Azure Databricks & Agentic AI Architect

We are looking for a highly experienced Azure Databricks & Agentic AI Architect to design and lead next-generation AI-powered data platforms. The ideal candidate will have 15+ years of Data & Analytics experience, strong Azure Databricks/Lakehouse expertise, and hands-on experience with Generative AI, Agentic AI, and AI-driven Data Engineering.
Key Responsibilities

    Design enterprise-scale Azure Databricks Lakehouse platforms using Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, ADLS Gen2, Databricks Workflows, and Delta Live Tables.

    Lead the implementation of Agentic AI for autonomous data ingestion, mapping, transformation, data quality, metadata enrichment, lineage, testing, and pipeline optimization.

    Design AI-driven Data Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) solutions covering requirements, data modeling, code generation, testing, documentation, deployment, and monitoring.

    Architect RAG-based GenAI solutions using enterprise data.

    Design AI agent orchestration using Azure OpenAI, LangGraph, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, and MCP.

    Build domain-specific AI agents for Data Engineering and Analytics teams.

    Design self-healing data pipelines and AI-driven incident triage, failure prediction, SLA monitoring, capacity planning, and cost optimization.

    Establish Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) frameworks and governance for autonomous AI agents.

    Define enterprise AI governance covering security, observability, auditability, prompt governance, cost monitoring, and responsible AI.

    Mentor architects, data engineers, and AI engineers.

    Lead enterprise architecture discussions and communicate AI strategy and business value to senior/CXO stakeholders.

Preferred

    Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional

    Databricks Certified Solution Architect

    Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

    Azure Data Engineer (DP-203)

    Azure OpenAI / Generative AI certifications

    Experience leading enterprise AI transformation initiatives

    Strong executive and client-facing communication skills

Ideal Candidate: A forward-looking architect who can combine Azure Databricks + Data Engineering + Generative AI + Agentic AI to build autonomous, intelligent, governed, and scalable enterprise data ecosystems.
Requirements
Required Skills

    15+ years of Data & Analytics experience

    Strong hands-on Azure Databricks

    Lakehouse Architecture

    Delta Lake & Unity Catalog

    ADLS Gen2

    Azure Data Factory

    PySpark, Spark SQL, Python & SQL

    Azure OpenAI

    Generative AI & Agentic AI

    RAG Architecture

    LangChain / LangGraph

    MCP Protocol

    AI Agent Orchestration

    Vector Databases / Knowledge Graphs

    Azure DevOps & CI/CD

    MLOps / LLMOps

    AI Testing & Evaluation Frameworks