cloud architect

Huxley

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 Cloud Architect (Azure &amp; GCP) - Banking Sector
 
 
 
 
 Location:
 
 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Onsite Only)
 
 
 Contract Duration:
 
 12 Months (Extendable)
 
 
 Employment Type:
 
 Contract
 
 
 Industry:
 
 Banking / Financial Services
 
 
 
 Role Overview
 
 
 
 We are seeking an experienced
 
 Cloud Architect
 
 with a strong background in designing and delivering enterprise cloud solutions across
 
 Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
 
 within the
 
 banking sector
 
 .
 
 
 The successful candidate will play a key role in defining cloud strategy, architecture, governance, security, and migration initiatives for a leading financial institution in Riyadh.
 
 
 
 IMPORTANT:
 
 Applicants must have prior experience working directly for a
 
 Saudi Arabian Bank or a GCC-based Bank
 
 . This requirement is mandatory.
 
 
 This is a full-time onsite position based in Riyadh. Remote working is not available.
 
 
 
 
 
 Key Responsibilities
 
 
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 Design and implement scalable, secure, and highly available cloud architectures across Azure and GCP environments.
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 Lead cloud transformation and modernization initiatives within a banking environment.
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 Develop cloud architecture frameworks, standards, governance models, and best practices.
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 Create target-state architectures and cloud adoption roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
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 Ensure cloud solutions comply with banking security, regulatory, and compliance requirements.
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 Drive migration of applications, databases, and infrastructure workloads to cloud platforms.
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 Collaborate with infrastructure, security, application, and business teams to deliver cloud solutions.
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 Conduct architecture reviews, risk assessments, and design assurance activities.
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 Define disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilience strategies.
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 Optimize cloud environments for performance, scalability, cost management, and operational excellence.
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 Support DevOps, automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and CI/CD implementation.
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 Act as the cloud subject matter expert for architecture and strategic cloud initiatives.
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 Mandatory Requirements
 
 
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 Minimum
 
 10+ years of overall IT experience
 
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 Minimum
 
 5+ years in Cloud Architecture roles
 
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 Strong hands-on experience with both:
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 Microsoft Azure
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 Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
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 Must have worked for a Saudi Bank or GCC Bank
 
 (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, or Oman) - Mandatory.
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 Proven experience delivering enterprise cloud transformation projects within the banking or financial services sector.
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 Strong understanding of cloud security, governance, identity management, and regulatory compliance.
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 Experience with hybrid cloud and multi-cloud architectures.
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 Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
 
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 What We're Looking For
 
 
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 Strong banking domain expertise.
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 Ability to engage with senior stakeholders and technology leadership teams.
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 Experience delivering large-scale cloud transformation programs.
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 Strategic thinker with hands-on technical capability.
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 Strong understanding of enterprise security and regulatory requirements within financial services.
 
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 Desired Skills and Experience
 
 
 
 Cloud Architect | Azure &amp; GCP | Riyadh | Banking
 
 We are hiring a Cloud Architect with 10+ years of experience and strong expertise across Azure and GCP for a 12-month onsite contract in Riyadh.
 
 ✅ 10+ years IT experience
 
 ✅ Azure &amp; GCP Architecture expertise
 
 ✅ Banking industry background
 
 ✅ MUST have worked for a Saudi Bank or GCC Bank
 
 ✅ Onsite in Riyadh (No Remote Work)
 
 ✅ Immediate or short notice preferred
 
 If you meet the mandatory banking experience requirement and are interested in a long-term contract opportunity, please apply with your updated CV.
 
 
 
 
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 * Wij zullen nooit via WhatsApp of in een videogesprek vragen om jouw persoonlijke gegevens (zoals een kopie van je ID, bankgegevens of BSN).
 
 * Twijfel je over de echtheid van een vacature of contactpersoon? Neem dan altijd rechtstreeks contact met ons op via de offici&euml;le contactgegevens op onze website.
 
 
 
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 Unfortunately, job fraud is becoming more common. Beware of such scams:
 
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 * If you're unsure whether a vacancy or contact person is legitimate, please reach out to us directly using the official contact details on our website.
 
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Cloud Architect

Datamatics Global Services Ltd

<div><h1 class="jobSectionHeader">Enterprise Architect (9&ndash;12+ Years Experience)</h1><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Job Title: Enterprise Architect</h2><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Experience: 9&ndash;12+ Years</h2><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Location: Riyadh, Saudi</h2><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Job Summary</h2>
We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to define and drive the organization's enterprise architecture strategy, ensuring technology investments align with business objectives. The ideal candidate will establish enterprise architecture principles, standards, target-state architectures, strategic roadmaps, and governance mechanisms while collaborating with business and technology stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Key Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>
Develop and maintain enterprise architecture strategies aligned with business goals.</li><li>
Define enterprise architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and governance processes.</li><li>
Design current-state and target-state architecture models and transformation roadmaps.</li><li>
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic technology investments.</li><li>
Collaborate with business leaders, solution architects, engineering teams, and project managers to ensure architectural alignment.</li><li>
Conduct architecture reviews and ensure compliance with enterprise standards and governance.</li><li>
Lead technology modernization, cloud adoption, and digital transformation initiatives.</li><li>
Perform architecture impact assessments and provide technical guidance across projects.</li><li>
Mentor solution architects and engineering teams on enterprise architecture best practices.</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Must Have Skills</h2><ul><li>
Experience in Enterprise Architecture Principles AND Architecture Standards AND Target-State Architecture AND Technology Roadmaps AND Architecture Governance Mechanisms.</li><li>
Enterprise architecture frameworks: TOGAF OR Zachman Framework OR FEAF OR Gartner Enterprise Architecture.</li><li>
Architecture modeling: ArchiMate OR UML OR BPMN OR C4 Model.</li><li>
Cloud platforms: AWS OR Microsoft Azure OR Google Cloud Platform (GCP).</li><li>
Architecture domains: Business Architecture AND Application Architecture AND Data Architecture AND Technology Architecture AND Security Architecture.</li><li>
Solution Evaluation AND Technology Strategy AND Architecture Review AND Governance.</li><li>
Strong understanding of Microservices AND API Architecture AND Event-Driven Architecture AND Integration Patterns.</li><li>
Experience with DevSecOps AND CI/CD AND Infrastructure as Code (IaC).</li><li>
Excellent stakeholder management, leadership, communication, strategic planning, and decision-making skills.</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Good to Have Skills</h2><ul><li>
Enterprise architecture tools: Sparx Enterprise Architect OR LeanIX OR Bizzdesign OR Orbus Software OR MEGA HOPEX.</li><li>
Knowledge of Kubernetes OR Docker OR OpenShift.</li><li>
Experience with Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) OR Domain-Driven Design (DDD).</li><li>
Familiarity with governance and service management frameworks: ITIL OR COBIT.</li><li>
Experience in digital transformation, cloud migration, application modernization, and enterprise integration initiatives.</li><li>
Knowledge of security and compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001 OR NIST OR CIS Controls.</li><li>
Relevant certifications: TOGAF OR AWS Certified Solutions Architect OR Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert OR Google Professional Cloud Architect.</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Preferred Qualifications</h2><ul><li>
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree is a plus.</li><li>
9&ndash;12 years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or technology strategy.</li><li>
Proven experience defining enterprise architecture standards and leading enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.</li><li>
Strong ability to align business strategy with technology strategy and influence executive stakeholders.</li><li>
Excellent analytical, communication, leadership, and mentoring skills.</li></ul>
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Enterprise Architect

emagine

<div>
 Position Overview
 
 
 Seeking an Azure Architect with proven high-level expertise in driving Cloud Managed Services business and revenue growth. Qualified candidates need to have a successful track record of creating solution architecture for managed services and cloud offerings to enterprise accounts and mid-size companies. Candidates must be able to build relationships with IT Decision Makers and CxO levels of organizations.
 
