Azure Data Architect

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product, data engineering, security and network teams to translate business needs into Azure data solutions.
• Define and maintain reference architectures and reusable solution blueprints for common data use cases.
• Continuously update platform standards based on Azure roadmap and new service capabilities including the technology selection.
• Ensue solutions comply with enterprise network standards (VNet design, subnets, NSGs, routing, firewalls).
• Design and enforce private connectivity patterns (Private Link, private endpoints, VNet integration, ExpressRoute/VPN).
• Integrate AI and advanced analytics into the platform approach
• Establish standards for data models, naming conventions, metadata, data quality and lifecycle management
• Lead or contribute to architecture/design reviews, ensuring adherence to platform and security standards.
• Define monitoring, logging and observability patterns (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, security tooling).