SC-Cleared Data & AI Solutions Architect

83zero; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

83zero is seeking a seasoned Solutions Architect to help turn unclear business challenges into practical data, AI or digital solutions. You’ll work directly with clients, shaping architecture and roadmaps for delivery across data, analytics, cloud, automation and AI.

You may come from data/AI, cloud architecture, engineering or technology consulting. The role emphasizes turning problems into structured designs, collaborating with engineering, security and business teams, and presenting credible

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering technology solutions in a client-facing environment.
• Turn loosely defined problems into structured, deliverable solutions.
• Strong understanding of architecture, integration and end-to-end delivery lifecycle.
• Practical exposure to data, analytics, machine learning or Generative AI.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Ability to balance technical quality, commercial value and delivery reality.
• Sufficient technical depth to challenge engineers and make credible design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Leading client discovery and solution-design workshops.
• Turning ambiguous requirements into clear technical solutions.
• Designing target-state architectures, roadmaps and delivery approaches.
• Shaping solutions across data, analytics, cloud, automation and AI.
• Assessing AI use cases and deciding what is genuinely worth pursuing.
• Producing architecture diagrams, high-level designs and technical documentation.
• Working with engineering, data, security and business teams throughout delivery.
• Supporting proposals, bids and early-stage solution development.
• Explaining complex ideas clearly to both technical and senior business stakeholders.

Skills

Client-facing

Solution architecture

Data & AI

Cloud architecture

Delivery lifecycle

Stakeholder management

Tools

Azure

AWS

Data platforms

APIs

Systems integration

Governance

Job description

83zero is seeking a seasoned Solutions Architect to help turn unclear business challenges into practical data, AI or digital solutions. You’ll work directly with clients, shaping architecture and roadmaps for delivery across data, analytics, cloud, automation and AI.

You may come from data/AI, cloud architecture, engineering or technology consulting. The role emphasizes turning problems into structured designs, collaborating with engineering, security and business teams, and presenting credible