Principal Solution Architect — Industrial Data & Digital Twin

aveva; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits fund

28 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Pension

Job summary

AVEVA is seeking a Principal Solution Architect to lead architecture for PI Data Infrastructure and CONNECT Digital Twin initiatives across global teams. You will design robust data solutions, mentor engineers, and engage with customers to translate business needs into scalable technical architectures.

The role requires 15+ years in solution architecture or industrial software, deep PI DI experience, and strong stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in solution architecture, consulting, services delivery, or industrial software implementation.
• Deep experience with PI Data Infrastructure components: PI Server installation, configuration, connectivity, protocols, alerting, aggregation, Asset Framework, PI Vision, PI DataLink.
• Strong industrial domain experience in energy, mining, data centres, utilities, chemicals, manufacturing, or asset-intensive environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture, workshops, planning, and technical design for PI Data Infrastructure and CONNECT Digital Twin programmes.
• Engage with customers to gather requirements, manage stakeholders, act as trusted advisor for PI DI initiatives.
• Define architecture standards, templates, best practices, and rollout approaches for multi-site deployments.
• Collaborate with product management, services, sales, pre-sales, and delivery to shape value and identify new use cases.
• Mentor and guide multi-disciplinary teams of architects, engineers, and analysts.

Skills

Solution architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring teams

Tools

AF SDK/.NET

PI Server administration

PI Vision

PI DataLink

OPC DA/UA

Modbus

Job description

AVEVA is seeking a Principal Solution Architect to lead architecture for PI Data Infrastructure and CONNECT Digital Twin initiatives across global teams. You will design robust data solutions, mentor engineers, and engage with customers to translate business needs into scalable technical architectures.

The role requires 15+ years in solution architecture or industrial software, deep PI DI experience, and strong stakeholder management.