Pre-sales Solution Architect

Advancing Analytics; United States; Remote; USD 106,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote within UK

Occasional client visits

Job summary

Advancing Analytics is seeking a Solutions Architect to own the technical solution for client engagements, from early qualification through proposal and presentation. You’ll design data and AI architectures using Azure and Databricks, shaping Lakehouse-based platforms and demonstrating value to drive opportunities into scoped work.

You will collaborate with sales, leadership and delivery teams, lead technical discovery, and present clear trade-offs to diverse audiences while maintaining a sharp

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in Databricks and the Azure data and AI ecosystem.
• Experience designing data platforms and AI solutions, including Lakehouse architectures.
• Ability to lead technical discovery and turn requirements into clear solution designs.
• Skill presenting architecture and explaining technical trade-offs to varied audiences.
• Commercial awareness and ability to collaborate with sales, leadership, subject matter experts and delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end data and AI solutions using Azure, Databricks and related services, including Lakehouse platforms.
• Lead discovery with client data, analytics and platform teams; document current systems, requirements, constraints and desired outcomes.
• Translate business and technical needs into buildable architecture, applying established patterns and assessing scalability, supportability and cost.
• Identify technical risks, track them and guide mitigation; present designs to engineering teams and senior stakeholders.
• Create or oversee demos, architecture diagrams, proposal material and technical responses to RFPs and RFIs.
• Contribute technical content to Statements of Work and support opportunities through to agreement.

Skills

Databricks

Azure data ecosystem

Lakehouse architectures

Technical leadership

Architecture presentation

Job description

Role overview

Own the technical solution for prospective client engagements, from early qualification through proposal and presentation. You’ll work across sales, leadership and delivery teams to shape practical data and AI architectures, demonstrate their value and help turn opportunities into scoped work.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end data and AI solutions using Azure, Databricks and related services, including Lakehouse platforms.
• Lead discovery with client data, analytics and platform teams; document current systems, requirements, constraints and desired outcomes.
• Translate business and technical needs into buildable architecture, applying established patterns and assessing scalability, supportability and cost.
• Identify technical risks, track them and guide mitigation; present designs to engineering teams and senior stakeholders.
• Create or oversee demos, architecture diagrams, proposal material and technical responses to RFPs and RFIs.
• Contribute technical content to Statements of Work and support opportunities through to agreement.

Requirements

• Strong expertise in Databricks and the Azure data and AI ecosystem.
• Experience designing data platforms and AI solutions, including Lakehouse architectures.
• Ability to lead technical discovery and turn requirements into clear solution designs.
• Skill presenting architecture and explaining technical trade-offs to varied audiences.
• Commercial awareness and ability to collaborate with sales, leadership, subject matter experts and delivery teams.

Benefits and work setup

• Salary range: £80,000–£110,000, depending on experience.
• Remote within the UK, with occasional customer and team visits.
• The stated interview process includes an introductory conversation, a technical assessment and a final interview.