Data Architect

Overview

Accenture is seeking an experienced AI Data Architect to design, develop, and implement scalable AI and data solutions that enable advanced analytics, machine learning, and generative AI capabilities.

What you'll do

• Architect and develop agentic solutions using cloud-native technologies.
• Design and implement end-to-end AI and data architecture solutions aligned with business requirements.
• Define enterprise data models, data pipelines, data governance, and data integration frameworks.
• Architect and develop AI/ML and Generative AI solutions using cloud-native technologies.
• Collaborate with data engineers, application developers, data scientists, and business stakeholders.
• Design scalable and secure data platforms supporting structured and unstructured data.
• Establish best practices for data quality, lineage, security, privacy, and compliance.
• Develop and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and processing frameworks.
• Support deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of AI and machine learning solutions.
• Drive innovation by evaluating emerging AI technologies and industry best practices.
• Provide technical leadership, architecture reviews, and mentoring to development teams.

What you'll need

• Minimum 15 years of experience is required.
• 15 years full time education.
• Must have skills: AI & Data Solution Architecture.
• Generative AI, LLMs (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.).
• Prompt Engineering.
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Vector Databases.
• Machine Learning Model Development and Deployment.
• MLOps Practices.
• Data Modeling (Conceptual, Logical, Physical).
• Data Warehousing and Data Lakes.
• Data Governance and Metadata Management.
• Master Data Management (MDM).
• ETL/ELT Design Patterns.
• Microsoft Azure (Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services).
• Python.
• SQL.
• PySpark.
• REST APIs.
• Git, CI/CD Pipelines.
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep preferred).

Nice to have

• Microsoft Azure Databricks, PySpark, Python Frameworks.
• Experience with AWS or GCP.
• 8+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Architecture, or AI Solution Development.
• 3+ years of experience in AI/ML architecture and implementation.
• Experience working in enterprise-scale cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks, Azure AI Services, and Large Language Models.
• Experience implementing AI governance, security, and compliance controls.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru.