Solutions Architect - Data Analytics & Cloud

Stanley David and Associates
London
2 months ago
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Job Description

Job title : Solution Architect- Data analytics and Cloud

Location : London, UK

Type : Permanent role


Qualification

The Solutions Architect role at client is critical, as we design cutting-edge solutions for some of the biggest global enterprises. Our SAs drive customer success by aligning business goals with IT services, software products, platforms, and infrastructure. They are creative problem solvers who collaborate closely with clients to understand challenges and architect solutions that address them. In a rapidly evolving technology landscape filled with countless tools and platforms, SAs play a vital role in helping customers make the right technology choices, ensuring both immediate and long-term success.


The Skills You’ll Need:

  • Experience in architecture & design and consulting services focused on enterprise solutions, data analytics platform, lake houses, data engineering, data processing, data warehousing, ETL, Hadoop & Big Data.
  • Experience in defining and designing data governance, data management, and data security solutions for an enterprise across business verticals
  • Experience on at least one of the 3 major cloud platforms- AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Knowledge of GenAI technologies, including LLMs (Large Language Models)...

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