Solution Architect – Data & AI

Lobo Management; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Lobo Management's client seeks an experienced Solution Architect – Data & AI to lead architecture and delivery of modern enterprise data solutions on Microsoft Azure, based in Dubai. You will design cloud-native platforms and ensure scalability and resilience across the data stack.

Collaborating with business and technical stakeholders, you will define data strategies, govern data assets using Purview, and implement pipelines with Azure Data Factory, Databricks and Synapse.

Qualifications

• Total experience: minimum 8 years; 2+ years in Data/AI solution architecture.
• Proven delivery of enterprise Azure Data Platform solutions.
• Expertise in data lakehouse architectures and governance.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end Data & AI architectures on Azure.
• Lead architecture reviews and design governance.
• Deliver cloud-native data platforms with scalability and resilience.
• Engage with clients and stakeholders to define data strategy.
• Implement data governance using Purview.

Skills

Azure data architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Cloud strategy

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science or Data Engineering

Tools

Azure Databricks

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake Storage

Microsoft Fabric

Microsoft Purview

Azure Synapse Analytics

Power BI

Snowflake

Spark

Airflow

Kafka

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Our client is seeking an experienced Solution Architect – Data & AI with strong expertise in Azure Data Platforms to lead the architecture, design and delivery of modern enterprise data solutions on Microsoft Azure.

The role involves partnering with business and technical stakeholders to define data strategies, modernize enterprise platforms and deliver cloud-native solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, Microsoft Purview, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Power BI.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Azure data architecture, data engineering and governance, with the ability to transform business requirements into scalable, resilient and AI-ready data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Architecture & Design

• Design end-to-end enterprise Data & AI architectures covering data ingestion, transformation, storage, analytics, AI and machine learning.
• Architect cloud-native data platforms on Microsoft Azure using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Microsoft Purview.
• Build scalable, cloud-native ecosystems using Azure, Snowflake and open-source frameworks (Spark, Airflow, Kafka)
• Develop AI/ML platforms incorporating MLOps, monitoring, responsible AI principles.
• Define enterprise architecture blueprints, data models, integration patterns and governance frameworks aligned with business and compliance requirements.
• Design and provision enterprise Azure Data Platforms with a focus on scalability, performance and resilience.
• Establish enterprise data security, privacy, governance and compliance frameworks.
• Design logging, monitoring, observability and alerting solutions to ensure platform reliability and operational excellence.

Technical Leadership

• Lead architecture reviews, technical workshops and design governance.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Data Engineering, Analytics and AI teams.
• Establish architecture principles, engineering standards and reusable solution patterns.
• Drive data engineering practices (CI/CD, IaC, DevOps).
• Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies for enterprise solutions.

Client Consulting & Stakeholder Engagement

• Translate business requirements into scalable data-driven solutions.
• Advise on data strategy, architecture roadmaps and AI adoption frameworks.
• Support pre-sales activities, solution demonstrations, RFP responses and executive-level presentations.
• Build strong relationships with business and technology stakeholders.

Delivery & Governance

• Ensure architecture integrity throughout the solution lifecycle from design through production deployment.
• Design enterprise data governance solutions leveraging Microsoft Purview
• Define best practices, reusable assets and mentoring frameworks for internal teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable and business-aligned data platform solutions.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of total experience, with at least 2 years of experience in Data/AI Solution architecture roles.
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale Azure Data Platform solutions using Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric.
• Experience designing data lakehouse architectures, optimizing large-scale analytics solutions and leveraging modern data engineering technologies such as Snowpark, dbt, Airflow and Terraform.
• Expertise in CI/CD with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of Python, SQL and Scala and experience with API/microservice-based data integration.
• Proven client-facing and advisory consulting experience with strong analytical, communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience designing AI/ML solutions across the lifecycle, including data preparation, model deployment, monitoring, governance and MLOps practices.
• Experience with Generative AI architectures, including Large Language Models (LLMs), Azure OpenAI, AI agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, and AI governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with AI and data engineering technologies such as Spark, Delta Lake, Kafka, Airflow, dbt etc.

Preferred certifications include:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
• SnowPro Core Certification
• Snowflake Advanced Architect Certification
• TOGAF Certification (optional)