AI & Databricks Solution Architect

Eaglecliff Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaglecliff Recruitment partners with a world-leading Energy Trading company to appoint a Solution Architect with strong AI, Azure and Databricks experience. You will shape the solution and data architecture for a new AI platform, guiding architecture governance and best practices.

This hybrid role is based in London/Waterloo with remote options, requiring collaboration with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver cloud and data initiatives at scale.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Azure, Databricks, Enterprise Architecture and AI based Code development.
• Energy Trading experience is a big plus, or experience in Trading/Financial Services.
• Strong stakeholder management and proactive communication across teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, tailoring viewpoints to audiences.
• Ability to link business strategy with technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide solution architecture development, consultancy and assurance to projects.
• Ensure applications conform to standards and reference architectures; foster re-use.
• Engage with senior business leaders and external stakeholders as SME.
• Apply cloud, data and architectural roadmaps across initiatives.

Skills

Azure

Databricks

Enterprise Architecture

AI coding

Job description

Exciting opportunity for a Solution Architect with strong AI, Databricks and Azure experience to join a World Leading Energy Trading company and work on the Solution and Data Architecture of a new AI Platform.

Must have strong experience in Azure, Databricks, Enterprise Architecture and AI based Code development, ideally gained from working with a large Trading/Financial organisation.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Primarily an individual contributor but can be responsible for a small team. Main scope of work is to provide solution architecture development, consultancy and assurance to projects, making sure applications are well designed and conform to company standards and reference/segment architectures.
• Translates the guidelines and standards into practice and solves common technical challenges and provides technical recommendations which have a perceptible impact on local business performance; actively drives the identification, development and implementation of new technologies and opportunities to optimise technology/IT systems. Contributes to the training and guidance of other professionals in the field. May represent the Company externally as a subject matter expert with suppliers, customers and external agencies. Empowered to make decisions on solutions within guidelines.
• Applies TOE standards and raises step-outs if needed. Applies the standard architecture tools for creating and storing key architecture artefacts (IBM System Architect, PowerDesigner and/or ProVision); fosters re-use.
• Manages the relation with a customer base on senior levels of business leadership.
• Understands the IT Strategic Roadmap and applies within the context of their organisational assignment. Uses the related reference architectures and roadmaps for Cloud, Mobile, Integration, OpenSource, Big Data, etc.

Mandatory skills:

• Strong experience in Azure, Databricks, Enterprise Architecture and AI based Code development
• Energy Trading is a big plus but any Trading or Financial Services experience will be suitable
• Strong stakeholder management, pro-active communication, engage across teams
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal), communicate viewpoints and decisions using content appropriate for the audience
• Business skills, apply industry sector knowledge, establish linkage between business

Hybrid: London, Waterloo + Remote - 3 Days per Week in the Office

Rate: Competitive PAYE