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Job Description
- Key Responsibilities:
Presales & Client Engagement
- Partner with sales and industry teams to design
client-ready demos, proof-of-concepts, and technical solution blueprints
.
- Present complex architectures in a
clear, business-outcome-driven manner
to both executive and technical stakeholders.
- Contribute to
RFP/RFI responses, solution proposals, and deal shaping
.
- Act as a
trusted advisor
in client conversations, highlighting differentiators of Data & AI Solutions.
Solution Architecture & Demo Environments
- Architect distributed, scalable, and resilient
data and AI platforms
for presales demonstrations.
- Design
abstraction layers for multi-model AI orchestration
, including fallback logic, dynamic model switching, and cost control.
- Lead implementation of
event-driven architectures
using messaging frameworks (Kafka, Pulsar, SQS, etc.) and state machines.
- Build reusable,
industry-specific demo environments
leveraging hyperscaler services and data platforms.
Observability, Security & Compliance
- Define and enforce
observability standards
for demo and enterprise environments (logging, tracing, telemetry, real-time alerting).
- Implement
zero-trust security models
(RBAC/ABAC, IAM, OAuth2, encryption, API gateways).
- Ensure all demo and client environments meet compliance standards such as
HIPAA, GDPR, SOC2
.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work with
Product, Data Science, Engineering, and Governance teams
to align demos with business/regulatory needs.
- Collaborate with IMUs (verticals) to build
domain-specific demo templates
(e.g., Insurance claims, Healthcare payment integrity, Banking KYC/fraud, Retail personalization).
- Provide hands-on support to
engineering teams during delivery, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
.
Innovation & Technical Leadership
- Stay ahead of
hyperscaler advancements, AI/ML frameworks, and orchestration patterns
.
- Drive
technical due diligence, PoCs, and vendor/platform evaluations
.
- Create technical artifacts (architecture diagrams, design patterns, runbooks).
- Mentor presales engineers and junior architects in solution design and client presentation skills.
- Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Certifications preferred:
- Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Kubernetes / CNCF ecosystem.
Architecture frameworks (TOGAF, SAFe).
Skills & Experience
Must-Have Skills & Experience
15+ years
in software architecture, presales engineering, or enterprise data/AI platform design.
- Hands-on expertise in
at least two hyperscaler platforms:
- Azure (Fabric, Synapse, Data Factory, Azure ML, Power BI).
- AWS (Redshift, Glue, S3, SageMaker, Lake Formation).
- GCP (BigQuery, Dataplex, Vertex AI, Pub/Sub).
- Proven experience architecting
distributed systems, microservices, and scalable AI/ML platforms
.
- Strong knowledge of
Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata, Lineage, and DataOps
.
- Expertise in
event-driven systems
and asynchronous workflows.
- Hands-on with
observability stacks
(Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK).
- Advanced programming with
Python (async), TypeScript/JavaScript, or Go
.
- Familiarity with
Kubernetes, service mesh (Istio), serverless design patterns
.
- Experience with
CI/CD automation, GitOps, Terraform, Helm
.
- Strong presentation, storytelling, and client engagement skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with
multi-tenant SaaS platforms
and usage-based billing.
- Familiarity with
data mesh, knowledge graphs, and semantic interoperability
.
- Knowledge of
frontend architecture patterns
(micro-frontends, data visualizations).
- Experience building
presales demo or sandbox environments
.
Exposure to
agentic AI concepts and LLM-based orchestration
.
Presales & Client Engagement
- Partner with sales and industry teams to design
client-ready demos, proof-of-concepts, and technical solution blueprints
.
- Present complex architectures in a
clear, business-outcome-driven manner
to both executive and technical stakeholders.
- Contribute to
RFP/RFI responses, solution proposals, and deal shaping
.
- Act as a
trusted advisor
in client conversations, highlighting differentiators of Data & AI Solutions.
Solution Architecture & Demo Environments
- Architect distributed, scalable, and resilient
data and AI platforms
for presales demonstrations.
- Design
abstraction layers for multi-model AI orchestration
, including fallback logic, dynamic model switching, and cost control.
- Lead implementation of
event-driven architectures
using messaging frameworks (Kafka, Pulsar, SQS, etc.) and state machines.
- Build reusable,
industry-specific demo environments
leveraging hyperscaler services and data platforms.
