Solution Architect

Tyde Digital, a trusted business optimization consultancy, is looking for a highly analytical and detail-oriented Solution Architect to join our rapidly growing team. 

At Tyde, we collaborate with businesses across diverse industries and regions, helping them enhance four key areas of their operations— people, processes, technology, and data. Our goal is to empower organizations with data driven decision-making, enabling them to achieve their strategic objectives. 

As a Solution Architect at Tyde, you will play a critical role in designing and implementing innovative, scalable solutions that drive business transformation for our clients.  

You will collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs, analyze existing processes and technologies, and design tailored solutions that bridge the gap between current challenges and future goals. Leveraging your technical expertise and industry knowledge, you will guide the integration of new systems, optimize existing technology investments, and ensure solutions align with both client objectives and Tyde’s commitment to delivering measurable value. 

We’re searching for passionate, forward-thinking, individuals committed to self-development, who thrive on solving complex problems, empowering businesses, and making a real difference.  

At Tyde, you’ll have the chance to work on diverse projects, leverage cutting-edge technologies, and be part of a team that’s shaping the future of business transformation. 

Why Join Us

• Client-First Philosophy: We prioritize the goals of our clients, offering a fresh alternative to traditional consultancy approaches. No legacy-minded advice or pushy sales tactics—just honest, results-driven solutions. 

• Technology Agnostic Excellence: We're not here to sell software. We help businesses maximize their existing technology investments and identify the most suitable new tools when necessary. 

• Data-Driven Innovation: We enable businesses to turn accurate, accessible, and actionable data into real-time insights, driving tangible business results. 

• Sustainable Client Growth: Our solutions aren’t just about solving today’s challenges— they’re about setting the foundation for tomorrow’s innovation and success. 

• Career Advancement: Joining the business at this phase of growth provides opportunity for accelerated career development working closely with the founders.

Objectives of this role

• Align designed solutions with business objectives, ensuring they address specific problems, drive tangible value and are scalable for future needs. 

• Integrate diverse technologies and platforms to create practical solutions that align with the company's goals and technical requirements. 

• Design systems with high availability, reliability, and security to protect sensitive data and maintain operational integrity. 

• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders, including Data Engineers, Analysts, Business Leaders, and Clients to gather requirements and ensure designed solutions meet their needs. 

• Ultimate accountability of the implementation of solutions, providing guidance and support to development teams to ensure successful client adoption. 

• Stay updated with the latest advancements in technologies to recommend and incorporate the best cutting-edge solutions for our clients. 

• Identify potential risks in system design and operation and develop strategies to mitigate them. 

• Ensure that solutions comply with industry standards, regulations, and best practices for data management and computational processes.  

• Proactively manage change and client requests to protect the designed solutions and delivery timelines. 

Key Skills Required

• Architecting Data Solutions: Accountable for the design and development of end-to-end data architecture and BI solutions that ensure efficient data flow, storage, integration, and retrieval across various platforms (on-prem and cloud-based), whilst collaborating with data engineering resources. 

• Data Modeling: Create and maintain complex data models (logical, physical, and conceptual) to ensure the consistency, integrity, and accessibility of data across the organization. 

• BI Strategy & Frameworks: Develop the overall BI strategy, including selecting the appropriate tools and platforms, defining governance processes, and establishing best practices for reporting and analytics. 

• ETL/ELT Processes: Design and oversee the development of efficient Extract, Transform, Load (ETL/ELT) pipelines for ingesting and processing large-scale data sets from multiple data sources. 

• Collaboration with Stakeholders: Work closely with Business Leaders, Analysts, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, translate them into technical specifications, and deliver data-driven solutions that align with business goals. 

• Data Governance: Ensure data quality, governance, and security practices are implemented across all data solutions to maintain compliance with relevant regulations and standards. 

• Cloud & On-Premise Solutions: Design hybrid data environments that leverage both on-premises and Azure cloud technologies for data storage, analytics, and reporting. 

• Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor and optimize the performance of the data architecture and BI systems to improve query efficiency, processing speed, and overall system reliability. 

• Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and mentoring to Data Engineers, BI Developers, and other team members involved in the data lifecycle. 

• Tool Selection and Evaluation: Lead the evaluation and selection of BI tools, platforms, and emerging technologies to ensure that the organization remains at the forefront of data analytics innovation. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Develop and document detailed system architectures that meet the specific needs of our clients. 

• Provide technical guidance and expertise to development teams, ensuring that solutions are implemented according to architectural plans. 

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements, translating business needs into technical specifications and design solutions. 

• Design systems and workflows to maximize computational efficiency and performance, ensuring optimal use of resources. 

• Oversee the integration of various technologies and components to create a cohesive and functional system. 

• Develop and evaluate prototypes or proof of concepts to validate architectural approaches and technologies before full-scale implementation. 

• Identify potential risks related to system design and deployment and mitigate to protect solutions. 

• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders and manage expectations throughout the project lifecycle. 

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology) or equivalent experience. 

• 10+ years of experience in a Solution Architect or a related role. 

• Experience in extracting applicable data from databases using SQL. 

• Experience in cloud computing platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure). 

• Experience with BI tools like Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms. 

• Programming skills in languages such as Python, C#, or Java an advantage. 

• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail. 

• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment. 

• Knowledge of data governance and security best practices. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

• A passion for constant improvement and learning.