Senior Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA - Cloud Infrastructure)

ReqID: FEQ327R501 Location: London Skills: Data Science, Machine Learning, AI, LLM, GenAI Mission As a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect (ML & AI), you will serve as the trusted technical ML and AI expert for Databricks customers and the Field Engineering organization. You will partner with Solution Architects to guide enterprise and strategic customers in architecting production-grade ML and AI applications on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. You will also continue to sharpen your technical expertise in cutting-edge areas like GenAI, ML, MLOps, and LLMOps, while mentoring colleagues and establishing yourself as an AI thought leader. Impact you will have Architecting Workloads: Design and implement production-level ML and AI workloads, including end-to-end pipelines, training/inference optimization, MLOps lifecycle management, and integration with cloud-native services. GenAI Leadership: Serve as a practitioner for enterprise GenAI solutions, specializing in RAG architectures, agentic systems (including tool-calling, multi-agent orchestration, and guardrails), AI observability, and natural language querying of structured data. Provide advanced technical support to Solution Architects during the technical sales cycle by building MVPs, leading deep-dive sessions, and aligning AI solutions with complex customer business challenges. Product Influence: Collaborate cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to represent the voice of the customer, define priorities, and influence the platform’s AI roadmap. Thought Leadership: Drive community growth and AI platform adoption through the creation of technical tutorials and training materials, as well as by presenting at industry conferences and leading hackathons. What we look for Experience: 10+ years of hands-on industry DS/ML experience, with a focus on either: ML Engineering: Building/maintaining production-grade cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP) that supports depl

ReqID: FEQ427R149 Location: London Skills: Networking, Security, Platform, DevOps, Databricks, Cloud - AWS, GCP, Azure, Infrastructure - First preference would be GCP experience Recruiter: Dina Hussain As an Infrastructure & Platform Specialist Solutions Engineer, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor, helping enterprise customers with the architecture, administration, and security of their Databricks deployments on their cloud of choice (AWS, Azure, or GCP). You combine solid technical expertise with a growing ability to connect architecture decisions to customer outcomes. The Impact You Will Have Guide enterprise customers through the full lifecycle of Databricks on their cloud platform, including platform administration from initial architectural design to production deployment Architect secure, scalable enterprise deployments that satisfy complex cloud networking (virtual networks, private connectivity), identity (cloud IAM and enterprise identity providers), and security compliance standards Act as a technical specialist in core areas such as cloud infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), cloud networking, and identity management Support technical wins in competitive scenarios by demonstrating Databricks' differentiation through custom-built solutions Collaborate with cross-functional resources (DSAs, SAs, FDE, Partners) to contribute to solutions for complex customer needs Operate with growing autonomy on well-scoped engagements, with guidance from senior architects on the most complex designs Influence product direction by providing structured feedback on customer requirements and competitive gaps What We Look For 4+ years in solutions architecture, technical pre-sales, or a Network architecture hands-on technical role Strong expertise across the following areas: Security & Identity: Cloud security controls, platform/network/data security, encryption, vulnerability management, compliance, and identity protocols. This includes cloud-

About the Team The Applied AI Architect team partners with organizations to turn OpenAI's most capable models into meaningful, real-world impact. We work with customers across industries and digital-native businesses to identify where AI can create value, design secure and scalable solutions, and help those solutions move from early exploration into sustained production adoption. The team brings together technical strategy, customer partnership, and practical deployment expertise, working closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Research, and specialist delivery teams. About the Role As an Applied AI Architect, you will be the senior technical owner for a named portfolio of customers and the primary technical counterpart to their leadership teams. You will act as the “CTO of your book of business”, shaping each customer's AI strategy and guiding their journey from pre-sales discovery and solution evaluation through deployment, adoption, and measurable business impact. You will own the technical account plan across ChatGPT Enterprise, the OpenAI API, Codex, and other agentic AI solutions. In partnership with the Account Director, you will translate business priorities into a focused use-case portfolio, an actionable adoption roadmap, and a clear path to durable customer value and growth. The Account Director owns commercial strategy; you own the technical strategy, customer journey, and path to production value. You will remain accountable for the technical outcome while bringing in the right specialists across deployment, implementation, enablement, security, product, and partners to provide deeper expertise and execute work where needed. This role calls for strong industry fluency, sound architectural judgment, and the ability to move confidently between executive strategy and hands-on technical conversations. This role is based in our London office. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In th

