Solutions Architect

Company Our client is a well-established organisation undergoing an exciting period of change and investment. Technology will play a central role in the organisation's future plans, with a significant transformation agenda focused on modernising its technology landscape, improving how systems and data work together, and creating a more flexible platform for future growth and innovation.

As part of this journey, the organisation is continuing to develop its architecture capability and is looking for an experienced Solutions Architect who can combine hands-on architecture delivery with the opportunity to influence how the function evolves.

The organisation offers hybrid working, with a office presence required 3 days per week. Role This is an opportunity to take a highly influential role within a developing architecture capability and a major three to four-year transformation programme.

Working closely with the Enterprise Architect, you will translate business needs into coherent end-to-end technology solutions spanning applications, integration, data, infrastructure and networking. The organisation follows a predominantly "buy over build" technology strategy, making the architecture surrounding third-party platforms, integrations and data particularly important.

You'll ensure individual technology decisions work as part of the wider landscape rather than being designed within isolated technical teams. Alongside delivering architecture, you'll have the opportunity to help shape how Solution Architecture itself operates.

This includes developing frameworks, standards, templates, governance and repeatable processes, as well as raising architecture capability across the wider technology function.

Key responsibilities will include

Translating business and technical requirements into effective solution architectures and High Level Designs. Bringing together developers, infrastructure engineers, integration specialists, data and BI professionals, system owners and business stakeholders around coherent solutions.

Designing architectures across applications, integrations, data, infrastructure and associated technologies. Challenging requirements where necessary and identifying risks, dependencies and gaps before solutions progress into delivery.

Assessing third-party platforms and ensuring technology decisions align with the wider enterprise architecture. Playing a major role in a multi-year digital transformation covering core business platforms, legacy technology, integrations and data.

Helping create a modern, loosely coupled architecture that makes it easier to replace individual systems and suppliers in the future. Developing architecture standards, patterns, templates, governance and assurance processes. Working closely with delivery teams and supplier...

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