Lead Solutions Architect

My well known, London based Client is urgently recruiting for a Lead Solutions Architect to join their growing technology team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of their platforms.

The Role

As the Lead Solutions Architect, you'll bring a deep understanding of cloud-native technologies, modern application architectures, and DevOps practices to drive the design and delivery of innovative solutions across our organisation. You'll lead by example-guiding engineering teams, setting architectural standards, and ensuring we deliver robust, scalable, and secure applications.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the design of end-to-end enterprise solutions across multiple projects and business areas

• Acting as the design authority and architectural lead for cross-functional development teams

• Coaching and mentoring engineers and architects to elevate architectural maturity across the business

• Engaging with stakeholders to translate complex technical challenges into clear, actionable strategies

• Championing agile, DevOps, and continuous delivery practices to drive quality and speed

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years of experience in solution architecture and/or software engineering across a wide range of technologies, languages, and frameworks

• Proven experience architecting cloud-native enterprise applications in Microsoft Azure (Azure Solution Architect certification or equivalent is a strong plus)

• Expertise in C# and the .NET ecosystem, delivering robust enterprise-grade applications

• Hands-on experience designing distributed microservices and event-driven integrations

• Proficiency with modern web frameworks and technologies such as React, Angular, Vue, JavaScript, SPA/SSR, and REST APIs

• Experience designing composable architectures (JAMstack, MACH), enabling scalable, API-first, modular solutions

• Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management standards (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, SAML, Azure AD, Auth0, Okta)

• Solid background leading Agile/Lean/Continuous Delivery teams

• Expertise in CI/CD tools and DevOps practices (e.g., GitHub, Azure DevOps) and driving maturity in these areas

• Excellent communication, coaching, and presentation skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to varied audiences

• A creative, innovative mindset with a talent for identifying opportunities and crafting compelling solution strategies

The role is 2-3 days per week onsite in London, please only submit your CV if you can be onsite and are happy to be onsite 2-3 days per week and operate inside IR35 and through an umbrella company.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a great Client and make a difference, please send an up to date CV for an immediate response and more information the role.