Data & AI Architect — Hybrid, Cloud & GenAI Solutions

Wave Search; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Wave Search is partnering with a leading global IT services and transformation business to appoint an experienced Data & AI Architect. You will design end-to-end data, analytics and AI solutions for a major financial services client, translating business requirements into scalable, secure production-ready architectures.

Based in Swindon with hybrid work (2-3 days in office), you will lead architectural design, roadmaps and governance, collaborate with stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring

Qualifications

• Strong track record as a Data Architect, AI Architect or Data & AI Solution Architect.
• Experience within banking or financial services preferred.
• Solid background in software development and data engineering.
• Strong knowledge of modern data platforms, integration and governance.
• Knowledge of MLOps and production model deployment.
• Experience with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end data, analytics and AI solutions.
• Create solution architectures, technical designs and implementation roadmaps.
• Develop architectures across cloud, hybrid and on-premise environments.
• Support data lakes, lakehouse platforms, data warehouses and streaming solutions.
• Design AI, machine learning and GenAI solutions.
• Establish MLOps and model lifecycle-management approaches.
• Ensure solutions meet security, privacy, governance and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate and recommend suitable platforms, tools and technologies.
• Provide technical leadership throughout development and implementation.
• Produce clear architecture documentation and solution blueprints.
• Communicate technical recommendations to senior client stakeholders.

Skills

Data Architect

AI Architect

Solution Architect

Cloud Platforms

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Wave Search is partnering with a leading global IT services and transformation business to appoint an experienced Data & AI Architect. You will design end-to-end data, analytics and AI solutions for a major financial services client, translating business requirements into scalable, secure production-ready architectures.

Based in Swindon with hybrid work (2-3 days in office), you will lead architectural design, roadmaps and governance, collaborate with stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring