Senior Solutions Architect

Role Overview

• Design end-to-end solution architectures aligned to business outcomes, considering application, data, integration, cloud and security perspectives.
• Translate business and user needs into pragmatic, scalable and supportable solution designs.
• Work across delivery phases from discovery and shaping through to implementation and transition.
• Provide design leadership and assurance to delivery teams, ensuring solutions are coherent and achievable in practice.
• Engage business and technology stakeholders to understand organisational challenges and shape solution direction.
• Explain architecture options, trade-offs and risks clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and guide decision-making in complex environments.
• Operate effectively within large organisations, including public sector bodies, where governance, assurance and change management are critical.
• Support early-stage client engagements by shaping solution options, architecture approaches and delivery considerations.
• Contribute to proposals, bids, RFP responses and presentations, helping articulate business value as well as technical fit.
• Work with account and delivery teams to identify where architecture can help clients solve complex business and technology challenges.
• Bring a practical consulting mindset that balances ambition with delivery realism.
• Contribute to or lead architecture governance activities, including design authorities and assurance reviews.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise principles, security requirements, regulatory expectations and delivery standards.
• Apply structured thinking across business, application, data and technology domains to maintain alignment and manage complexity.
• Develop and enhance solution architecture methods, tools and reusable assets.
• Mentor consultants and architects internally and within client teams, supporting growth in architectural capability.
• Lead or contribute to internal knowledge-sharing, communities of practice and continuous improvement activities.
• Own the end-to-end solution architecture for projects or major workstreams.

Requirements

• Experience in solution architecture, enterprise architecture or related technology leadership roles within complex environments.
• Proven ability to align technology decisions with business strategy and delivery objectives across large organisations.
• Broad understanding across architecture domains including business, data, application, technology, infrastructure and security.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms, security and compliance considerations, integration approaches and enterprise technology landscapes.
• Experience of architecture governance and assurance, including participation in or leadership of Technical Design Authorities or equivalent forums.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including the ability to work with senior client audiences.
• Experience building organisational maturity in architecture practice and supporting delivery from discovery through implementation.
• Consulting experience or a strong consulting mindset, with an ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Understanding of standards and frameworks such as ISO27001, ITIL V4, Cyber Essentials+ and, where relevant, public sector expectations such as the GDS Service Standard.
• A growth mindset
• AI curious and ready to embrace opportunities
• Desirable skills/experience
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks and methods such as TOGAF, DAMA or equivalent recognised approaches.
• Experience with architecture modelling or repository tools such as Bizzdesign, Sparx EA or similar.
• Industry experience in one or more sectors such as public sector, healthcare, utilities or regulated enterprise environments.
• Certifications such as TOGAF, AWS, Azure or other relevant cloud, security or architecture qualifications.
• Experience leading or supporting transformation initiatives involving cloud migration, data strategy, operating model redesign or modernisation of legacy estates.
• Experience working across adjacent disciplines such as Agile delivery, product management, DevOps, cyber security, user-centred design or service design.

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Cyber Security

Benefits

• Holiday entitlement, 28 days with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days (note that 3 days are held for Christmas holidays)
• Day off (on or in the week of) your birthday
• Pension eligibility, up to 5% matched contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity and enhanced paternity and shared parental leave
• Cycle to work schemes
• Gym & retail discounts
• Regular social events/activities
• A range of other benefits from our flexible benefits package