Azure Data & AI Architect Full-time

Azure Data & AI Architect – Digital (d/f/m)
Permanent Employment – Oslo /Stavanger

As a Azure Data & AI Architect you would help Clients create an implementation roadmap for Microsoft Fabric and help them in execution. This includes naturally the relationships with the customers as well as the Cognizant account managers, alliance partners ( Microsoft) & other leaders.

About Cognizant
Cognizant Norway boasts a robust team of over 420 professionals spread across Oslo, Stavanger, Stord, and Kristiansand. Our local team includes experts in AI, data analytics, cloud services, and software development, ensuring we provide top-notch, localized support to our clients. The team is led by seasoned professional, whom brings extensive experience in cloud, AI and analytics and building high performing teams. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.

The Team / Business Unit
Cognizant collaborates with all major hyperscalers and relevant software vendors in the data and AI space. This includes partnerships with industry leaders such as AWS, Microsoft, Google, Snowflake, and Databricks. Our comprehensive approach ensures that we leverage the best tools and technologies to deliver scalable, secure, and efficient solutions. Additionally, we are supported locally by our dedicated Centers of Excellence, which operate both nearshore and offshore. These centers provide specialized expertise and resources, ensuring that we can meet the unique needs of our clients and drive innovation in AI and data cost efffectivly.

Our projects in Norway reflect our commitment to leveraging AI and data to drive business transformation below some examples:
• Construction: We partnered with client to automate design processes using AI, optimizing construction design and accelerating time-to-market by 70%.
• Financial Sector: We have implemented AI solutions to enhance regulatory compliance and privacy, crucial for the highly regulated financial industry.
• Smart Factories: In manufacturing, we have deployed AI, Computor vision and digital twin technologies to create smart factories, improving quality, efficiency and competitiveness.

Local Vision

Our vision in Norway is to build a data-driven ecosystem that empowers businesses to harness the full potential of AI and data. We aim to:
• Enhance Digital Maturity: By helping companies modernize their core systems and migrate to the cloud, we have enabled them to become truly data-driven. With the new wave of Gen Ai and Agent based Ai we are taking additional steps to put data to work and delivering greater insight into action. Re-faktoring current solutions and modernising further.
• Drive Innovation: Through continuous investment in AI ( 1Bn USD and our own Neuro AI platform ) pluss other thirdparty data technologies, we strive to foster innovation and maintain a competitive edge for our clients.
• Promote Sustainability: Leveraging AI for sustainable practices, we aim to support Norway’s commitment to environmental sustainability and green technology. AI solutions we co-create with client shall be responsibl, ethical and transparent.
• Partner collaboration Weekly meetings locally with Hyperscalers and relevant SW partners for joint coverage and growth in the Norwegian market.

About You:
Your focus will be on the practice of designing, describing, and managing tech engineering to help Customers migrate to Microsoft Fabric architecture and thereafter roll out the various components

Your Key Result Areas:
• Responsible for understanding current solution architecture on customer existing and proposed goals ( technology, economic and functional) of migrating to Microsoft Fabric
• Collaborating with Microsoft Alliance and other Project teams to understand best practices
• Executing the use cases with Cognizant and Client developers current teams – taking overall architectural responsibility and alongside tasks / use cases for Individual contribution, and in some cases as Team Lead.

About the Client and the Job Description
You will be working for any of our large Corporate in Oslo, primarily on Microsoft Azure. Some of them have already piloted Microsoft Fabric and some others are commencing the journey. While the actual job description varies Client to Client, your role would include
• As is evaluation of current Microsoft and Azure data infrastructure
• Working with Microsoft team to create a roadmap for fabric
• Shortlisting use cases based on a business technology heat map
• Identifying pilot projects for demonstrating the technical and business functionality of Fabric- initial use cases will be within the Azure environment
• Executing the pilot projects as a sr developer along with Client / Cognizant teams- with overall architectural responsibility -in some cases playing the role as Team lead

Required & nice to have Skills :
Must Haves:
– Production grade experience as a Sr Developer in Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, ADF / Power BI ( at least one of them)
– While the role is for an architect cum Sr Developer we welcome Sr Developers who are have partially played the role of architects as per the ‘Nice to Have/ Your chance to grow’ section below

Nice to Have/ Your chance to grow
• Certification in MS Fabric ( DP 600),
• Conceptual understanding of the data architecture landscape , how it has evolved from data warehouse to data lake to data lake house , experience of implementing them in any platform(on premise or cloud)
• Experience in other Data Engineering tools ,Experience in Data Architecture in other platforms especially Snowflake ,
• Experience in handling data movement in batch and streaming,
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and automate application deployment processes
• Industry understanding of Manufacturing, Logistcs,Energy & Utilities.
• Norwegian skills B1 or above

If you’re comfortable with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!
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The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

• Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world.
• We don’t just dream of a better way – we make it happen.
• We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what’s right.
• We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that’s right for you.

About us:
Cognizant is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, transforming clients’ business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion:
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer:
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.