About the Team The AI Architect team partners with organizations to turn OpenAI's most capable models into meaningful, real-world impact. We work with customers across industries and digital-native businesses to identify where AI can create value, design secure and scalable solutions, and help those solutions move from early exploration into sustained production adoption. The team brings together technical strategy, customer partnership, and practical deployment expertise, working closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Research, and specialist delivery teams. Within Education, we partner with universities, schools, research institutions, and countrywide education systems to advance responsible, mission-aligned uses of AI. These environments require more than technical deployment: success depends on institutional trust, thoughtful governance, stakeholder education, change management, and a value narrative that resonates with academic leaders, researchers, IT teams, faculty, administrators, and students. This role is based in London. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance. About the Role As an Applied AI Architect for Education, you will be the senior technical owner for a named portfolio of education customers and the primary technical counterpart to their leadership teams. You will act as the “CTO of your book of business,” shaping each institution’s AI strategy and guiding its journey from pre-sales discovery and solution evaluation through deployment, adoption, and measurable institutional impact. You will own the technical account plan across ChatGPT Edu, the OpenAI API, Codex, and other agentic AI solutions. In partnership with the Account Director, you will translate institutional priorities into a focused portfolio of use cases, an actionable adoption roadmap, and a clear path to durable value and growth. The Account Director owns the commercial strategy; you own the technical strategy, customer journey,

About the Team The Applied AI Architect team partners with organizations to turn OpenAI's most capable models into meaningful, real-world impact. We work with customers across industries to identify where AI can create value, design secure and scalable solutions, and help those solutions move from early exploration into sustained production adoption. The team brings together technical strategy, customer partnership, and practical deployment expertise, working closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Research, and specialist delivery teams. About the Role As the Manager of Applied AI Architects in London, you will lead a team of senior technical leaders responsible for the technical strategy, customer journey, and path to production value for OpenAI's largest and most complex customers across the North EMEA region. Your team will act as the “CTO of the book of business,” partnering with customer executives and technical teams from pre-sales discovery and solution evaluation through deployment, adoption, and measurable business impact. You will set the operating model for how Applied AI Architects own technical account plans across ChatGPT Enterprise, the OpenAI API, Codex, and other agentic AI solutions. In close partnership with Sales leadership and Account Directors, you will help prioritize customer portfolios, allocate technical resources, and ensure business priorities translate into focused use cases, credible architectures, actionable adoption roadmaps, and durable customer value and growth. You will remain accountable for the team's technical outcomes while developing its people and bringing in the right specialists across deployment, implementation, enablement, security, product, research, and partners. You will serve as an executive technical sponsor for critical engagements, a senior voice of the customer inside OpenAI, and a cross-functional leader who can move confidently between regional strategy, executive decision-making, architectural depth, and han

At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems. Our customers leverage the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to power their mission critical Data and AI applications to improve how their organisations leverage data and insights to make better decisions, faster. Customers rely on Databricks for the full range of data workloads, including data engineering, ETL, near real-time streaming, machine learning, SQL analytics, and advanced analytics. The Solutions Architect (EDW Migrations) executes on Databricks’ strategic product lines to develop, establish and drive product adoption and product market fit to grow customer adoption across EMEA. By working with leadership, product and direct account teams, you will jointly engage customers, foster the necessary relationships and position in-depth approaches to migrating their EDW to the Databricks Intelligence Platform. You will develop the appropriate approach, the guardrails, and the steps needed for customers to successfully deliver on their business objectives. The Solutions Architect (EDW Migrations) is paired with Product Specialists for Data and Governance. Together, you will devise and implement a strategy across key accounts, develop presentations, demos and other assets, and with account teams deliver them such that the field and customers make informed decisions on adoption strategy and its implementation. The impact you will have Lead Regional Migration Strategy: Collaborate with EMEA GTM leadership and account teams to design and drive the technical GTM and adoption strategy for large-scale EDW migrations to the Databricks Intelligence Platform Develop Programmatic and Scalable Migration Processes: Architect and continuously refine programmatic assets and detailed technical guides that enable field teams and partners to execute migrations. Build and Integrate Assessment Tooling: Help maintain, enhance, and direct the development of automated assessmen