Principal Solution Architect: Industrial Data & DigitalTwin

AVEVA; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits fund

Emergency leave days

Adoption leave

28 days annual leave

Pension

Private medical insurance

Parental leave

Education assistance program

Job summary

AVEVA is seeking a Principal Solution Architect to lead architecture and customer engagements for PI Data Infrastructure and CONNECT Digital Twin initiatives. The role spans global teams to deliver scalable industrial data solutions across energy, mining, utilities, manufacturing, chemicals, and data centres.

You will translate business needs into robust architectures, guide delivery outcomes, and mentor multi-disciplinary teams while working in a hybrid Cambridge or Madrid environment.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in solution architecture, consulting, services delivery, or industrial software implementation.
• Deep experience with PI Data Infrastructure components and PI DI utilities.
• Strong industrial domain knowledge in energy, data centres, utilities, chemicals, manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture, workshops, implementation planning, and technical design for PI Data Infrastructure and CONNECT Digital Twin programs.
• Engage with customers to gather requirements and manage stakeholders as trusted advisor.
• Define architecture standards, templates, and rollout approaches for multi-site deployments.
• Collaborate with product management, services, sales, pre-sales, and delivery to shape customer value and feedback.
• Mentor multi-disciplinary teams including solution architects, engineers, and domain experts.

Skills

PI Data Infrastructure

PI Server

PI Vision

PI DataLink

OPC DA/UA

Modbus

DCS systems

SCADA systems

AF SDK/.NET

Data connectivity

Industrial software

Digital Twin

Solution architecture

Stakeholder management

Pre-sales support

Tools

AF SDK/.NET

PI Server administration

PI calculations

Archive management

Operational dashboards

Job description

AVEVA is seeking a Principal Solution Architect to lead architecture and customer engagements for PI Data Infrastructure and CONNECT Digital Twin initiatives. The role spans global teams to deliver scalable industrial data solutions across energy, mining, utilities, manufacturing, chemicals, and data centres.

You will translate business needs into robust architectures, guide delivery outcomes, and mentor multi-disciplinary teams while working in a hybrid Cambridge or Madrid environment.