Cloud Solution Architect - Data & AI
Core
Lead architecture and technical engagements for mission-critical database workloads across Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure VMs, including migration, modernization, optimization, and AI-ready data foundation design.
Role type
Senior Cloud Solution Architect (Data & AI)
Builds
High availability and disaster recovery architectures, optimized database environments, and AI-ready operational data foundations for enterprise customers.
Domain
Cloud Data & AI (Azure SQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cosmos DB)
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Azure SQL Database architecture, SQL Server performance tuning, database migration strategies, high availability design, disaster recovery planning, capacity planning, query optimization, indexing strategies, execution plan analysis, resource bottleneck investigation, AI data foundation design, enterprise architecture leadership, complex troubleshooting.
Preferred skills
Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure infrastructure networking, application architecture understanding, modern Data & AI architectures.
Technologies
Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server, Azure VMs, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure infrastructure, Azure networking, Azure storage.
Responsibilities
Lead architecture and technical engagements for mission-critical database workloads; Assess existing customer database estates and develop migration, modernisation and optimisation strategies; Diagnose complex production database performance and reliability issues; Design high availability and disaster recovery architectures; Support customers with SQL Server and Azure SQL migrations, upgrades and platform modernisation; Lead technical workshops, architecture reviews, health assessments and troubleshooting sessions; Help customers establish an AI-ready operational data foundation.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
