Senior Data & AI Solution Architect

RED Global; India; Remote; INR 4,200,000 - 7,200,000; Full time

Job summary

RED Global is seeking a Senior Data & AI Solution Architect for a 52-week remote contract in India. You will translate business requirements into secure, scalable architectures and guide delivery teams through design, prototyping, reviews, and production readiness.

Own end-to-end architecture for data, analytics, and AI use cases, ensure security and governance, and lead architecture reviews, troubleshooting, and deployment readiness across Azure-based platforms.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience.
• 5+ years in senior solution architecture roles for data, analytics, and AI.
• 5+ years hands-on experience with Azure-based data platforms, including Azure Data Factory, Databricks, data lake architectures, SQL, and dimensional data modeling.
• Strong experience with enterprise security, governance, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for data, analytics, and AI use cases, with accountability for design quality, security, scalability, supportability, and cost.
• Translate business needs into practical technical designs
• Lead with hands-on prototyping, architecture reviews, troubleshooting, code/design reviews, and technical support.
• Ensure security, governance, compliance, and operational readiness are built into solutions from design.

Skills

Architectural design

Security governance

Stakeholder communication

Data analytics leadership

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

SQL

Data lake architectures

Dimensional data modeling

Job description

RED is seeking a Senior Data & AI Solution Architect for 52 week REMOTE contract in INDIA with one of our biggest Global Pharma clients! This role is responsible for translating business requirements into secure, scalable, supportable architectures and guiding delivery teams through design, prototyping, implementation, reviews, and production readiness.

Key responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for data, analytics, and AI use cases, with accountability for design quality, security, scalability, supportability, and cost.
• Translate business needs into practical technical designs
• Lead with hands-on prototyping, architecture reviews, troubleshooting, code/design reviews, and technical support.
• Ensure security, governance, compliance, and operational readiness are built into solutions from design.

Must have

• 10+ years of IT experience, including
• 5+ years in senior solution architecture roles for enterprise data, analytics, and AI platforms.
• 5+ years hands-on experience with Azure-based data platforms, including Azure Data Factory, Databricks, data lake architectures, SQL, and dimensional data modeling
• Strong experience with enterprise security, governance, and compliance

Advantages

• Power BI architecture or similar BI technology, including semantic models, DAX, Power Query, workspace strategy, governance, performance optimization, and enterprise reporting patterns.
• Microsoft-first AI platforms (Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Search, Semantic Kernel, Prompt Flow, and enterprise AI governance patterns.)
• Microsoft Fabric, Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, and CI/CD for Data or AI solutions.
• Microsoft security and governance (Microsoft Entra, Purview, and Key Vault.)
• Microsoft certifications in Azure, Power BI, data, or AI architecture.

Core technology stack

• Analytics: Power BI, semantic models, DAX, Power Query, Databricks, enterprise reporting and governance.
• Engineering and governance: Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, CI/CD, Microsoft Entra, Purview, Key Vault.
• Optional- Microsoft Fabric, Python, data observability and monitoring patterns.