Senior Solution Architect (Data & AI Solution Specialist)

Job Title: Senior Solution Architect (Data & AI Solution Specialist)

Location: NJ/NYC / Dallas, TX / Charlotte, NC / Atlanta, GA / Chicago, IL

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description:

Experience Required: 15+ Years

Senior Solution Architect (Data & AI Solution Specialist)

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

A Senior Solution Architecture Specialist focused on designing and championing cloud-native Data & AI solutions for Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) clients. This role translates complex business requirements into winning technical solutions by leveraging modern Data & AI platforms and AI/ML services on the cloud. The Solution Specialist works closely with the Data & AI Practice, onsite teams, customer teams, and client stakeholders to drive deal success while leading delivery teams during execution.

Required Experience

• 15+ years of experience in:
• Data Architecture
• Data Engineering
• Analytics Platforms

Strong consulting experience in large BFSI transformation programs.

Hands-on experience preparing:

Data & Analytics Solution Architectures

Client presentations

Proofs of Concept (PoCs)

Experience designing and implementing AI and Generative AI solutions across the data value chain.

Strong understanding and implementation experience with:

Data Products

Data Mesh

Medallion Architecture

Strong background in:

Data Integration

Reporting

Big Data Ecosystems

Experience working in regulated environments with data governance and compliance requirements.

Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.

Technical Skills

• Deep expertise in one or more cloud platforms:
• AWS
• Microsoft Azure
• Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)

Deep expertise in one or more modern data platforms:

Snowflake

Databricks

Experience with:

Apache Iceberg

dbt

Open-source enterprise data technologies

Experience designing enterprise data architectures using open-source technologies.

Roles & Responsibilities

Client Consulting & Opportunity Shaping

• Lead workshops and consulting sessions with business and IT stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities in:
• Data Modernization
• Advanced Analytics
• AI/ML
• Regulatory Compliance

Translate business objectives into scalable Data & AI use cases and solution approaches.

Solution Architecture & Design

• Design end-to-end cloud-native Data & AI architectures covering:
• Data Ingestion
• Data Lakes
• Data Warehouses
• Data Integration
• Data Transformation
• Data Products
• Processing Pipelines
• Analytics Dashboards
• Machine Learning and AI Platforms

Ensure architectures meet requirements for:

Scalability

Security

Performance

Resilience

Regulatory Compliance

End-to-End System Design

• Design complete technical data lifecycles, including:
• Pipeline Orchestration
• Data Warehousing
• API Integrations

Technology Selection

• Evaluate and recommend technology stacks, including:
• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud Platform
• Snowflake
• BigQuery
• Kafka
• Other modern cloud data services

Data Modeling

• Design:
• Conceptual Data Models
• Logical Data Models
• Physical Data Models

Implement modeling approaches such as:

Data Vault

Star Schema

Security & Governance

• Design enterprise data security and governance frameworks covering:
• Data Privacy
• Access Control
• GDPR Compliance
• HIPAA Compliance
• Metadata Management
• Data Lineage
• Data Quality

Consulting Leadership

• Own the technical solution for consulting engagements and RFP responses.
• Develop and present:
• Solution Architecture
• Methodology
• Delivery Plan
• Value Proposition

Contribute to:

Effort Estimation

Pricing

Business Value Analysis

Differentiate organizational Data & AI capabilities during proposal development.

Demonstrations & Proof of Concept (PoC)

• Design and deliver:
• Demonstrations
• Proofs of Concept
• Prototypes

Utilize cloud data platforms and AI services.

Build BFSI-focused use cases including:

Fraud Detection

Customer 360

Regulatory Reporting

Collaboration & Handover

• Collaborate with:
• Sales Teams
• Delivery Managers
• Domain Consultants
• Cloud Partners

Ensure proposed solutions are deliverable.

Support smooth transition from sales to delivery.

Guide delivery teams on architecture decisions and client expectations.

Enterprise Data Modernization

• Lead enterprise data platform modernization initiatives from on-premises to cloud environments for Banking and Insurance clients.
• Architect scalable enterprise data platforms using:
• Snowflake
• Databricks
• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud Platform

Data Engineering & Analytics

• Design:
• Batch Data Pipelines
• Real-Time Data Pipelines
• Big Data Processing Platforms
• Enterprise Analytics Platforms

Enable enterprise reporting and Business Intelligence solutions for regulatory and business requirements.

AI & Generative AI

• Design and implement AI and Generative AI solutions across the enterprise data value chain.

Governance & Architecture Reviews

• Define and implement:
• Data Governance
• Data Quality
• Metadata Management
• Data Lineage Frameworks

Participate in Data Analytics architecture and delivery reviews.

Recommend architectural improvements and best practices.

Leadership & Mentoring

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business and IT stakeholders.
• Mentor junior Solution Architects and engineering teams.
• Contribute reusable:
• Reference Architectures
• Accelerators
• Best Practice Guides

Support solutioning, pre-sales activities, and proposal development.

Stay current with emerging technologies, including:

Data Lakehouse

DataOps

MLOps

Generative AI

Cloud-native Data Platforms