Cloud , Data and AI Solution Architect, Assistant Vice President

STATE STREET CORPORATION; Kilkenny; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street is seeking an AVP, GCS Cloud/Data/AI Solution Architect to design scalable, secure architectures across AWS, data platforms, and AI domains. You will shape GenAI patterns, RAG workflows, and orchestration while partnering with engineering, cybersecurity, and risk teams.

In this role, you will translate business and data requirements into practical designs, drive reference architectures, and guide implementation from architecture to delivery, ensuring governance and secure-by-design

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in a relevant field.
• Mid-level experience designing or delivering cloud, data, analytics, cybersecurity, or AI-enabled solutions in an enterprise.
• Strong knowledge of AWS architecture concepts, including cloud-native services, networking, security, data services, and integration.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end architectures integrating AWS, data platforms, AI capabilities, and security controls.
• Translate requirements into architecture patterns, roadmaps, and implementation guidance.
• Develop GenAI and LLM-enabled product approaches including RAG, prompts, retrieval, and agentic workflows.
• Collaborate with data engineering to design scalable ingestion, governance, lineage, and consumption patterns.
• Embed secure-by-design principles and access controls into solution designs and governance practices.
• Create architecture artifacts such as diagrams, data flows, and decision records for stakeholders.
• Evaluate options, balance cost, resiliency, and time-to-value in architecture decisions.
• Support delivery teams through design reviews, POC development, and transition to engineering.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

GenAI

LLMs

Data Platforms

Cybersecurity

AI Orchestration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Tools

AWS

Job description

Job Title: GCS, Cloud / Data / AI Solution Architect

Who we are looking for

We are seeking an Assistant Vice President (AVP), Cloud / Data / AI Solution Architect to design scalable, secure, and business-aligned solutions across AWS cloud, data, cybersecurity, and advanced AI domains. This role will shape architectures that leverage GenAI, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic workflows, and AI orchestration patterns. The ideal candidate combines hands‑on technical depth with strong architecture judgment and the ability to collaborate across engineering, cybersecurity, data, risk, and business stakeholders.

Why This Role is important to us

Cybersecurity teams increasingly rely on high-quality data, analytical models, and AI-enabled insights to prioritize risk, detect emerging issues, and respond effectively. This Data Scientist role strengthens the organization's ability to transform cybersecurity telemetry and operational data into predictive, explainable, and actionable intelligence. The role will help improve decision‑making across security operations, risk management, vulnerability prioritization, threat detection, and enterprise cybersecurity reporting.

What you will be responsible for

Key Responsibilities

• Design end‑to‑end solution architectures that integrate AWS cloud services, enterprise data platforms, application services, AI capabilities, cybersecurity controls, and operational workflows.
• Translate business, technology, cyber, and data requirements into practical architecture patterns, reference designs, technical roadmaps, and implementation guidance.
• Develop solution approaches for GenAI and LLM‑enabled products, including RAG patterns, prompt and context strategies, knowledge retrieval, agentic workflows, AI orchestration, and human‑in‑the‑loop operating models.
• Partner with data engineering and analytics teams to design scalable data ingestion, transformation, governance, metadata, lineage, and consumption patterns that support AI and enterprise analytics use cases.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, risk, and control teams to embed secure‑by‑design principles, identity and access controls, logging, monitoring, data protection, and responsible AI considerations into solution designs.
• Create architecture artifacts such as conceptual diagrams, logical designs, integration patterns, data flows, sequence views, decision records, and executive‑ready solution summaries.
• Evaluate technology options, identify trade‑offs, and recommend architecture choices that balance scalability, cost, resiliency, security, maintainability, adoption, and time‑to‑value.
• Support delivery teams through design reviews, technical problem solving, proof‑of‑concept development, implementation planning, and transition from architecture into engineering execution.
• Contribute to enterprise standards, reusable patterns, architecture guardrails, and governance practices for cloud, data, and AI‑enabled solutions.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline; equivalent professional experience may be considered.
• Mid‑level professional experience designing or delivering cloud, data, application, analytics, cybersecurity, or AI‑enabled technology solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Strong working knowledge of AWS architecture concepts, including cloud‑native services, networking, security, identity, data services, application integration, resiliency, and operational best practices.
• Practical understanding of modern data architecture and engineering concepts, including data pipelines, data modeling, batch and streaming patterns, metadata, data quality, lineage, and governed data consumption.
• Knowledge of GenAI and AI solution patterns, including LLM application design, RAG, vector search concepts, agentic workflows, orchestration patterns, evaluation considerations, and responsible AI principles.
• Ability to incorporate cybersecurity and risk requirements into technical designs, including secure access, encryption, auditability, logging, monitoring, vulnerability considerations, and control alignment.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain architecture options, risks, assumptions, and recommendations to engineering teams, product owners, senior stakeholders, and governance forums.
• Experience creating clear architecture documentation, diagrams, technical narratives, implementation guidance, and decision records.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience architecting AI‑assisted workflows, enterprise copilots, intelligent automation, cyber analytics solutions, or data‑driven decision platforms.
• Hands‑on exposure to LLM platforms, model APIs, embedding models, vector databases, semantic search, knowledge grounding, workflow orchestration, or agent frameworks.
• Experience with enterprise integration patterns such as APIs, event‑driven architecture, messaging, workflow platforms, identity federation, and service‑oriented design.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity operations, vulnerability management, security analytics, SOC workflows, cloud security posture, or cyber risk reporting use cases.
• Experience with architecture governance, design review boards, solution assurance, reference architectures, technical standards, and reusable architecture patterns.
• Exposure to modern analytics, BI, or visualization platforms and the ability to design solutions that support both technical users and executive decision‑makers.
• Relevant AWS, architecture, cybersecurity, data engineering, or AI certifications are beneficial but not required.

Technical Skill

• Cloud Architecture
• AI / GenAI
• Data Platforms
• Cybersecurity
• Integration & Governance
• AWS services, resiliency, networking, security, cost‑aware design
• LLMs, RAG, agentic workflows, AI orchestration, responsible AI
• Pipelines, modeling, lineage, metadata, governed consumption
• Secure‑by‑design, identity, logging, monitoring, controls
• APIs, events, workflows, architecture standards, decision records
• Cloud‑native reference patterns and solution trade‑offs
• Prompt/context design, retrieval, evaluation, human‑in‑the‑loop patterns
• Batch/streaming concepts, quality checks, reusable data products
• Cyber analytics, vulnerability and risk‑aware design
• Cross‑functional collaboration, governance forums, delivery enablement

About State Street

State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation we’re making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we’ve been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.

Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary in locations, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans among other perks. You’ll have access to flexible Work Program to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.

Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility

We truly believe our employees’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome the candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality.

Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift program and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.

State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Information Classification: General About State Street

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success. We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work‑life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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Read our CEO Statement

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success. We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work‑life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law. Discover more information on jobs at StateStreet.com/careers

Read our CEO Statement

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success. We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work‑life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law. Discover more information on jobs at StateStreet.com/careers