Solutions Architect

Company A large, multi-site organisation is seeking a Solution Architect to design and assure end-to-end technology solutions aligned to business objectives and enterprise architecture standards. The role translates business needs into robust, scalable, secure solution designs and actionable roadmaps.This is a generalist, business-facing architecture role—someone confident engaging senior stakeholders, shaping options, and leading design conversations, while working with internal SMEs to deliver outcomes.Role

• Design end-to-end solutions aligned to enterprise architecture principles, strategic priorities, and platform roadmaps.
• Translate functional and non-functional requirements into solution architecture, options, and technology roadmaps, balancing cost, risk, technical debt, time-to-value, and long-term maintainability.
• Lead and assure solution delivery across the lifecycle (discovery/shaping build test implementation), maintaining strong governance and design quality.
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders (including exec/director level), facilitating workshops and turning “business needs” into actionable solution requirements.
• Collaborate with SMEs and other architects (e.g., enterprise, data, security) and with platform/product teams and third parties to assess constraints, risks, and solution options
• Create and maintain architecture artefacts (e.g., HLD/LLD) and contribute to reusable patterns, standards, and architecture maturity.
• Support portfolio/investment planning through sizing/estimation and architectural impact assessment.

Projects coming up You’ll support significant transformation programmes involving back-office SaaS modernisation and integration-heavy change, including ERP modernisation and enterprise platform evolution, with emphasis on integration patterns (API, event-driven, batch) and SaaS product understanding.

Working pattern Hybrid working: typically 3 days per week on-site, with flexibility on which days Person Essential

• Significant experience in solution architecture (or closely related roles) in complex organisations, delivering business-aligned, scalable, interoperable designs.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to engage credibly with senior stakeholders and translate needs into solution outcomes.
• Broad technical understanding across applications, integration, data, cloud (e.g., Azure/AWS), and security, plus modern engineering practices (microservices, APIs, event/batch integrations).
• Comfortable operating as an assurance/oversight architect rather than a hands-on delivery engineer (hands-on only occasionally if required).

Desirable

• Familiarity with architecture frameworks/tools (e.g., TOGAF, ArchiMate, EA tooling) and relevant cloud/architecture certifications.