Avanade

Senior Azure Data & AI Solutions Architect

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17 days ago
Gothenburg, Sweden or Stockholm, SwedenSenior

Responsibilities

  • Lead discovery, workshops, and solutioning with business, data, and technology stakeholders.
  • Design end-to-end data and AI solutions on Microsoft Azure, covering ingestion, platforms, models, applications, and consumption.
  • Translate business goals and use cases into target architectures, technical roadmaps, estimates, and delivery plans.
  • Design and modernize data platforms using technologies such as Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databricks.
  • Design and implement batch, streaming, and real-time data pipelines, integrations, and data products.
  • Own data architecture, modeling, quality, metadata, governance, security, identity, access, observability, and cost control.
  • Design and build generative AI and classical AI/ML solutions using services such as Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and Azure Machine Learning.
  • Contribute hands-on code, integrations, prototypes, and production-oriented implementations.
  • Advise customers technically, connect technical decisions to business value, and coach data engineers, developers, architects, and data scientists.
  • Track Microsoft’s evolving data and AI strategy and translate new capabilities into practical customer solutions.

Requirements

  • Several years of experience designing and delivering advanced data and AI solutions on Microsoft Azure.
  • Demonstrated solutioning experience spanning needs analysis, architecture, estimation, technical decisions, and delivery.
  • Strong data architecture and modern data platform experience, including lakehouses, data warehouses, data products, and integration architecture.
  • Hands-on data engineering experience with pipelines, transformation, orchestration, modeling, and performance optimization.
  • Strong competence in Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, or comparable Azure data and analytics services.
  • Practical generative AI experience, including RAG, agent-based solutions, model evaluation, or language-model application integration.
  • Understanding of classical AI/ML development, production deployment, and model maintenance.
  • Hands-on proficiency in Python and SQL, plus experience with APIs, Git, CI/CD, and modern development and integration patterns.
  • Ability to design for data quality, metadata, governance, identity, security, observability, and cost control.
  • Documented consulting experience and the ability to build trust, lead customer dialogue, and connect technical decisions to business value.
  • Clear communication skills with decision-makers, architects, and delivery teams.
  • Very good written and spoken Swedish and English.
  • Preferred experience includes data warehouses, medallion architecture, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Search, MLOps, LLMOps, Microsoft Purview, event-driven solutions, streaming, data mesh, Infrastructure as Code, presales, larger transformation programs, and relevant Microsoft certifications.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year for 14 years.
  • Distinctive experiences, ongoing learning, and ambitious career growth.
  • Inclusive and diverse culture with a strong sense of belonging.
  • Supportive community of collaborators who mentor, guide, and share expertise.
  • Opportunity to work on business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions with positive impact.

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Solutions Engineering
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About Avanade

10,000+ employees

Avanade is the world’s leading expert on Microsoft. Trusted by over 7,000 clients worldwide, we deliver AI-driven solutions that unlock the full potential of people and technology, optimize operations, foster innovation and drive growth. As Microsoft’s Global SI Partner we combine global scale with local expertise in AI, cloud, data analytics, cybersecurity, and ERP to design solutions that prioritize people and drive meaningful impact. We champion diversity, inclusion, and sustainability, ensuring our work benefits society and business.

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