AI Solutions Architect - Cloud, Big Data, Leadership

Placements24; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,850,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive salary and bonuses

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Generous pension fund contributions

Professional development and certs

Access to cutting-edge technology and良

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an experienced AI Solutions Architect in Centurion, Gauteng to design and implement AI-driven solutions on cloud platforms. You will lead cross-functional teams and translate business challenges into scalable architectures for data pipelines, model deployment, and monitoring.

You will collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, and stakeholders, ensure security and data privacy, stay abreast of AI trends, and drive architectural strategy across projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, Engineering, or related field.
• Extensive cloud-based AI/ML solution design experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong knowledge of Spark, Hadoop, data lakes/warehousing.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end AI solutions on cloud platforms.
• Architect scalable big data pipelines for AI model training and inference.
• Collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, and stakeholders to translate requirements.
• Evaluate cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP) and big data technologies for AI implementations.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop POCs and prototypes to validate architectural approaches.
• Ensure AI solutions meet security, data privacy, and operational standards.
• Stay current with AI, cloud, and big data trends.

Skills

AI/ML concepts

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Spark

Hadoop

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an experienced AI Solutions Architect in Centurion, Gauteng to design and implement AI-driven solutions on cloud platforms. You will lead cross-functional teams and translate business challenges into scalable architectures for data pipelines, model deployment, and monitoring.

You will collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, and stakeholders, ensure security and data privacy, stay abreast of AI trends, and drive architectural strategy across projects.