Solutions Architect

Role Summary

Aubay UK is seeking a Solution Architect for a leading global Oil & Gas client. This role focuses on delivering high-quality solution architecture, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and driving technology optimisation across projects. The candidate is required to be in the Waterloo office 2-3 days a week, with the remaining days working remotely.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Act primarily as an individual contributor, with potential responsibility for mentoring or leading a small team.
• Deliver solution architecture design, consultancy, and assurance across projects, ensuring compliance with enterprise standards and reference architectures.
• Translate architectural guidelines into practical implementations and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Provide technical recommendations that improve business performance and drive innovation.
• Identify and implement opportunities to optimise IT systems and introduce new technologies.
• Contribute to the training and development of other team members.
• Act as a subject matter expert with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and external partners when required.
• Make solution decisions within established governance frameworks.
• Apply architecture standards and manage exceptions where necessary.
• Use standard tools for architecture artefacts (e.g., System Architect, PowerDesigner, ProVision) and promote reuse.
• Build and manage relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Align solutions with the organisation’s IT strategic roadmap, including domains such as Cloud, Integration, Mobile, Open Source, and Data.

Required Skills and Experience

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect / Enterprise Architect within complex IT environments.
• Strong understanding of architecture frameworks and methodologies (e.g., TOGAF or equivalent).
• Experience designing and delivering solutions across domains such as Cloud, Integration, Data, and Applications.
• Solid experience with architecture modelling tools (e.g., System Architect, PowerDesigner, ProVision or similar).
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Strong knowledge of IT governance, standards, and architectural best practices.
• Demonstrated experience working with senior stakeholders and influencing decisions.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to address complex technical challenges.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, with experience producing architecture artefacts.
• Experience working in large-scale, global or enterprise environments.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience within the Oil & Gas, Energy, or similar asset-heavy industries.
• Familiarity with modern architecture trends (e.g., microservices, API-led design, event-driven architecture).
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of data architecture, big data platforms, and analytics solutions.
• Experience working in Agile / hybrid delivery environments.
• Previous experience acting as a subject matter expert or mentoring junior team members.
• Strong awareness of security, risk, and compliance considerations in solution design.

About Aubay UK – Ahead of Innovation!

Aubay UK is a recognised InSourcing Partner for client-side deployment delivered across London. Our team, based in Canary Wharf, specialises in hiring IT professionals within London’s Energy and FinTech sectors, helping our clients to expand their operations with top-tier talent who are experts in their fields. We work exclusively with clients who are globally recognized as Energy Super Majors/Financial Services and innovative FinTech players. Aubay UK is the most recently started branch of Aubay Group www.aubay.com. Aubay Group is an international Digital Services Company, listed on a Euronext Stock Exchange, who have been operating for 25 years in the European market and working alongside some of the biggest names in the Banking, Finance, Insurance, Energy, IT/Digital, Manufacturing, Transport and Telecoms sectors. With over 7,800 employees across 7 countries and 16 offices in England, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, Aubay Group generated revenues of €534 million in 2023.

What Aubay UK Offers

At Aubay UK, people are at the heart of our business. We offer a competitive remuneration package which includes a range of benefits. You will receive continuous support from our dedicated Talent Acquisition Specialists, who will support your career development and success during your assignment with our client.

Other benefits include:

• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme
• Work-from-home opportunities
• Access to Udemy training platform and conferences
• Discount on winter sports holidays at www.aero1607.com
• Opportunity to work directly for the client at the end of the assignment

Our Client

Our client is one of the Super Major global energy companies with around 84,000 employees across 70+ countries who are working to power progress through cleaner energy solutions. Specialities: Upstream/Downstream, Biofuels, Integrated Gas, New Energies, Chemicals, Energy and Trading. You will have the opportunity to work in a challenging but rewarding environment that is fast-paced and changing fundamentally and work towards transforming the business of a Super Major energy company to meet the ambition to be a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 whilst delivering a world-class business case that has a robust societal license to operate. In your role, you will be expected to enact change and deliver value globally across business lines and geographies.

Apply via our website - www.aubay.co.uk

This role requires you to be based in the UK and have the right to work in the UK. Aubay UK is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. Employment decisions will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.