Data Architect

6-15 Years

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Job Description

Design and evolve schemas for OLTP/OLAP (Azure SQL, Synapse, Delta Lake), with partitioning, indexing, and RLS for multi-tenant isolation
Establish data contracts and versioning, govern schema evolution, and implement CDC +SCD patterns
Performance engineering: query tuning, resource classes, caching strategies, and cost guardrails
Architect ELT/ETL across batch & streaming using Azure Data Factory/Synapse/Databricks, Event Hubs/Service Bus, Functions, and Container Apps/AKS
Build reliable, observable pipelines (idempotent, retryable, lineage-aware) with SLAs/SLOs and runbooks
Implement CI/CD for data (dbt/SQL projects, PySpark jobs, tests) using GitHub Actions and IaC (Terraform/Bicep)
Define and operate enrichment layers: UPC/GS1, OCR/EXIF metadata, taxonomies, embeddings, and third-party data joins
Curate gold/semantic models for analytics & product APIs; manage feature/metric definitions and documentation
Partner with DS/ML to operationalize feature stores, model outputs, drift signals, and evaluation tables
Own reference architecture across ADLS Gen2, Synapse/Databricks, Azure SQL/SQL Server, Cosmos DB (incl. vector), Azure AI Search, Key Vault, Purview
Security & compliance by default: encryption, secret management, RBAC/ABAC, data retention and GDPR/SOC 2 controls
Observability: OpenTelemetry + Azure Monitor/App Insights, data quality tests, freshness SLAs, and lineage in Purview

Education

Bachelors/ Degree