Principal Solution Architect (PI Data Infrastructure / AVEVA CONNECT Digital Twin)

• We are looking for a Principal Solution Architect to lead architecture, solution design, and customer engagement for PI Data Infrastructure and AVEVA CONNECT Digital Twin initiatives
• This role will work with global and regional teams to deliver scalable, value-driven industrial data solutions across sectors such as energy, mining, utilities, manufacturing, chemicals, and data centres
• You will act as a trusted advisor to customers and internal teams, helping translate business needs into robust technical architectures and successful delivery outcomes
• Lead solution architecture, workshops, implementation planning, and technical design for PI Data Infrastructure and CONNECT Digital Twin customer programmes
• Engage with customers to gather requirements, manage stakeholders, and act as a trusted advisor and escalation point for PI DI initiatives
• Define architecture standards, templates, best practices, and rollout approaches for multi-site or enterprise deployments
• Collaborate with product management, services, sales, pre-sales, and delivery teams to shape customer value, identify new use cases, and provide product feedback
• Mentor and guide multi-disciplinary teams, including solution architects, senior engineers, developers, UX specialists, and industry experts

Benefits

• Time off: 28 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. You can also buy/sell five days a year
• Emergency leave: Five days a year to use when unexpected or urgent events make it impossible to work
• Hybrid working: The default option for employees is a 3:2 split between the office and working from home. Some positions are fully remote and others are fully office-based—refer to the job listing for specific details
• Parental leave: Maternity leave comprises 18 weeks at full pay, followed by 21 weeks statutory pay and 13 weeks unpaid. Paternity leave is two weeks at full pay. Pension contributions and benefits are maintained throughout
• Workplace nursery scheme: Pay for your child’s nursery directly through payroll, saving tax and NI contributions
• Electric care lease: Use your flexible benefits fund to subsidize the pre-tax leasing of a brand-new electric or ultra-low-emission car
• Shopping vouchers: Use your flexible benefits fund on discounts and vouchers for many major retail, tech and restaurant chains
• BUPA private healthcare: BUPA healthcare is a core benefit for employees. Use your flexible benefits fund and/or salary sacrifice to add family members
• Anonymous counselling: Through our Modern Health benefit, employees and their dependents over 13 are eligible to use our mental health app and receive unlimited counselling and coaching each year
• Dental insurance: Use your flexible benefits fund to cover preventative and restorative treatment. You can also add coverage for family members
• Cycle to work: Buy a brand-new bike and save 25–40% on retail price thanks to tax savings
• Gym membership: Use your flexible benefits fund to discount a membership to a major gym chain
• Bonus: Based on a combination of your own performance and AVEVA’s financial results
• Pension: Use your flexible benefits fund to increase the standard employer contribution. You can also route your bonus directly into your pension, saving tax and NI
• Income protection: Secure a reliable income if you’re unable to work due to long-term sickness or injury
• Life assurance: In the event of your death, your loved ones will receive a lump sum
• Charitable giving: The Action for Good program gives you three days of paid volunteering every year, as well as match funding opportunities. You can also use your flexible benefits fund to give to charity pre-tax
• Professional development: Access to LinkedIn Learning gives you the chance to grow your knowledge and skills, while AVEVA’s extensive mentorship network allows you learn from colleagues across the company
• Education support: After one year with AVEVA, you can apply for support towards a relevant course or qualification. AVEVA will reimburse up to 70% of the cost
• Service recognition: Whether you’ve been with us for 12 months or 50 years (it’s happened!), the AVEVAversary program rewards you during milestone years with cash and time off. We also recognize your contributions by planting a tree in the AVEVA Forest, our global forest of recognition

• 15+ years of relevant experience in solution architecture, consulting, services delivery, or industrial software implementation
• Deep experience with PI Data Infrastructure, including PI Server installation, configuration, connectivity, protocols, alerting, aggregation, Asset Framework, PI Vision, and PI DataLink
• Strong industrial domain experience in sectors such as energy, mining, data centres, utilities, chemicals, manufacturing, or other asset-intensive environments
• Experience leading or supporting global or regional industrial data programmes across multiple plants or sites
• Proven ability to lead customer workshops, translate requirements into clear system designs, and communicate effectively with IT, OT, plant leadership, and business stakeholders
• Experience supporting pre-sales, solution estimation, proposal development, project risk management, and partner or capability-building initiatives
• Experience with AF SDK/.NET, PI system administration, archive management, PI calculations, troubleshooting, backups, and operational dashboard design
• Ability to map customer KPIs and use cases, such as operational efficiency, compliance, sustainability, asset monitoring, CBM, and data consolidation, to PI DI and CONNECT value outcomes
• Strong understanding of SCADA systems, PI Interfaces and Connectors, OPC DA/UA, Modbus, DCS systems, and industrial automation data connectivity
• Experience with AVEVA CONNECT capabilities, including CONNECT Data, sharing, analytics, visualisation, digital twin, DataOps, and AI/ML-enabled use cases