IT Solution Architect (Azure / Databricks / AI Platforms)

Gramian Consulting Group; United States; Remote; USD 103,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Gramian Consultancy is seeking an experienced IT Solution Architect to own the technical design of a production-grade AI-driven KYC/Customer Due Diligence platform for an international insurance environment. The role covers Azure and Databricks runtime architecture, networking, identities, environments, integration patterns, resilience, monitoring, service transition, and operational handover.

You will work closely with engineering, platform, security, operations, and country teams to ensure a

Qualifications

• Azure solution architecture expertise with Databricks and Terraform.
• CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Fluent English and ability to work remotely within the EU.

Responsibilities

• Design the production runtime architecture across Databricks and Azure.
• Define networking, identity, and environment architecture across dev, test, acceptance, and production.
• Design for availability, SLOs, monitoring, alerting, backup, restore, and rollback.
• Define safe write-back mechanisms and controls for critical integrations.
• Define integration patterns with API Management and asynchronous APIs.
• Define the operating model across support and incident management.
• Plan service transition and handover to local IT teams.
• Ensure the solution can be supported post-deployment.
• Represent the solution at architecture boards and with senior stakeholders.

Skills

Azure architecture

Databricks

Terraform

Azure DevOps CI/CD

High availability

API integration patterns

ITIL operating model

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Tools

Terraform

Azure API Management

Entra ID

Key Vault

Log Analytics

Application Insights

Databricks

Job description

Описание:

Gramian Consultancy is a boutique consultancy specializing in IT professional services and engineering talent solutions. With a strong background in software engineering and leadership, we help companies build high-performing teams by matching them with professionals who truly fit their needs. Our client is a Big4 Consultancy group that works with leading financial institutions on AI-driven transformation, automation, advanced analytics, and financial crime prevention. Their are building a production-grade AI-assisted KYC / Customer Due Diligence platform for an international insurance environment. We are looking for an experienced IT Solution Architect to own the technical design of the production solution across Azure and Databricks, including runtime architecture, networking, identities, environments, integration patterns, resilience, monitoring, service transition, and operational handover.

• CONTRACT: B2B or B2C contract
• COMMITMENT: Full-time, 3-4 months contract with possibility of extension or getting on new projects
• LOCATIONS: Remote, EU-based candidates
• START: ASAP
• PROCESS: Initial qualification followed by client interviews

Задачи:

• Design the production runtime architecture across Databricks and Azure.
• Define networking, identity, access, and environment architecture across dev, test, acceptance, and production.
• Design for availability, SLOs, monitoring, alerting, backup, restore, rollback, and operational resilience.
• Define safe write-back mechanisms and controls for business-critical integrations.
• Decide integration patterns together with client architects, including API Management, integration layers, asynchronous APIs, and callbacks.
• Define the operating model across L1/L2/L3 support, incident, change, and release management.
• Plan service transition and handover to local IT teams.
• Ensure the solution can be effectively supported after deployment.
• Represent the solution at architecture and design boards.
• Work closely with engineering, platform, security, operations, and country teams.

Требования:

• Strong Azure solution architecture experience, including APIM, Entra ID, Key Vault, private endpoints, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• Strong hands-on architecture experience with Databricks, including Unity Catalog and Model Serving / AI Gateway.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Strong experience with CI/CD in Azure DevOps.
• Experience designing production systems for high availability, observability, backup, restore, and rollback.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns and API architecture.
• Experience defining ITIL-based operating models and service transition for critical systems.
• Strong ability to work with architecture boards and senior technical stakeholders.
• Fluent English and ability to work remotely within the EU.