Solutions Architect

Burberry
London
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Stakeholder management","Architectural governance"]

Own the technical architecture for the enterprise data platform, defining standards and guardrails for compute/storage, ingestion patterns, data modelling, access control, performance, and capacity planning. Govern platform cost modelling through FinOps, establish security and privacy architecture with Cyber Security and Data Governance, and document architectural decisions via decision records. Collaborate with cross-functional data and MLOps/AI teams to ensure initiatives align with enterprise data architecture and evolve roadmap priorities.

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Burberry
Burberry
1 month ago

Solutions Architect

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Job Summary

Own the technical architecture for the enterprise data platform, defining standards and guardrails for compute/storage, ingestion patterns, data modelling, access control, performance, and capacity planning. Govern platform cost modelling through FinOps, establish security and privacy architecture with Cyber Security and Data Governance, and document architectural decisions via decision records. Collaborate with cross-functional data and MLOps/AI teams to ensure initiatives align with enterprise data architecture and evolve roadmap priorities.
Location: London
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and maintain the platform’s technical architecture, including compute/storage, ingestion frameworks, access control, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
  • •Define and maintain architectural standards and guardrails (naming conventions, environment management, deployment pipelines, partitioning strategies, cost optimisation patterns).
  • •Own platform cost modelling and FinOps governance, defining cost allocation patterns and identifying optimisation opportunities.
  • •Design ingestion architecture (batch, micro-batch, streaming) and define architecture for the semantic layer and self-serve analytics infrastructure.
  • •Establish platform security and privacy architecture in partnership with Cyber Security and Data Governance, including PII handling and audit logging/retention patterns.

Key Requirements

  • •Deep expertise in Databricks (Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Spark, Databricks SQL) or an equivalent lakehouse platform, including administration, cost management, and performance optimisation.
  • •Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture, cost models, and CI/CD pipelines with environment strategies.
  • •Proven data security implementation (encryption, RBAC, column/row-level security, data masking).
  • •Strong ingestion and pipeline architecture knowledge across diverse source systems.
  • •Experience with SAP data landscapes (BW, Datasphere, S/4HANA data flows) is highly desirable.
Skills:CommunicationStakeholder managementArchitectural governance
Tech Stack:DatabricksUnity CatalogDelta LakeSparkDatabricks SQLLakehouseCI/CDCI CDRBACEncryptionColumn-level securityRow-level securityData maskingFinOpsSAP BWDatasphereS/4HANAMLOpsAI

Company Brief

Burberry
British luxury fashion house designing and selling ready-to-wear, accessories, fragrances, and leather goods. Known for its trench coats, distinctive check pattern, and global retail presence across wholesale, e-commerce, and owned stores.
Industry: Luxury Goods
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1856
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