At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the design of enterprise-scale data and AI architectures for financial services.
- Company: Join TCS, a purpose-led transformation company making a meaningful impact.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, health care, and extensive training resources.
- Other info: Diversity and inclusion are at our core; we welcome all applicants.
- Why this job: Shape the future of data and AI in a dynamic, innovative environment.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in enterprise architecture and AI data programmes.
Location: Swindon
Contract: Permanent
Mode of Working: Hybrid
Are you looking to leverage your skills in Data AI? We have a great opportunity for you – Enterprise Data Architect!
TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect – AI Data to lead the definition and execution of enterprise-scale data and AI architectures for our financial services clients. The role provides strategic guardrails, independent challenge, and outcome-led guidance across large-scale, regulated transformations, acting as a trusted advisor to CxOs.
You will work closely with client technology leadership, business stakeholders, delivery teams, and partners to drive transformation across data platforms, advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI-enabled services.
Your responsibilities:
- Define and own enterprise AI Data architecture vision and roadmap, aligned to business strategy and regulatory obligations.
- Design scalable, secure, and resilient data platforms, including cloud, hybrid, and on-premise architectures.
- Lead architecture for advanced analytics, machine learning, GenAI, and MLOps, ensuring production-grade robustness.
- Establish AI governance, data management, and responsible AI frameworks, including security, privacy, explainability, and model risk controls.
- Translate business outcomes into architecture patterns, reference architectures, and standards.
- Advise senior client stakeholders (CIO, CDO, CRO, Heads of Data/AI) on AI Data transformation decisions.
- Evaluate and recommend platforms, tools, and technologies across data engineering, AI, analytics, and integration.
- Produce and maintain high-quality architecture artefacts, including target-state designs, transition states, and solution blueprints.
- Support large-scale transformation initiatives such as platform modernisation, cloud migration, and AI adoption programmes.
Your Profile
Essential skills/knowledge/experience:
- Proven experience as an Enterprise or Lead Architect in AI Data programmes, preferably within banking or financial services.
- Strong understanding of data architecture (data lakes, lakehouse, data warehouses, streaming, metadata, governance).
- Hands-on experience with AI / ML / GenAI architectures, including model lifecycle management and MLOps.
- Experience designing solutions on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), including native data and AI services.
- Solid grasp of security, privacy, regulatory, and risk considerations relevant to BFSI (e.g., data protection, model risk, auditability).
- Strong knowledge of SDLC, agile delivery models, and architectural governance.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage credibly at executive level.
Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:
- 15+ years in enterprise architecture, data, and AI leadership.
- Extensive BFSI transformation experience.
- Proven CxO advisory capability.
- Deep expertise in enterprise architecture, data platforms, data products, and AI/GenAI in regulated environments.
- Experience working with global, multi-vendor delivery teams.
- Industry certifications in cloud, data, or architecture (e.g., TOGAF, Cloud Architect, Data Architect).
Rewards Benefits
TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.
We offer health wellness initiatives and sports events; we are the proud sponsor of the London Marathon.
Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing
Tata Consultancy Services UKI is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998. We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role. As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long-term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
Next Steps:
Online application: You can apply directly through LinkedIn/ by uploading your CV. In case you wish to submit your application via another format like audio/video, please, contact - UKI.recruitment@tcs.com
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Join us and do more of what matters. Apply online now.
Enterprise Data Architect in Swindon employer: Tata Consultancy Services
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