Senior AI Solutions Architect - Enterprise AI Strategy

Placements24; Rustenburg; On-site; ZAR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement savings plan

Learning opportunities and conferences

Office in Rustenburg

Job summary

Placements24 in Rustenburg, North West, seeks a Principal AI Solutions Architect to lead enterprise AI strategy design and platform implementations, translating complex business needs into scalable AI-driven solutions.

You will guide AI transformations, architect data pipelines, model development, deployment and governance, provide technical leadership, and contribute to pre-sales with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field with focus on AI.
• 10+ years in solution architecture with at least 5 years in AI/ML.
• Experience across AWS/Azure/Google Cloud and their AI services.
• Proven end-to-end AI/ML system design: ingestion, features, training, deployment, monitoring.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and client-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design of AI/ML solutions across data pipelines, models, deployment and monitoring.
• Define strategic AI roadmaps with business stakeholders.
• Evaluate AI technologies and tools to meet client needs.
• Provide technical leadership to AI/ML engineers and data scientists.
• Develop PoCs to demonstrate AI value and drive adoption.
• Ensure scalable, secure, and compliant AI solutions.
• Translate business requirements into technical specs for development teams.
• Contribute to pre-sales activities with client presentations and proposals.

Skills

AI/ML solution design

Data pipelines

MLOps

Cloud platforms

Stakeholder management

Pre-sales support

Strategic thinking

Technical leadership

Education

Master's degree in CS/Engineering

PhD in AI or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Placements24 in Rustenburg, North West, seeks a Principal AI Solutions Architect to lead enterprise AI strategy design and platform implementations, translating complex business needs into scalable AI-driven solutions.

You will guide AI transformations, architect data pipelines, model development, deployment and governance, provide technical leadership, and contribute to pre-sales with stakeholders.