Observability, Security & Compliance
- Define and enforce
observability standards
for demo and enterprise environments (logging, tracing, telemetry, real-time alerting).
- Implement
zero-trust security models
(RBAC/ABAC, IAM, OAuth2, encryption, API gateways).
- Ensure all demo and client environments meet compliance standards such as
HIPAA, GDPR, SOC2
.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work with
Product, Data Science, Engineering, and Governance teams
to align demos with business/regulatory needs.
- Collaborate with IMUs (verticals) to build
domain-specific demo templates
(e.g., Insurance claims, Healthcare payment integrity, Banking KYC/fraud, Retail personalization).
- Provide hands-on support to
engineering teams during delivery, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
.
Innovation & Technical Leadership
- Stay ahead of
hyperscaler advancements, AI/ML frameworks, and orchestration patterns
.
- Drive
technical due diligence, PoCs, and vendor/platform evaluations
.
- Create technical artifacts (architecture diagrams, design patterns, runbooks).
- Mentor presales engineers and junior architects in solution design and client presentation skills.
- Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Certifications preferred:
- Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Kubernetes / CNCF ecosystem.
Architecture frameworks (TOGAF, SAFe).
Skills & Experience
Must-Have Skills & Experience
15+ years
in software architecture, presales engineering, or enterprise data/AI platform design.
- Hands-on expertise in
at least two hyperscaler platforms:
- Azure (Fabric, Synapse, Data Factory, Azure ML, Power BI).
- AWS (Redshift, Glue, S3, SageMaker, Lake Formation).
- GCP (BigQuery, Dataplex, Vertex AI, Pub/Sub).
- Proven experience architecting
distributed systems, microservices, and scalable AI/ML platforms
.
- Strong knowledge of
Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata, Lineage, and DataOps
.
- Expertise in
event-driven systems
and asynchronous workflows.
- Hands-on with
observability stacks
(Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK).
- Advanced programming with
Python (async), TypeScript/JavaScript, or Go
.
- Familiarity with
Kubernetes, service mesh (Istio), serverless design patterns
.
- Experience with
CI/CD automation, GitOps, Terraform, Helm
.
- Strong presentation, storytelling, and client engagement skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with
multi-tenant SaaS platforms
and usage-based billing.
- Familiarity with
data mesh, knowledge graphs, and semantic interoperability
.
- Knowledge of
frontend architecture patterns
(micro-frontends, data visualizations).
- Experience building
presales demo or sandbox environments
.
Exposure to
agentic AI concepts and LLM-based orchestration
.
- Key Responsibilities:
Presales & Client Engagement
- Partner with sales and industry teams to design
client-ready demos, proof-of-concepts, and technical solution blueprints
.
- Present complex architectures in a
clear, business-outcome-driven manner
to both executive and technical stakeholders.
- Contribute to
RFP/RFI responses, solution proposals, and deal shaping
.
- Act as a
trusted advisor
in client conversations, highlighting differentiators of Data & AI Solutions.
Solution Architecture & Demo Environments
- Architect distributed, scalable, and resilient
data and AI platforms
for presales demonstrations.
- Design
abstraction layers for multi-model AI orchestration
, including fallback logic, dynamic model switching, and cost control.
- Lead implementation of
event-driven architectures
using messaging frameworks (Kafka, Pulsar, SQS, etc.) and state machines.
- Build reusable,
industry-specific demo environments
leveraging hyperscaler services and data platforms.
Observability, Security & Compliance
- Define and enforce
observability standards
for demo and enterprise environments (logging, tracing, telemetry, real-time alerting).
- Implement
zero-trust security models
(RBAC/ABAC, IAM, OAuth2, encryption, API gateways).
- Ensure all demo and client environments meet compliance standards such as
HIPAA, GDPR, SOC2
.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work with
Product, Data Science, Engineering, and Governance teams
to align demos with business/regulatory needs.
- Collaborate with IMUs (verticals) to build
domain-specific demo templates
(e.g., Insurance claims, Healthcare payment integrity, Banking KYC/fraud, Retail personalization).
- Provide hands-on support to
engineering teams during delivery, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
.
Innovation & Technical Leadership
- Stay ahead of
hyperscaler advancements, AI/ML frameworks, and orchestration patterns
.
