Solutions Architect
milton keynes, england, United Kingdom
Due to continued growth within our professional services, we are looking for a Solution Architect to join our data practice - working with some of the best data professionals in the country.
You will play an integral part in taking our data services to market - providing technical and strategic thought across the whole lifecycle of data projects from presales through to sign-off and support.
A day in the life of an Aiimi Solution Architect:
Taking on technical ownership of data projects and transitioning them from presales to delivery
Translating customers business goals and data strategies into technical delivery roadmaps - making expert recommendations on data tools and technology stacks
Architect data and digital solutions that deliver against business strategies and IT roadmaps
Implementing data and digital platforms using technology from the Microsoft Azure stack
Effort estimation and planning of data projects including resource planning and sizing
Providing technical leadership and direction across data architecture, data engineering, data visualisation and data science
Thought leadership around new technologies and approaches for value delivery from data
Drive the creation, evolution and socialisation of the service playbooks
Support the sales team in responding to framework bids, technical presales requests as well as with existing account mining from a data and digital perspective
Support technical partnership conversations with existing, new and potential partners
Requirements
Expert knowledge of data platform architecture, concepts and approaches
Advanced knowledge of data management, data governance and data privacy (GDPR)
Advanced presentation and communication skills (both tech and non-tech audience)
Experience in influencing business and technical stakeholders towards desired outcome
Knowledge of Agile data project management and DevOps/DataOps
Demonstrable experience in delivering data projects from concept through to completion
Implementation of data platform using Microsoft Azure stack (AWS and/or GCP would be of added benefit)
Experience of using technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Analysis Services, Databricks and Power BI (or equivalent technologies within AWS or GCP stack)
Experience of implementing centralised data repositories and/or Data warehouses
Benefits
Competitive starting salary
Up to 10% of basic salary in flexible benefits (to include death in service and critical illness cover as standard plus private healthcare, dental, pension etc.)
25 Days holiday (excluding bank holidays) - increasing by a day every 2 years
Flexible working
Promote training and personal development
Bi-annual company retreats