Solutions Architect - London or Coventry (London)

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FDM Group

London, United Kingdom

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12.07.2025

26.08.2025

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Solutions Architect to work for our client within the retail sector. This is initially a 6-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in either London or Coventry.

1. Design robust integration solutions across commercial, HR, and data platforms within a complex, multi-brand retail environment.
2. Lead architectural planning for the decommissioning of legacy systems, ensuring smooth transitions to modern, scalable services.
3. Define and document integration standards, including API strategies, event schemas, and interface contracts to enable decoupled, reusable services.
4. Implement event-driven architectures using Kafka to support real-time data exchange and responsive system interactions.
5. Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, engineering teams, and platform leads to define scalable service boundaries and integration touchpoints.
6. Support the design and adoption of strategic data services, promoting data integrity, consistency, and standardisation across the enterprise.
7. Ensure integration consistency in areas such as data handling, authentication, error management, and versioning.
8. Lead design reviews for integration solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles and governance frameworks.
9. Act as a trusted advisor, championing best practices in integration architecture and guiding teams on modern interoperability approaches.