convenience retail business. The Cloud Solutions Architect, Azure will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining robust data platforms and solutions on Azure.

Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid)

This job expects to pay about $74 76 per hour plus benefits.

What You Will Do:

• Working with Azure Cloud data platforms, providing subject matter expertise in designing, architecting and maintaining these solutions
• Driving the adoption and usage of Azure Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI
• Performing architectural assessments to produce detailed design documents addressing complex data needs
• Working with the team to define and drive platform governance initiatives
• Contributing and collaborating with other architects within the Enterprise Architecture team to get required approval from Architecture Review Board for new initiatives
• Providing technical direction on Azure platform services, including best practices for system configurations, integration patterns, and leveraging platform features to meet business requirements.
• Providing platform standards to support the broader team of Data Engineering and Data Science Teams (establishing standards & best practices, efficient usage of Azure service, efficient ETL design patterns)
• Mentoring of Data Engineering and Data Science teams on leveraging Azure platform capabilities, such as configuring SPNs for system connections, enabling monitoring for pipelines, and implementing security protocols

What Gets You The Job:

• 7 years of professional experience in designing & architecting Data & Analytics solutions, with a focus on Azure-based platforms and enterprise-scale systems
• Working experience in designing and architecting solutions that leverage Databricks and Snowflake
• Hands-on experience with Azure Cloud services (Azure Synapse/SQL Server, ADF or close equivalents)
• Working experience with Microsoft Power BI integrations with Azure-based Platforms.
• Expert understanding of relational databases, Data Warehouse & Data Lake modeling techniques & concepts, ETL/ELT processing patterns, and Big Data technologies
• Practical experience in designing systems for large-scale data processing with a focus on Azure performance optimization and cost management.
• Working knowledge of Python, PySpark, SQL & T-SQL
• Working experience in designing and architecting solutions that comply with data security industry standards and regulations, including RBAC, data encryption (GDPR, PCI, etc.), and monitoring
• Microsoft Azure Certification required

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