Data Solution Architect, DublinRole Title: Data Solution Architect
Location: Hybrid/ROI
1. 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.
2. We are innovative and creative, engaging with partners, fintechs and the broader technology sector to build the future of financial services.
3. 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:
4. 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.
5. A recognised domain expert enables faster delivery by acting as the bridge between the technology architects and delivery squads.
6. Continuously evaluates emerging technologies, methodologies, and design patterns to enable the delivery of scalable, resilient, secure, future-ready data platforms.
Key accountabilities;
7. The Data Solution Architect leads the design of scalable, secure, and high-performing data solutions across enterprise data warehouses and data lakes
8. Sets the architectural standards within the Tribe, ensuring squads adhere to modelling and solution design standards
9. Identifies and maintains standards around the appropriate architectural and design artefacts as part of the data change process
10. Leads out on the adoption of new architectural tools, technologies and approaches to deliver quantifiable business benefit
11. Works closely with technology and enterprise architects to ensure all data solutionsply with group-wide architecture standards,ernance frameworks, and security policies.
12. Provides architectural guidance and quality assurance for major data initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and technical best practices
13. Represent the data domain at the Group Architecture Review Board
14. Leads and mentors a team of data architects and solution designers, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning
What you Will Bring ;
15. Proven and relevant experience in a Data Engineering, Data Analytics and/or Architecture function
16. Deep expertise in modern data technologies ( Teradata, Databricks, Kafka)
17. Experience of navigatingplex (matrix) organization structures and managing internal executive stakeholders
18. Experience in managing a distributed teams working to agile methodologies
19. Excellentmunication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels
20. Preferably seven or more years of experience in information-intensive industries or digitally advanced enterprise
Why Work for AIB:
We aremitted 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;
21. Market leading Pension Scheme
22. Healthcare Scheme
23. Variable Pay
24. Employee Assistance Programme
25. Family leave options
26. Two volunteer days per year
Please click here for further information about AIB's PACT - Ourmitment to You.
Key Capabilities
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. Develops and Empowers: Develops people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals.
30. Vision and Purpose Led: Paints apelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action.
31. 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 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 aremitted to providing reasonable amodations for applicants and employees. Should you have a reasonable amodation request please email the Talent Acquisition team at
Closing Date for Applications is Friday the 7th of July 2025 Job ID 83019