IT Solution Architect (Azure / Databricks / AI Platforms)
At a glance
Mid-level Data Engineering role at Gramian Consulting Group. Remote, Poland · contract.
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What you'll do
- Design production runtime across Azure and Databricks, including networks, identities, access controls and environments
- Set resilience and operations plans covering availability, monitoring, alerts, backups, recovery and rollback
- Choose integration approaches with client architects and define controls for safe write-backs to critical systems
- Shape support responsibilities across L1, L2 and L3, then prepare local IT teams to take over the service
- Present the design to architecture boards and coordinate with engineering, security, platform, operations and country teams
What you bring
- You have strong Azure architecture experience, including APIM, Entra ID, Key Vault and related monitoring tools
- You have hands-on Databricks architecture experience with Unity Catalog and Model Serving or AI Gateway
- You have used Terraform for infrastructure and Azure DevOps for CI/CD
- You can design resilient production systems and define ITIL-based support models and service transitions
Who this fits
This is a full-time contract for three to four months, with possible extension or assignment to another project. You must be based in the EU, work remotely and be fluent in English.
From the employer
About Gramian
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.
About the Role
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
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- 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.
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