Senior Azure Cloud Architect — Data & AI Platform (UAE)

Auxo Talent; Dubai; On-site; AED 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Auxo Talent in Dubai seeks an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Architect to design and govern the data and AI platform on Azure, Fabric, and IDMC. You will shape the architecture and handover to Cloud and Ops Specialist during build.

You will translate requirements into scalable infrastructure, define DevOps and FinOps controls, enable the client team, and embed security and data residency across designs, aligning with government standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in cloud and infrastructure architecture, with at least 3 on data platform workloads.
• Deep Azure expertise: networking, identity and access, Key Vault, landing zones, capacity and cost management.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric (capacities, OneLake, lakehouse, warehouse, mirroring) and Informatica IDMC Secure Agent architecture.
• Infrastructure as code, CI/CD and DevOps repository design.
• Ability to present design decisions to client IT leadership and defend trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Architecture: Design network and connectivity for Fabric and Informatica on Azure and produce the technical design handed to the client IT team.
• Sizing: Translate functional requirements into infrastructure requirements, sizing and configuration for the platform.
• DevOps and access: Define the approach and design for DevOps repositories, access controls and privileges.
• FinOps design: Advise on best practices and controls to optimise consumption and recommend environment sizing when needed.
• Build enablement: Enable the development team to configure workspaces and troubleshoot infrastructure and connectivity issues.
• Handover: Provide design guidance and oversight to the Cloud and Ops Specialist during subscription setup and Fabric configuration.
• Security: Embed security, identity, encryption and data residency requirements in every design decision.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Azure networking

Azure IAM & Key Vault

Informatica IDMC

DevOps & IaC

Job description

Auxo Talent in Dubai seeks an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Architect to design and govern the data and AI platform on Azure, Fabric, and IDMC. You will shape the architecture and handover to Cloud and Ops Specialist during build.

You will translate requirements into scalable infrastructure, define DevOps and FinOps controls, enable the client team, and embed security and data residency across designs, aligning with government standards.