 
 Job Responsibilities
 
 
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 Responsible for gathering/capturing Business requirements from Customer by coordinating with Customer and Sales Team.
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 Understanding customers' AS-IS and TO-BE Infrastructure/Application/Security requirements on Cloud.
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 Understanding RFP/RFI to capture business requirements and prepare for Technical Response.
 </li>
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 Responsible for creating Optimized Solutions (Sizing, Architecture options, BoM etc.) on Public Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) based on customer requirements.
 </li>
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 Customer Presentations/Whiteboarding of the company&rsquo;s capabilities and Solution prepared with the ability to explain benefits of TO-BE model.
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 Creating Proof of Concept (PoC).
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 Creation of Cloud Migration Plan.
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 Participation in public events and writing Technical whitepapers/Articles/Blogs.
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 Internal Trainings.
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 Help Delivery teams in knowledge transition.
 
 
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 </ul>
 Job Prerequisites
 
 
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 Prior experience on Azure public cloud is mandatory.
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 10-20+ years of IT/Datacenter experience with minimum 2+ years on cloud Infrastructure/Application as SME/Architect on one of the public clouds.
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 Preferably certified on one of the Cloud Technologies (Expert/Associate level).
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 Experience/Understanding of architecting complex Enterprise grade solutions in on-premise and cloud environments.
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 Experience in creating solutions either on Cloud infra IaaS (VM, Storage, Networking, SAP on Cloud etc.) or in Cloud Apps (PaaS, Serverless, Container, CI/CD).
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 Firm grasp on cloud security, leveraging Windows/Linux operating systems, Active Directory, AD integration.
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 Well-versed in designing and building solutions that include high availability, Disaster Recovery architectures.
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 Familiarity with Cloud Automation Tools (Terraform, ANSIBLE, ARM Templates).
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 Client-focused with the ability to influence others to achieve results.
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 Design state-of-the-art technical solutions on cloud that address customer&rsquo;s requirements for scalability, reliability, security, and performance and leverage existing investments.
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 Collaborate with other project teams on technical solutions and help improve service.
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 Ability to learn and work with new and emerging technologies (AI/ML/IoT etc.).
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 Open for local/global travel (30-40%) to client/partner/Event offices/locations as per business requirements.
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Azure Architect

Aventus

<div>
 
 
 We're Hiring: cloud Solution Architects (12-Month Contract) - On site in Riyadh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 We're looking for
 
 3
 
 experienced Solution Architects to join a cloud transformation project
 
 
 1 role for each cloud provider:
 
 
 
 
 
 ☁️ 1x Alibaba Cloud Solution Architect
 
 
 ☁️ 1x Oracle Cloud Solution Architect
 
 
 ☁️ 1x AWS Solution Architect
 
 
 📍 Contract Duration: 12 months
 
 
 🗣️ Arabic speakers preferred
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7 Years of experience
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 What you'll do:
 
 
 
 ✅ Lead and supervise cloud migration activities to ensure successful delivery and alignment with project objectives
 
 
 ✅ Participate in the Design Authority to review and approve architecture decisions, designs, and technical standards
 
 
 ✅ Review project deliverables to ensure quality, completeness, and compliance with architecture and governance requirements
 
 
 ✅ Collaborate with project teams, stakeholders, and vendors to address technical challenges and risks
 
 
 ✅ Provide architectural guidance and best practices throughout the migration and transformation lifecycle
 
 
 ✅ Contribute to Enterprise Architecture initiatives, ensuring alignment with the organization's EA principles and roadmap
 
 
 ✅ Support technical governance, design reviews, and decision-making processes across cloud projects
 
 
 
 
 
 Please send CVS only if you meet requirement's above!
 
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Cloud Solution Architects

JAWRAA

<div>
 
 Jawraa is a leading digital transformation partner committed to empowering businesses in Saudi Arabia. With over two decades of experience, we've helped organizations navigate the evolving digital landscape and achieve their goals. Our deep industry expertise and strategic partnerships with top-tier technology providers set us apart.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 About the job :
 
 
 
 We are looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure that powers our core products and services. You will partner with software engineers, data teams, and security to lead cloud-native transformation initiatives and champion best practices across the organization.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Key Responsibilities :
 
 
 
 
 Infrastructure Architecture &amp; Design
 
 
 
