Omni Reach
Senior Data and AI Architect (Contract)
Contract role for a Senior Data & AI Architect in Thane who defines and evolves an Azure-native enterprise data and AI platform, setting reference architecture and guardrails across Microsoft Fabric, Foundry, Copilot Studio, Purview, and core Azure services, while guiding teams, running design reviews, and mentoring engineers.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Thane, India
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- At least 5 years of architecture experience in Azure-based enterprise environments (7+ years preferred)
- Experience defining target architectures, reference patterns, or solution standards for complex platforms
- Strong experience in Azure cloud architecture, enterprise integration, and data platform design
- Deep understanding of Microsoft Fabric and modern data platform patterns for ingestion, storage, serving, and governance
- Hands-on understanding of Microsoft Foundry for AI applications and agents, including evaluation, monitoring, and lifecycle management
- Hands-on understanding of Copilot Studio, including connectors, actions, topics, orchestration, and enterprise deployment
- Strong knowledge of enterprise security, identity and access management, compliance, and operational governance in Azure
- Ability to translate business needs into scalable architecture decisions and work with business stakeholders and engineering teams
- Strong workshop facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and architecture documentation skills
Nice to have
- Prior experience with AI platform architecture, agent architecture, or enterprise copilot design
- Microsoft certifications in Azure architecture, Fabric, Power Platform, or Azure AI
Full description
We are looking for a Senior Data & AI Architect to define and evolve an Azure-native enterprise Data & AI platform. The role will shape architecture across Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Purview, and core Azure services, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, governable, and aligned with business needs.
Requirements
- Define the platform’s reference architecture, design standards, and target-state roadmap.
- Lead architecture for data products, AI applications, and AI agents, including model selection, grounding, integrations, orchestration, evaluation, and lifecycle controls.
- Design integrations across Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Dataverse, ERP, CRM, HR, ITSM, APIs, and custom Azure services.
- Establish architecture guardrails for security, privacy, identity, access, DLP, observability, resilience, and scalability.
- Guide teams on when to use Fabric, Foundry, Copilot Studio, Power Automate, or custom Azure services.
- Facilitate architecture workshops, design reviews, and decision forums with engineering, business, governance, and security teams.
- Mentor engineering and product teams and develop reusable architecture patterns and standards.
**Must-Have Requirements
- At least 5 years of architecture experience in Azure-based enterprise environments; 7+ years preferred.
- Experience defining target architectures, reference patterns, or solution standards for complex platforms.
- Strong experience in Azure cloud architecture, enterprise integration, and data platform design.
- Deep understanding of Microsoft Fabric and modern data platform patterns for ingestion, storage, serving, and governance.
- Hands-on understanding of Microsoft Foundry for AI applications and agents, including evaluation, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
- Hands-on understanding of Copilot Studio, including connectors, actions, topics, orchestration, and enterprise deployment.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise security, identity and access management, compliance, and operational governance in Azure.
- Ability to translate business needs into scalable architecture decisions and work effectively with both business stakeholders and engineering teams.
- Strong workshop facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and architecture documentation skills.
Preferred
- Prior experience with AI platform architecture, agent architecture, or enterprise copilot design.