Principal Solution Architect: PI Data Infra & Digital Twin

AVEVA Denmark; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits fund

Emergency leave days

Adoption leave

28 days annual leave

Pension

Life cover

Private medical insurance

Parental leave

Education assistance program

Job summary

AVEVA is seeking a Principal Solution Architect to lead architecture, solution design, and customer engagement for PI Data Infrastructure and AVEVA CONNECT Digital Twin initiatives. This role will work with global and regional teams to deliver scalable, value-driven industrial data solutions across sectors such as energy, mining, utilities, manufacturing, chemicals, and data centres.

You will translate business needs into robust technical architectures, mentor diverse teams, and drive successful

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience in solution architecture, consulting, services delivery, or industrial software implementation.
• Deep experience with PI Data Infrastructure, including PI Server installation, configuration, connectivity, protocols, alerting, aggregation, Asset Framework, PI Vision, and PI DataLink.
• Strong industrial domain experience in sectors such as energy, mining, data centres, utilities, chemicals, manufacturing, or other asset-intensive environments.
• Proven ability to lead customer workshops, translate requirements into clear system designs, and communicate effectively with IT, OT, plant leadership, and business stakeholders.
• Experience leading or supporting global or regional industrial data programmes across multiple plants or sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture, workshops, implementation planning, and technical design for PI Data Infrastructure and CONNECT Digital Twin customer programmes.
• Engage with customers to gather requirements, manage stakeholders, and act as a trusted advisor and escalation point for PI DI initiatives.
• Define architecture standards, templates, best practices, and rollout approaches for multi-site or enterprise deployments.
• Collaborate with product management, services, sales, pre-sales, and delivery teams to shape customer value, identify new use cases, and provide product feedback.
• Mentor and guide multi-disciplinary teams, including solution architects, senior engineers, developers, UX specialists, and industry experts.

Skills

PI Data Infrastructure

PI Server

Asset Framework

PI Vision

PI DataLink

OPC DA/UA

Modbus

DCS systems

AF SDK/.NET

SCADA connectivity

Tools

AF SDK/.NET

PI System Admin

Job description

AVEVA is seeking a Principal Solution Architect to lead architecture, solution design, and customer engagement for PI Data Infrastructure and AVEVA CONNECT Digital Twin initiatives. This role will work with global and regional teams to deliver scalable, value-driven industrial data solutions across sectors such as energy, mining, utilities, manufacturing, chemicals, and data centres.

You will translate business needs into robust technical architectures, mentor diverse teams, and drive successful