 &bull; Architect and implement highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable cloud solutions on GCP
 
 
 &bull; Lead the design of GCP-native infrastructure using services such as GKE, Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage
 
 
 &bull; Define infrastructure standards, patterns, and reference architectures for engineering teams
 
 
 
 
 
 
 DevOps &amp; Automation
 
 
 
 &bull; Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Google Deployment Manager
 
 
 &bull; Design and manage CI/CD pipelines using Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, or similar tooling
 
 
 &bull; Automate cloud operations, monitoring, and remediation using scripting (Python, Bash, Go)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Security &amp; Compliance
 
 
 
 &bull; Implement and enforce GCP security best practices including IAM, VPC Service Controls, and Cloud Armor
 
 
 &bull; Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR) within the cloud environment
 
 
 &bull; Conduct regular security assessments and drive vulnerability remediation efforts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Reliability &amp; Performance
 
 
 
 &bull; Define and maintain SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets for cloud infrastructure services
 
 
 &bull; Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and blameless post-mortems
 
 
 &bull; Optimize cloud resource utilization and drive cost management through FinOps practices
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Collaboration &amp; Leadership
 
 
 
 &bull; Mentor junior and mid-level cloud engineers and promote a culture of learning
 
 
 &bull; Collaborate with product, data, and security teams to align cloud strategy with business goals
 
 
 &bull; Document architecture decisions, runbooks, and operational procedures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Google Cloud Networking
 
 
 
 &bull; Design and manage Google Cloud VPC networks, subnets, firewall rules, and network policies
 
 
 &bull; Configure and optimize Cloud Load Balancing (HTTP(S), TCP/SSL, Internal) for high-availability workloads
 
 
 &bull; Implement Cloud CDN, Cloud DNS, and Traffic Director for global traffic management
 
 
 &bull; Set up and manage hybrid connectivity using Cloud Interconnect (Dedicated &amp; Partner) and Cloud VPN
 
 
 &bull; Deploy and configure Shared VPC and VPC Network Peering for multi-project architectures
 
 
 &bull; Apply network security controls including Cloud Armor (WAF/DDoS), VPC Service Controls, and Private Google Access
 
 
 &bull; Monitor and troubleshoot network performance using Network Intelligence Center, Connectivity Tests, and VPC Flow Logs
 
 
 &bull; Design private networking for GKE clusters using Alias IP ranges, Cloud NAT, and Private Service Connect
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Requirements :
 
 
 
 &bull; Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field &mdash; or equivalent practical experience.
 
 
 &bull; 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with at least 5 years hands-on with GCP
 
 
 &bull; Deep expertise in GCP services: GKE, Cloud Run, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, VPC, IAM
 
 
 &bull; Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
 
 
 &bull; Strong programming/scripting skills in Python, Go, or Bash
 
 
 &bull; Experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads
 
 
 &bull; Hands-on experience with CI/CD tooling and GitOps workflows
 
 
 &bull; Solid understanding of networking concepts: DNS, VPNs, load balancing, CDN, TCP/IP
 
 
 &bull; Experience implementing security controls and compliance in cloud environments
 
 
 &bull; Google Cloud Professional certifications (Cloud Architect, DevOps Engineer, Security Engineer)
 
 
 &bull; Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures
 
 
 &bull; Familiarity with data engineering tools: Dataflow, Dataproc, BigQuery ML
 
 
 &bull; Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Anthos Service Mesh)
 
 
 &bull; Background in SRE principles and practices
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Required Specialized Certifications :
 
 
 
 Google Professional Cloud Architect
 
 
 Google Professional DevOps Engineer
 
 
 Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer
 
 
 Google Associate Cloud Engineer
 
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Senior Cloud Engineer {GCP}

Globant

<div>At Globant, we are working to make the world a better place, one step at a time. We enhance business development and enterprise solutions to prepare them for a digital future. With a diverse and talented team present in more than 30 countries, we are strategic partners to leading global companies in their business process transformation. 
 
 
We are seeking a Senior AI Solution Architect who shares our passion for innovation and transformation. This role is critical in building advanced AI-driven solutions that enable our business partners to evolve and meet the growing demand for personalized, intelligent digital experiences. 
 
 
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">Key Responsibilities
</h2><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">1. Solution Architecture Ownership &amp; Leadership
</h3><ul><li><div>The Authoritative Blueprint: Produce and maintain the end-to-end architecture blueprints, system context diagrams, component designs, data flow models, and API specifications for four delivery pods.
</div></li><li><div>Architectural Decisions (ADRs): Make, document, and defend binding architectural choices, evaluating constraints and long-term impacts.
</div></li><li><div>Pod Governance: Run architecture reviews with pod tech leads to ensure cross-cutting cohesion and resolve conflicts early.
</div></li><li>Executive Stakeholder Management: Present, defend, and earn confidence in the technical design under scrutiny from the client's CTO, CISO, and Enterprise Architecture Board.
</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">2. AI &amp; Agentic System Design
</h3><ul><li><div>Orchestration &amp; Routing: Design LLM routing strategies, multi-agent coordination patterns, intent classification pipelines, and session/memory management.
</div></li><li><div>The Tool Gateway: Specify the deterministic policy engine implementing the Trust Dial ( Suggest / Approve / Act ) governance framework.
</div></li><li><div>Context &amp; RAG: Design vector database schemas, embedding pipelines, retrieval strategies, and real-time context data contracts.
</div></li><li><div>Inference Optimization: Oversee model selection (Anthropic Claude Haiku/Sonnet), token budget management, latency SLAs, and circuit-breaker/fallback design.
</div></li><li>Evaluation Infrastructure: Establish automated production AI evaluation, continuous verification, and tracing pipelines.
</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">3. Banking Systems &amp; Modernization Integration
</h3><ul><li><div>Legacy Decoupling: Define an API facade strategy to progressively wrap, version, and migrate the bank's 70% legacy services using strangler fig patterns.
</div></li><li><div>Financial Controls: Enforce integration standards covering authentication, authorization, rate limiting, and critical financial idempotency patterns.
</div></li><li>Real-Time Streaming: Specify the Kafka/MSK event infrastructure to stream real-time banking triggers (e.g., salary credits, fraud flags) directly to the AI orchestrator.
</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">4. Security, Compliance &amp; Governance
</h3><ul><li><div>Threat Modeling: Map and mitigate prompt injections, data exfiltration, model manipulation, and API abuse vectors.
</div></li><li><div>Model Risk Management (MRM): Build the technical framework for audit logging, model explainability mechanisms, and human-in-the-loop compliance checkpoints.
</div></li><li>DevSecOps &amp; Cost: Architect container security gates, SAST/DAST integration, secrets management, and efficient LLM auto-scaling/cost attribution profiles.
</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">Required Experience &amp; Qualifications
</h2><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Essential Criteria
</h3><ul><li><div>Enterprise Architecture: 8+ years of hands-on architecture experience delivering large-scale, complex technology programs. Strong pattern knowledge across microservices, event-driven architectures, saga orchestration, and CQRS.
</div></li><li><div>Banking Domain Fluency: 5+ years of banking or fintech architecture experience. Deep knowledge of retail platforms, payment rails (SWIFT, local ACH/RTGS), card management, fraud/AML engines, and core legacy system integration.
</div></li><li><div>Production AI Architecture: 3+ years designing and operating real-world LLM or AI/ML systems at scale (not proof-of-concepts). Expert-level knowledge of RAG pipelines, agent state tracking, and tool calling schemas.
</div></li><li>Cloud &amp; Security: High proficiency in AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud architecture, Kubernetes orchestration, zero-trust patterns (mTLS, OAuth 2.0/OIDC), and IaC (Terraform/CDK).
</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Desirable Criteria
</h3><ul><li><div>Academic background in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
</div></li><li><div>Relevant professional certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect Pro, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, TOGAF).
</div></li><li>Architectural experience with regional frameworks (CBUAE, DFSA, ADGM) and mobile runtime systems like Flutter.
</li></ul>Location: Remote 
 
 
Create with us digital products that people love. We will bring businesses and consumers together through AI technology and creativity, driving digital transformation to impact the world positively. 
 
