# Azure Data Architect

Job Summary Principal Architect role focused on designing and governing enterprise grade data and artificial intelligence platforms using Azure Databricks SNOWflake in a hybrid work model. The architect will define scalable solutions guide complex implementations and ensure alignment with business outcomes while creating responsible data and artificial intelligence capabilities that deliver sustainable value for clients and society. Responsibilities Define and own the end to end data and artificial intelligence architecture blueprint using Azure Databricks to deliver secure scalable and high performing solutions that align with enterprise strategy and business outcomes Design robust lakehouse and data engineering patterns on Azure Databricks that enable reliable ingestion transformation and consumption of large scale structured and unstructured data for analytics and machine learning workloads Provide architectural guidance to cross functional teams on integrating Azure Databricks with data warehouses data lakes and operational systems to create unified and trusted information platforms Oversee selection and use of artificial intelligence tools frameworks and services ensuring that

- **Id**: 3775714
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cognizant-azure-data-architect-2>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Duluth, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T14:22:35Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T20:50:30Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5579
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Continuous learning, Hybrid work, Life insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams, Engineering Services, Cloud Consulting & Migration

## Company

- **Id**: 85
- **Name**: Cognizant
- **Domain**: cognizant.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cognizant>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Cognizant Careers

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 87
- **Open postings**: 178
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.489
- **Repost share**: 0.056
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 23
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 150000
- **Max**: 170000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 170000

## Technologies

- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Databricks** — Optional: no
- **Feature Store** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T23:13:14Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 8,264; Filings 12m: 8264

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 23
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 170000
- **Is top pay**: no

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