- Drive
technical due diligence, PoCs, and vendor/platform evaluations
.
- Create technical artifacts (architecture diagrams, design patterns, runbooks).
- Mentor presales engineers and junior architects in solution design and client presentation skills.
- Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Certifications preferred:
- Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Kubernetes / CNCF ecosystem.
Architecture frameworks (TOGAF, SAFe).
Skills & Experience
Must-Have Skills & Experience
15+ years
in software architecture, presales engineering, or enterprise data/AI platform design.
- Hands-on expertise in
at least two hyperscaler platforms:
- Azure (Fabric, Synapse, Data Factory, Azure ML, Power BI).
- AWS (Redshift, Glue, S3, SageMaker, Lake Formation).
- GCP (BigQuery, Dataplex, Vertex AI, Pub/Sub).
- Proven experience architecting
distributed systems, microservices, and scalable AI/ML platforms
.
- Strong knowledge of
Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata, Lineage, and DataOps
.
- Expertise in
event-driven systems
and asynchronous workflows.
- Hands-on with
observability stacks
(Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK).
- Advanced programming with
Python (async), TypeScript/JavaScript, or Go
.
- Familiarity with
Kubernetes, service mesh (Istio), serverless design patterns
.
- Experience with
CI/CD automation, GitOps, Terraform, Helm
.
- Strong presentation, storytelling, and client engagement skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with
multi-tenant SaaS platforms
and usage-based billing.
- Familiarity with
data mesh, knowledge graphs, and semantic interoperability
.
- Knowledge of
frontend architecture patterns
(micro-frontends, data visualizations).
- Experience building
presales demo or sandbox environments
.
Exposure to
agentic AI concepts and LLM-based orchestration
.
Presales & Client Engagement
- Partner with sales and industry teams to design
client-ready demos, proof-of-concepts, and technical solution blueprints
.
- Present complex architectures in a
clear, business-outcome-driven manner
to both executive and technical stakeholders.
- Contribute to
RFP/RFI responses, solution proposals, and deal shaping
.
- Act as a
trusted advisor
in client conversations, highlighting differentiators of Data & AI Solutions.
Solution Architecture & Demo Environments
- Architect distributed, scalable, and resilient
data and AI platforms
for presales demonstrations.
- Design
abstraction layers for multi-model AI orchestration
, including fallback logic, dynamic model switching, and cost control.
- Lead implementation of
event-driven architectures
using messaging frameworks (Kafka, Pulsar, SQS, etc.) and state machines.
- Build reusable,
industry-specific demo environments
leveraging hyperscaler services and data platforms.
Observability, Security & Compliance
- Define and enforce
observability standards
for demo and enterprise environments (logging, tracing, telemetry, real-time alerting).
- Implement
zero-trust security models
(RBAC/ABAC, IAM, OAuth2, encryption, API gateways).
- Ensure all demo and client environments meet compliance standards such as
HIPAA, GDPR, SOC2
.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work with
Product, Data Science, Engineering, and Governance teams
to align demos with business/regulatory needs.
- Collaborate with IMUs (verticals) to build
domain-specific demo templates
(e.g., Insurance claims, Healthcare payment integrity, Banking KYC/fraud, Retail personalization).
- Provide hands-on support to
engineering teams during delivery, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
.
Innovation & Technical Leadership
- Stay ahead of
hyperscaler advancements, AI/ML frameworks, and orchestration patterns
.
- Drive
technical due diligence, PoCs, and vendor/platform evaluations
.
- Create technical artifacts (architecture diagrams, design patterns, runbooks).
- Mentor presales engineers and junior architects in solution design and client presentation skills.
- Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Certifications preferred:
- Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Kubernetes / CNCF ecosystem.
Architecture frameworks (TOGAF, SAFe).
Skills & Experience
Must-Have Skills & Experience
15+ years
in software architecture, presales engineering, or enterprise data/AI platform design.
- Hands-on expertise in
at least two hyperscaler platforms:
- Azure (Fabric, Synapse, Data Factory, Azure ML, Power BI).
- AWS (Redshift, Glue, S3, SageMaker, Lake Formation).
- GCP (BigQuery, Dataplex, Vertex AI, Pub/Sub).
- Proven experience architecting
distributed systems, microservices, and scalable AI/ML platforms
.
