IT Solution Architect (Azure / Databricks / AI Platforms)

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 onAI-driven transformation, automation, advanced analytics, and financial crime prevention. Their are building a production-gradeAI-assisted KYC / Customer Due Diligence platformfor an international insurance environment.

We are looking for an experiencedIT Solution Architectto own the technical design of the production solution acrossAzure 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 theproduction runtime architectureacross Databricks and Azure.
• Define networking, identity, access, and environment architecture across dev, test, acceptance, and production.
• Design foravailability, 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, includingAPI Management, integration layers, asynchronous APIs, and callbacks.
• Define the operating model acrossL1/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

• StrongAzure solution architectureexperience, including APIM, Entra ID, Key Vault, private endpoints, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• Strong hands-on architecture experience withDatabricks, including Unity Catalog and Model Serving / AI Gateway.
• Experience withInfrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Strong experience withCI/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 definingITIL-based operating models and service transitionfor critical systems.
• Strong ability to work with architecture boards and senior technical stakeholders.
• Fluent English and ability to work remotely within the EU.