Data Architect – AWS Data Platform (Hybrid)

About the role

A leading technology and transformation consultancy is looking for an experienced AWS Data Platform Architect to join its Data & AI practice. You will work on complex, business‑critical programmes for public‑sector and regulated organisations, helping them unlock data value through modern cloud‑native platforms, advanced analytics, machine learning and Generative AI.

Key responsibilities

• Define and lead the architecture of enterprise‑scale AWS data, analytics and AI platforms.
• Design cloud‑native solutions for data ingestion, transformation, storage, analytics, machine learning and AI capabilities.
• Develop scalable architectures supporting both batch and real‑time processing.
• Lead integration of machine learning, Generative AI, foundation models and agentic AI into enterprise environments.
• Provide architectural leadership across multiple workstreams and programmes.
• Engage senior business and technical stakeholders to shape strategy and roadmaps.
• Ensure solutions meet governance, security, compliance and responsible AI requirements.
• Drive best practices across data architecture, platform engineering, MLOps and cloud operations.
• Identify risks, dependencies and technical challenges while guiding delivery teams.
• Mentor architects, engineers and technical specialists to build capability.

Required profile

• 8+ years delivering data, analytics, AI or cloud platform architecture solutions.
• Strong expertise in AWS cloud‑native data and analytics services.
• Proven experience designing enterprise‑scale data platforms and modern cloud architectures.
• Deep understanding of data engineering, management, governance, security and platform design.
• Experience designing solutions involving machine learning, Generative AI, LLMs and AI‑enabled applications.
• Expertise across the full data lifecycle from ingestion to analytics and AI consumption.
• Experience leading technical delivery teams and managing multiple complex workstreams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Required skills

• AWS
• Cloud‑native data services
• Machine Learning
• Generative AI
• Large Language Models (LLM)
• MLOps
• Data ingestion
• Data transformation
• Data storage
• Data analytics
• AI
• Platform engineering
• Cloud operations

What we offer

• Salary £80,000 – £90,000 per year
• Performance bonus
• Comprehensive benefits package