Data Solution Architect

Data Solution Architect, Dublin

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Date: 20 Jun 2025

Location: Dublin, IE, IE

Company: Allied Irish Bank

Role Title: Data Solution Architect

Location: Hybrid/ROI

• At AIB our purpose is to back our customers to achieve their dreams and ambitions. The future of banking is digital and Technology@AIB underpins all of our customer and employee interactions, providing the capability to realise our ambition.
• Working in a flexible, hybrid environment, we design and deliver world class technology and data solutions that transform the customer experience. Using cutting edge technology, automation and innovative agile delivery methods, we can meet our customers' needs faster, enable sustainable business growth, enhance our relationship with our regulators and deliver operational efficiencies.
• We are innovative and creative, engaging with partners, fintechs and the broader technology sector to build the future of financial services.
• By leveraging data and analytics, we identify opportunities to improve the services we provide and our ways of working to ensure all our people can work most effectively for the benefit of the customer.

What is the Role:

• At AIB we are currently on a transformation journey called Tribes@AIB. An Agile organisation is built up of Tribes and Squads. Tribes are sustainable, long-lived teams that deliver on a common purpose. Tribes have clear ownership and are empowered to agree how best to achieve their goals or outcomes. Each Tribe is then made up of a number of Squads, each Squad will work on specific outcomes which will support the overall Tribe.
• The Data Solution Architect is a senior role that ensures that the tribe’s deliverables align with enterprise architecture while meeting business and technical requirements.
• A recognised domain expert enables faster delivery by acting as the bridge between the technology architects and delivery squads.
• Continuously evaluates emerging technologies, methodologies, and design patterns to enable the delivery of scalable, resilient, secure, future-ready data platforms.

Key accountabilities;

• The Data Solution Architect leads the design of scalable, secure, and high-performing data solutions across enterprise data warehouses and data lakes
• Sets the architectural standards within the Tribe, ensuring squads adhere to modelling and solution design standards
• Identifies and maintains standards around the appropriate architectural and design artefacts as part of the data change process
• Leads out on the adoption of new architectural tools, technologies and approaches to deliver quantifiable business benefit
• Works closely with technology and enterprise architects to ensure all data solutions comply with group-wide architecture standards, governance frameworks, and security policies.
• Provides architectural guidance and quality assurance for major data initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and technical best practices
• Represent the data domain at the Group Architecture Review Board
• Leads and mentors a team of data architects and solution designers, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning

What you Will Bring ;

• Proven and relevant experience in a Data Engineering, Data Analytics and/or Architecture function
• Deep expertise in modern data technologies (e.g. Teradata, Databricks, Kafka)
• Experience of navigating complex (matrix) organization structures and managing internal executive stakeholders
• Experience in managing a distributed teams working to agile methodologies
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels
• Preferably seven or more years of experience in information-intensive industries or digitally advanced enterprise

Why Work for AIB:

We are committed to offering our colleagues choice and flexibility in how we work and live and our hybrid working model enables our people to balance their time between working from home and their designated office, subject to their role, the needs of our customers and business requirements.

Some of our benefits include;

• Market leading Pension Scheme
• Healthcare Scheme
• Variable Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Family leave options
• Two volunteer days per year

Please click here for further information about AIB’s PACT – Our Commitment to You.

Key Capabilities

• Technical Leadership: Provides thought leadership and direction while managing, reviewing and conducting the day-to-day work in a specific technical domain area. Applies domain knowledge to develop solutions to problems.
• Operational Excellence: Identifies opportunities to improve efficiency while providing an excellent service to internal or external clients; manages resources, such as monetary assets, to optimise cost effectiveness and ensure accuracy in all services provided.
• Develops and Empowers: Develops people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
• Vision and Purpose Led: Paints a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action.
• Performs and Transforms: Models creativity and a positive attitude when responding to uncertainty, setbacks and disruption, looking beyond the current horizon to see opportunities and capitalise on them

If you are not sure about your suitability based on any aspects of the role advertised, we encourage you to please contact the Recruiter for this role, Tim Stokes, at careers@aib.ie for a conversation.

AIB is an equal opportunities employer, and we pride ourselves on being the first bank in Ireland to receive the Investors in Diversity Gold Standard accreditation from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees. Should you have a reasonable accommodation request please email the Talent Acquisition team at careers@aib.ie

Closing Date for Applications is Friday the 7th of July 2025

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