Senior Azure AI Cloud Architect (Hybrid)

EPAM; Doha; Hybrid; QAR 450,000 - 850,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare and life insurance

End of service gratuity

Annual air travel tickets for expatri.

Corporate programs including Employee-

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

EPAM in Doha, Qatar, seeks a Senior AI Cloud Architect to design and govern enterprise AI-driven cloud solutions in a hybrid setting. The role centers on Microsoft Azure to deliver secure, scalable architectures aligned with data platforms and Azure OpenAI adoption.

You will collaborate with AI, data, security and infrastructure teams, ensuring compliance with cybersecurity and AI governance. Strong communication with stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field.
• Extensive experience architecting enterprise-scale solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Deep understanding of Azure networking, IAM, security, governance and monitoring capabilities.
• Proven experience in designing cloud-native applications and enterprise integration architectures.
• Familiarity with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI services or AI Foundry.
• Strong expertise in relational databases, data platforms, APIs and integration design.
• Knowledge of architecture best practices for scalability, high availability and cost efficiency.
• Experience defining and enforcing architecture governance and non-functional requirements.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to engage technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience providing delivery support, technical estimates and presales input.

Responsibilities

• Own cloud and solution architecture design across application, data, integration, security and AI layers.
• Define Azure-based architecture covering compute, storage, networking, databases and AI services.
• Establish secure integration with enterprise data platforms and Azure OpenAI services.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity, data governance, residency and AI governance standards.
• Define principles, patterns, non-functional requirements and deployment standards for cloud solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including AI, DevOps, infrastructure and application engineering.
• Review technical designs to maintain alignment with target architecture.
• Address non-functional aspects such as scalability, performance, resilience, observability and cost optimization.
• Support presales, architecture presentations, technical estimates and solution workshops.
• Identify risks, dependencies and technical constraints related to quotas, connectivity and AI service usage.

Skills

Azure cloud architecture

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder communication

Presales input

Security governance

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Job description

EPAM in Doha, Qatar, seeks a Senior AI Cloud Architect to design and govern enterprise AI-driven cloud solutions in a hybrid setting. The role centers on Microsoft Azure to deliver secure, scalable architectures aligned with data platforms and Azure OpenAI adoption.

You will collaborate with AI, data, security and infrastructure teams, ensuring compliance with cybersecurity and AI governance. Strong communication with stakeholders is essential.