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IT Solution Architect (Azure / Databricks / AI Platforms)
Gramian Consulting Group
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Source date: 10/30/2026
About this role
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 on AI-driven transformation, automation, advanced analytics, and financial crime prevention. Their are building a production-grade AI-assisted KYC / Customer Due Diligence platform for an international insurance environment. We are looking for an experienced IT Solution Architect to own the technical design of the production solution across Azure 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 the production runtime architecture across Databricks and Azure. * Define networking, identity, access, and environment architecture across dev, test, acceptance, and production. * Design for availability, 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, including API Management, integration layers, asynchronous APIs, and callbacks. * Define the operating model across L1/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 * Strong Azure solution architecture experience, including APIM, Entra ID, Key Vault, private endpoints, Log Analytics, and Application Insights. * Strong hands-on architecture experience with Databricks, including Unity Catalog and Model Serving / AI Gateway. * Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. * Strong experience with CI/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 defining ITIL-based operating models and service transition for critical systems. * Strong ability to work with architecture boards and senior technical stakeholders. * Fluent English and ability to work remotely within the EU.