Azure Data Architect: Synapse, Databricks & PySpark

e-Merge IT Recruitment; South Africa; Hybrid; ZAR 720,000 - 880,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA in South Africa is seeking an experienced Azure Solutions Architect to design and lead secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions. The role emphasizes enterprise data strategy, AI adoption, and governance within a hybrid work environment.

The successful candidate will influence sales, shape client deals, and develop industry-specific offerings across Financial Services, Manufacturing, Mining and Healthcare, leveraging Snowflake, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise architecture, consulting, solution strategy or technical pre-sales.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to develop executive-level proposals.
• Solid understanding of data platforms, analytics tools and AI/ML solution offerings.
• Experience building enterprise data strategies, AI adoption roadmaps and information governance models.
• Knowledge of ontology-based information modelling, knowledge graphs and metadata management.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic advisor to Sales and Client Managers, leading executive-level discovery and value-led conversations.
• Define target-state architectures conceptually, capability roadmaps and investment priorities.
• Review solution estimates, delivery assumptions, commercial models and execution risks.
• Translate complex technical strategies into compelling executive narratives, proposals and statements of work.
• Localise global application offers and help develop industry-specific offerings for the South African market.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Executive stakeholder management

Cloud architecture

Data & AI

Pre-sales / solution strategy

Azure knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

NTT DATA in South Africa is seeking an experienced Azure Solutions Architect to design and lead secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions. The role emphasizes enterprise data strategy, AI adoption, and governance within a hybrid work environment.

The successful candidate will influence sales, shape client deals, and develop industry-specific offerings across Financial Services, Manufacturing, Mining and Healthcare, leveraging Snowflake, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric.