Overview

AO is looking for a Data Solutions Architect to shape the future of our data landscape. You’ll design the platforms and architecture that power our data engineering, analytics, and data science teams, lead the move from legacy systems to modern, scalable platforms, and build an integration framework for long-term success. You’ll contribute to the strategic roadmap using frameworks like PACE (Performance, Agility, Cost, Experience) and TIME (Technology, Infrastructure, Market, Efficiency) to ensure decisions are grounded in insight and impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design of data solutions, turning complex, conflicting requirements into simple, scalable designs.
• Influence senior stakeholders, set direction, and inspire the team to deliver forward-thinking solutions.
• Decide when to build versus buy, optimizing existing technologies while shaping future architecture.
• Build strong business-to-technical relationships and translate opportunities into clear technical requirements.
• Work with third-party vendors and suppliers to maximize the impact of partnerships on design outcomes.
• Collaborate with business and tech leads to ensure architecture is secure, compliant, effective, and cost-efficient.
• Monitor emerging data innovations and identify opportunities to embed them into AO projects.
• Act as a subject matter expert consulting across AO's business and tech teams.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Data Solutions Architect in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment.
• Ability to gather requirements, translate them into smart, scalable data designs, and align designs with AO's wider business, tech, and data strategies.
• Proven track record of managing buy-vs-build decisions and designing data platforms that support data science, engineering, platform, and analytics teams.
• Strong ability to collaborate with vendors, business analysts, and technical leads to deliver integrated solutions.
• Experience in establishing data standards, modelling principles, and vendor management.

Benefits

• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays (increasing to 27 days after 2 years).
• Pension: Company contributes 5% of annual salary; you contribute 5%.
• Be a VIP at the AO Arena with opportunities for tickets and pre-sale access.
• Health & wellbeing: discounted gym memberships, onsite spa, and access to mental health support and virtual GPs.
• Discounts across AO products.
• Family leave: Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave.
• Two fully paid days per year to volunteer for a charity of your choice.
• On-site perks: free parking, complimentary breakfast, and subsidised coffee.

AO is for everyone. We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive place to work and celebrate diversity. We aim to reflect the diversity of our customer base in our people and understand the importance of an inclusive recruitment process. We collect data on gender identity, ethnic background, sexual orientation, disability, and neurodiversity solely to improve our inclusivity. The data will never influence an application’s outcome and will not be visible to hiring managers.