Senior AI Solutions Architect

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As a Senior AI Solutions Architect at NTTDATA, you will play an essential role in collaborating with clients and internal teams to create advanced, transformational designs and architectural visions for complex solutions. The Senior AI Solutions Architect is an advanced subject matter expert, primarily responsible for consulting with the client and working with internal teams to create strategies, transformational designs and the architectural vision for more complex private and sovereign AI that address the clients’ needs.

It emphasizes ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and executive‑level audiences; strong communication, consultative mindset, and being able to articulate benefits of on‑prem vs cloud AI infrastructure (especially for compliance, latency, security contexts). This role acts as a trusted technical advisor specializing in positioning comprehensive AI solutions for customers.

Responsibilities include identifying AI‑use cases, assessing infrastructure needs, and designing full‑stack solutions that meet the customers’ business and technical requirements.

• Architect end‑to‑end AI solutions: secure AI factories, data architectures, and automation frameworks.
• Identify and evaluate alternative architectures and the trade‑offs in cost, performance and scalability.
• Produce specifications of cloud‑based or on‑premises components, tiers and interfaces, for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products.
• Support a change program or project through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles that comply with enterprise and solution architecture standards.
• Accountable for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution.
• Monitor the external environment to gather intelligence on emerging technologies.
• Create reports and technology roadmaps and share knowledge and insights with others.
• Design components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology.
• Lead the technical response for RFPs/RFIs, including architecture diagrams, delivery plans, assumptions, estimates, and risk analysis.
• Build and deliver executive‑level presentations and solution briefings.
• Create high‑quality proposals, statements of work (SOWs), and POV/POC plans.
• Support business development teams in deal qualification, competitive positioning, and differentiation.
• Review, verify and improve own designs against specifications.
• Make recommendations for the development of new go‑to‑market services and contribute knowledge on relevant verticals.
• Operate across both the technical levels within the enterprise architecture and the value chain to develop holistic and integrated solutions.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to less experienced Solutions Architects.

• Advanced knowledge of multi‑vendor service integrations and cross‑functional software, OS’s and infrastructure designs.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written coupled with excellent interpersonal skills to build solid working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Advanced knowledge on how specific infrastructures and application software are deployed in line with relevant methodologies and frameworks.
• Ability to develop and leverage advanced specialist knowledge of reference architectures.
• Ability to maintain knowledge of trends and development in technology domains.
• Ability to keep…