About the Role
The AI Solution Architect designs fit-for-purpose AI solutions for qualified opportunities, aligned to client requirements, NTT DATA offering standards, commercial expectations, and delivery capabilities. This role owns the practical translation of client needs into solution blueprints, scope, work estimates, phasing, timelines, pricing inputs, SOW content, and delivery handoff materials. The AI Solution Architect partners closely with AI Consultants, Principal Architects, FDE, Delivery, Finance, Commercial, Sales, and ecosystem partners.
Responsibilities
- Design AI solutions aligned to client requirements, NTT DATA standards, and delivery capabilities.
- Define scope, approach, solution blueprints, technical architectures, assumptions, dependencies, risks, and success criteria.
- Build work estimates across roles, effort, skills, locations, tooling, platforms, and delivery dependencies.
- Define workplan timelines, delivery phases, milestones, and MVP-to-scale implementation paths.
- Partner with delivery, finance, and commercial teams to shape pricing inputs, deal economics, margin assumptions, and commercial options.
- Support SOW development by defining scope boundaries, deliverables, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and change-control considerations.
- Validate feasibility, implementation approach, resourcing model, integration complexity, data readiness, security, governance, and operational support requirements.
- Incorporate partner platforms and models into solution designs where relevant.
- Support technical Q&A, client demos, solution walkthroughs, proposal defense, and transition from pursuit to delivery.
- Contribute reusable estimates, patterns, BOMs, workplans, solution artifacts, and lessons learned into the global AI GTM knowledge base.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in solution architecture, technology consulting, software engineering, data engineering, systems integration, presales, or delivery roles.
- 3+ years of experience designing or delivering AI, data, analytics, ML, GenAI, agentic AI, or automation solutions.
- 1+ year of hands-on or solutioning experience with GenAI, LLMs, RAG, AI agents, or enterprise AI platforms.
- Experience producing solution blueprints, work estimates, delivery plans, staffing models, assumptions, dependencies, SOW inputs, and pricing or commercial inputs.
- Working knowledge of cloud, data, integration, application architecture, security, responsible AI, governance, and operational support considerations.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
- Fluency in German and English
Skills
- Azure
- AWS
- GCP
- OpenAI
- Anthropic
- Mistral
- Google/Gemini
- Databricks
- Snowflake
- vector databases
- orchestration frameworks
- MLOps/LLMOps tooling
- AI/ML certifications
- cloud certifications
- data platform certifications
- architecture certifications
- security certifications
- Strong analytical thinking
- commercial judgment
- written communication
- cross-functional collaboration
- client-facing presentation skills
Location
- Remote work and mobile working from other EU countries
Work Type
- Remote
- Mobile working
Experience Level
- 8+ years of experience in solution architecture, technology consulting, software engineering, data engineering, systems integration, presales, or delivery roles.
- 3+ years of experience designing or delivering AI, data, analytics, ML, GenAI, agentic AI, or automation solutions.
- 1+ year of hands-on or solutioning experience with GenAI, LLMs, RAG, AI agents, or enterprise AI platforms.
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
Benefits
- Flexible working hours with a flexitime arrangement
- Business travel time is considered working time
- 30 days of annual leave
- December 24 and December 31 as additional non-working days
- Option to take a sabbatical of up to one year
- Remote work and mobile working from other EU countries
- Attractive benefits and compensation optimisation programmes
- Occupational pension scheme
- JobRad bike leasing
- Public transport pass
- Exclusive discounts through Corporate Benefits
- Comprehensive health and preventive care benefits
- Extended continued remuneration in the event of illness
- Occupational health services
- Worldwide accident insurance covering both work-related and leisure-time accidents
- Family support services
- Wide range of internal and external development opportunities through the NTT DATA Academy
- Specialist training
- Certification programmes
- Soft-skills training
- Access to Udemy
- Varied corporate volunteering opportunities
- Diverse communities and initiatives focusing on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, sustainability, and more
- Knowledge sharing on an equal footing
- Team-oriented corporate culture
- Scope to contribute ideas and shape your work
- Countless opportunities to think big, act boldly, and take responsibility
- Culture that fosters a sense of belonging
- Space to learn and build your network
About the Company
- NTT DATA is a trusted global innovator of business and technology services, helping clients innovate, optimize, and transform for success.
- We strive to hire exceptional, innovative, and passionate individuals who want to grow with us.
- If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.
Equal Opportunity
- Diversity is an essential part of our success and our corporate culture.
- Free from prejudice regarding gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnic or social background, religion, or disability, we look forward to getting to know you.
- Applicants with severe disabilities will be given preference if equally qualified.
