AI Solution Architect — Enterprise Data & AI (Middle East)

Sia Partners; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Career advocacy program

Continuous growth opportunities

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Sia Partners in the UAE seeks an experienced AI Solution Architect to lead data & AI engagements in the Middle East. You will design scalable architectures across cloud, ML platforms and generative AI, translating business requirements into production-ready solutions while mentoring consultants.

Based in the UAE (Dubai or Abu Dhabi), you will drive client workshops, oversee architecture governance, and shape reference architectures that balance security, cost, and performance for enterprise and

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI or a related field.
• 8+ years' experience in solution or cloud architecture or senior engineering with design ownership.
• Deep expertise in multi-cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and/or Databricks).
• Proven experience designing agent orchestration and the model layer, including open-weight models.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end architecture of data and AI projects, covering cloud infrastructure, data pipelines, model serving, generative AI and agent-based systems.
• Design agent orchestration and the model layer, including the selection and use of open-weight models.
• Define application modernization paths that embed AI into client systems and processes.
• Act as the primary technical contact for senior client stakeholders, aligning designs with business goals, security policies and applicable regulation.
• Lead client workshops and present technical capabilities and architecture options to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical governance across workstreams, and unblock delivery teams with hands-on guidance when needed.
• Design for production readiness: scalability, reliability, observability and cost.
• Support scoping, architecture proposals and effort estimates to build and convert the project pipeline.
• Apply AI compliance frameworks and responsible AI practices to every design.
• Mentor junior consultants and engineers, and contribute to Sia's internal IP, accelerators and reference architectures.

Skills

Multi-cloud architecture

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Databricks

Agent orchestration

Generative AI

Data engineering

Stakeholder engagement

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Data Science/AI

Tools

Databricks

Terraform

Kubernetes

MLflow

Job description

Sia Partners in the UAE seeks an experienced AI Solution Architect to lead data & AI engagements in the Middle East. You will design scalable architectures across cloud, ML platforms and generative AI, translating business requirements into production-ready solutions while mentoring consultants.

Based in the UAE (Dubai or Abu Dhabi), you will drive client workshops, oversee architecture governance, and shape reference architectures that balance security, cost, and performance for enterprise and