- Strong knowledge of
Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata, Lineage, and DataOps
.
- Expertise in
event-driven systems
and asynchronous workflows.
- Hands-on with
observability stacks
(Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK).
- Advanced programming with
Python (async), TypeScript/JavaScript, or Go
.
- Familiarity with
Kubernetes, service mesh (Istio), serverless design patterns
.
- Experience with
CI/CD automation, GitOps, Terraform, Helm
.
- Strong presentation, storytelling, and client engagement skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with
multi-tenant SaaS platforms
and usage-based billing.
- Familiarity with
data mesh, knowledge graphs, and semantic interoperability
.
- Knowledge of
frontend architecture patterns
(micro-frontends, data visualizations).
- Experience building
presales demo or sandbox environments
.
Exposure to
agentic AI concepts and LLM-based orchestration
.
Technical Expertise
- 6–12+ years as a
Senior Data Engineer
, Forward Deployment Engineer, or Platform Engineer.
- Strong hands-on experience with
at least hyperscaler
(AWS or Azure or GCP).
Deep expertise in:
PySpark
, SQL, Python
Databricks / Snowflake
(one mandatory, both preferred)
- Cloud data services (Kinesis, Glue, Redshift, Synapse, BigQuery, DataProc, etc.)
- Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD
- IAM, VPC, private networking, secrets, API management
Delivery & Client Facing Skills
- Demonstrated ability to
work directly with client engineering teams
.
- Comfortable running design discussions, debugging sessions, and deployment workshops.
- Strong communication skills; able to simplify technical topics for business audiences.
- Ability to operate independently with a
consulting mindset and ownership mentality
.
GenAI & Multi-Agent Curiosity
- Exposure to LLMs, agent tooling (LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, etc.), or willingness to learn fast.
- Strong interest in how AI can automate data engineering and governance.
Mindset & Attributes
- “Can-do” attitude; thrives in ambiguity.
- Fast learner; bias for action.
- Team player who collaborates across product, engineering, and client teams.
- Customer-first orientation and passion for delivering measurable outcomes.
Key Requirements & Skills
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Certifications preferred: Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP). Kubernetes / CNCF ecosystem.
- Architecture frameworks (TOGAF, SAFe).
- 15+ years in software architecture, presales engineering, or enterprise data/AI platform design.
- Hands-on expertise in at least two hyperscaler platforms: Azure (Fabric, Synapse, Data Factory, Azure ML, Power BI). AWS (Redshift, Glue, S3, SageMaker, Lake Formation). GCP (BigQuery, Dataplex, Verte
- Proven experience architecting distributed systems, microservices, and scalable AI/ML platforms.
- Strong knowledge of Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata, Lineage, and DataOps.
- Expertise in event-driven systems and asynchronous workflows.
- Hands-on with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK).
- Advanced programming with Python (async), TypeScript/JavaScript, or Go.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, service mesh (Istio), serverless design patterns.
- Experience with CI/CD automation, GitOps, Terraform, Helm.
- Strong presentation, storytelling, and client engagement skills.
- Experience with multi-tenant SaaS platforms and usage-based billing.
- Familiarity with data mesh, knowledge graphs, and semantic interoperability.
- Knowledge of frontend architecture patterns (micro-frontends, data visualizations).
- Experience building presales demo or sandbox environments.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Certifications preferred: Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP). Kubernetes / CNCF ecosystem.
- Architecture frameworks (TOGAF, SAFe).
- 15+ years in software architecture, presales engineering, or enterprise data/AI platform design.
- Hands-on expertise in at least two hyperscaler platforms: Azure (Fabric, Synapse, Data Factory, Azure ML, Power BI). AWS (Redshift, Glue, S3, SageMaker, Lake Formation). GCP (BigQuery, Dataplex, Verte
- Proven experience architecting distributed systems, microservices, and scalable AI/ML platforms.
- Strong knowledge of Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata, Lineage, and DataOps.
- Expertise in event-driven systems and asynchronous workflows.
- Hands-on with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK).
- Advanced programming with Python (async), TypeScript/JavaScript, or Go.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, service mesh (Istio), serverless design patterns.
- Experience with CI/CD automation, GitOps, Terraform, Helm.
- Strong presentation, storytelling, and client engagement skills.
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Solution Architect – Data & AI Solutions
EXL · Bengaluru
