Senior Data Solutions Architect — Path to AI & Cloud

Seriös Group

Newcastle upon Tyne

Hybrid

GBP 55,000 - 75,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Great salary package from £55,000

Unlimited holidays

Private healthcare & EAP

Salary sacrifice pension

Flexible hybrid working

Enhanced family policies & sick pay

Job summary

Seriös Group is seeking a Senior Data Solutions Engineer in the UK to advance toward a Data Solutions Architect role. You will provide strategic data leadership, design architectures and guide delivery across cloud platforms and data lifecycles.

You will work with Azure and AWS, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to pre‑sales efforts while staying current with data and cloud innovations.

Qualifications

5+ years’ experience in data engineering, business intelligence or related roles.
Experience designing cloud data platforms in either Azure or AWS or significant on-premise design experience.
Extensive ETL and data pipeline design experience, technology agnostic.
Advanced SQL skills and exposure to Python, R or Spark.
Awareness of AI/ML methodologies and their application in data solutions.
Experience with data visualisation tools such as Power BI or Tableau.

Responsibilities

Deliver high-quality consultancy to clients, providing strategic and technical leadership across the full data lifecycle to ensure business value is realised.
Shape and assure solutions spanning data strategy, governance, operating models, data capabilities, cloud platforms, integration, migration, analytics and AI.
Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business challenges, identify opportunities and develop and present tailored data solutions.
Design and oversee the development of technical architectures that align with client objectives, industry standards and best practice.
Define and uphold sound principles, frameworks and standards to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, resilient and cost-effective.
Act as the bridge between client objectives and delivery, translating requirements into target architectures, actionable roadmaps and assured solution designs.
Lead delivery by organising project teams, allocating resources, managing progress and ensuring successful outcomes from discovery through to production.
Provide leadership and guidance to project teams, supporting professional development through coaching, mentoring and capability building.
Contribute to business growth by supporting pre‑sales activities including scoping and estimation, preparing proposals and presentations and identifying opportunities to extend client engagements.
Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, methodologies and industry best practice, applying relevant innovations to client solutions.
Promote delivery excellence by ensuring solutions align with quality standards, governance requirements and measurable business outcomes.