Principal Data & AI Architect
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Act as a trusted advisor to C-level executives and technical stakeholders to lead Data & AI discovery workshops, assessments, and strategic advisory engagements. Define enterprise Data & AI roadmaps aligned to customer business objectives and architect modern data platforms, AI solutions, analytics platforms, and cloud-native data ecosystems. Drive technical pre-sales activities, solution design, estimations, and proposal development, including support for public sector bids, procurements, RFPs, and framework submissions. Collaborate with sales teams, consulting leaders, delivery teams, and strategic partners such as Microsoft, Databricks, Snowflake, and AWS to deliver innovative technology solutions. Lead complex digital transformation programmes across public and private sector organisations while fostering innovation and thought leadership across Data & AI capabilities.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years' experience within Data & Analytics, Data Engineering, or Enterprise Data Architecture
- Strong experience designing enterprise-scale cloud data platforms using Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift, Informatica, and Spark-based technologies
- Extensive expertise in Data Integration and Orchestration technologies including Azure Data Factory, Glue, APIs, MuleSoft, and Informatica
- Proven experience with Data Governance, Metadata Management, Data Quality, Data Lineage, Master Data Management, and enterprise data catalogues
- Strong knowledge of Generative AI, Agentic AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), LLM integration, Vector Databases, and AI governance frameworks
- Significant experience leading technical pre-sales engagements and developing complex solution architectures
- Demonstrable experience responding to large-scale public sector procurements, RFPs, and ITTs
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or equivalent industry experience
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- TOGAF Certification
Desired Qualifications
- Eligible to obtain UK Government Security Clearance where required
- Experience working within consulting or professional services organisations
- Strong commercial awareness supporting large-scale digital transformation opportunities
- Experience developing reusable accelerators, thought leadership content, and go-to-market offerings
- Databricks Certified Solution Architect (preferred)
- Snowflake SnowPro Advanced Certification (preferred)
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