 
 
We may use AI and machine learning technologies in our recruitment process. Compensation is determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and location. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a comprehensive benefits package.</div>

Senior AI Solution Architect

Cognizant

Role Overview
 As a Senior Data Engineer / Tech Lead, you will design, develop, and optimize scalable, enterprise-grade cloud-native data platforms and pipelines on the Microsoft Azure ecosystem . You will possess deep technical ownership and be responsible for implementing modern data architectures (such as Lakehouse and Medallion architecture) . This role requires close collaboration with architects, business analysts, and downstream data consumers to translate complex business requirements into high-performing and secure data solutions.
 
Key Responsibilities
 1.Data Pipeline Design & Orchestration (ADF)
 <ul>
<li>Design, build, and maintain complex, scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Data Factory (ADF) to ingest heterogeneous data from diverse sources (APIs, SFTP, Oracle Fusion, SQL Server, Event Hubs, etc.)</li>
<li>Implement parameter-driven dynamic pipelines, custom activities, and robust scheduling triggers</li>
<li>Configure and manage Integration Runtimes (Self-Hosted and Azure IR) for secure and efficient on-premise to cloud data movement</li>
</ul>
2.Advanced Big Data Processing (Azure Databricks)
 <ul>
<li>Develop high-performance batch and real-time streaming data pipelines using Azure Databricks, PySpark, Spark SQL, or Scala</li>
<li>Implement Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers) and maintain modern Lakehouse architectures utilizing Delta Lake</li>
<li>Optimize Spark compute usage through parameter-driven jobs, proper cluster scaling, and Databricks serverless compute configurations</li>
<li>Perform deep performance tuning, query optimization, and memory management of heavy Spark workloads</li>
</ul>
3.Data Warehousing & Modeling
 <ul>
<li>Design and refine data models including dimensional modeling, star schemas, and Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCDs)</li>
<li>Optimize databases by writing complex, performant T-SQL queries, stored procedures, and schemas on Azure SQL Database or Azure Synapse Analytics</li>
</ul>
4.Data Governance, Security & DevOps
 <ul>
<li>Enforce data governance, lineage, and access controls across the platform utilizing Unity Catalog .</li>
<li>Secure data architectures utilizing Azure Key Vault, Managed Identities, Service Principals, and VNET-integrated environments</li>
<li>Implement CI/CD pipelines using Git and Azure DevOps to automate database and pipeline deployments</li>
</ul>
5.Leadership & Collaboration
 <ul>
<li>Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior developers and QA teams</li>
<li>Enforce engineering discipline through standard code reviews, structured pre/post-deployment validations, and thorough documentation</li>
</ul>
Required Skills & Qualifications
 <ul>
<li>Overall Experience: Minimum of 8+ years of professional experience in Data Engineering or Data Warehousing</li>
<li>Azure Experience: 4+ years of dedicated, hands-on experience designing and operating modern data platforms on Microsoft Azure</li>
<li>Programming Languages: Proficient in Python/PySpark, SQL (advanced query optimization, indexing, stored procedures), and optionally Scala</li>
<li>Core Azure Stack: Extensive knowledge of Azure Data Factory, ADLS Gen2, Azure Databricks (Delta Lake), Azure SQL Database, and Azure Synapse Analytics</li>
<li>Big Data Concepts: Robust understanding of Apache Spark architecture, distributed computing, and the Hadoop ecosystem</li>
<li>Data Integration: Strong background in CDC (Change Data Capture) mechanisms, API integrations, and event-driven data streaming (e.g., Event Hubs/Kafka)</li>
<li>Soft Skills: Excellent analytical capabilities, strong documentation skills, and the ability to articulate technical strategies to non-technical business partners</li>
</ul>
Preferred / "Good-to-Have" Qualifications
 <ul>
<li>Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203), Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Databricks Certified Associate/Professional</li>
<li>Cloud Platforms: Exposure to multi-cloud environments (e.g., Google Cloud Platform or AWS)</li>
<li>IaC: Experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or ARM Templates to deploy Azure resources</li>
</ul>

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