220 Solution Architect jobs in the United Kingdom

Job title: Solution Architect

Rate: 700-750 umbrella

Duration: 6 months

We are seeking a high performing Solution Architect with the ability to create both high-level and low-level solution design documents and communicate complex technical concepts to a non-technical audience as a key member of the design team. The person appointed will be responsible for architecting and designing solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver high-quality solutions for various platforms.
• Create and maintain design documents throughout the System Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Lead the analysis of technology and operational processes to recommend infrastructure designs that improve service and reduce costs.
• Work with a diverse range of internal colleagues, management, and third-party vendors.
• Provide technical assurance for solutions to ensure they conform to enterprise architecture principles and security standards.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proficient in Azure and be able to create design artifacts for all cloud workloads, infrastructure, and software. Relevant training and certifications in Azure Solution Architect are essential.
• Experience with on-prem architecture and be able to propose changes to existing standards and strategies.
• Experience with IaC, particularly Terraform, is required.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills are a must. You must be able to articulate technical concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
• A foundational understanding of DevOps practices and technologies is necessary.
• Demonstrable, expert experience in designing and implementing solutions within a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Experience in the banking or financial services sector is ideal but not mandatory.

How to Apply

If you are a talented Solution Architect with the required skills and are available for a 6-month contract, please submit your application with your resume.

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

I am recruiting for an experienced Solutions Architect to join the IT Architecture team based in Sunderland.

You'll be required to work in the office for part of the week, to ensure you are part of the clients collaborative team culture. You will also need to be flexible to attend the office for on-site meetings as needed.

As the Solution Architect you will be focused on designing and delivering solutions that align with EA standards and advancing the architecture towards the target state.

In the role of solutions architect, you will proactively and holistically lead and support EA activities to guide the development and management of a portfolio of solutions.

You will have extensive experience in at least 2 IT solution development disciplines' including technical or infrastructure architecture, application development, middleware/integrations, network management, database management or cloud development.

Experience developing architecture blueprints, strategies and roadmaps and creating and driving technical solutions to delivery is essential.

You must also have experience delivering presentations to senior-level executives and technical audiences.

Exposure to multiple diverse technologies, platforms and processing environments is also required for this role.

You will have a good understanding of strategic and emerging technology trends and the practical application of existing and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models.

A good understanding of product/system management, agile principles and development methodologies and capability of supporting agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debt is also essential.

Please apply ASAP to find out more!

Solution Architect Frimley or Christchurch(flexible hybrid) Competitive Salary+Excellent Benefits

My client a multinational Aerospace & defence organisation are looking for a number of Solutions Architects to join their team based in either Frimley or Christchurch. They will also consider other locations south of the M4 motorway.

You will work as part of the Digital Intelligence team, collaborating on the latest challenges facing their UK and international customers, brought together to influence requirements and propose new solutions in a growing and stimulating business.

What you'll be doing:

• Designing overall military digital defence solutions that meet our customer and end-user needs
• Collaboration with bidding, sales and 3rd parties to propose solutions that are innovative, competitive, achievable and value for money
• Documenting high and low-level designs that align with customer requirements
• Writing compelling technical proposals to support bids and pre-sales
• Presenting solutions and ability to influence customer strategies and requirements
• Horizon scanning of current and emerging technologies trends and innovations

Your skills and experiences:

• As part of the Digital Intelligence team, you will primarily bring technical expertise, creative thinking and domain knowledge to the Solution Architect role and your skills will include:
• Deep technical understanding in digital technologies and integration strategies with military platforms
• Strong natural ability to problem solve, research and make sound decisions in a timely manner
• Domain knowledge of military projects and programmes
• Familiarity with UK MOD and NATO Standards
• Commercial awareness and business acumen to achieve successful and profitable value for money solutions
• Excellent team player, with strong written and verbal communication skills

Your career will likely have provided exposure to UK MOD, NATO or international projects and programmes that build on your use of technology and ability to solve complex technical problems, while delivering on time and within budget.

About you:

• Ideally experience working within Defence
• A track record of successfully defining and delivering customer solutions
• Experience of working with account/business development teams

To apply for this role please send your cv to Peter Bibby on the email address below.

Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.

Exciting Opportunity: Temporary Solution Architect in Banking!

Are you an experienced technologist looking to make a significant impact in the banking industry? We have an exhilarating temporary position for a Solution Architect with our client, a leader in Global Payment Solutions . This is a chance to join a dynamic team and contribute to innovative projects across diverse domains including Corporate Payments, Accounting Services, Liquidity Management, Receivables, Trade & Supply Chain Finance, and Commercial Card.

Role: Solution Architect

Duration: 6 Months (extension Options)

Location: Bromley (Hybrid 3 days in Office)

Rate: 750 per day (umbrella)

What You'll Do:
As a Solution Architect, you will:

• Define an architectural vision and solution architecture that aligns with business and enterprise strategies.
• Describe the solution intent, determining systems/subsystems and their interfaces while defining non-functional requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and vendors to ensure solutions are fit for purpose and evaluate the impact of strategic design decisions.
• Lead the rapid shaping of high-level architecture while maintaining flexibility and modularity.
• Utilize best practices and templates to create comprehensive architectural designs.
• Work closely with Product Managers to prioritize technology-focused backlog items.
• Clarify architecture for development teams and provide solution options for any challenges.
• Conduct design reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements are met, focusing on aspects such as security, performance, and scalability.

What We're Looking For:
To thrive in this role, you should have:

• Must Have - Domain knowledge in Corporate Payments and familiarity with related areas such as Accounting Services and Liquidity Management.
• Proficiency in API Design, microservices, and integration platforms.
• Experience with Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• A strong foundation in both Waterfall and Agile SDLC methodologies.
• Excellent coordination and communication skills to engage with business partners effectively.
• Analytical thinking, attention to detail, and problem-solving abilities that drive innovation.
• A self-starter attitude, thriving in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• TOGAF 9 Certification and Cloud Solutions Architect Certification (AWS, Azure, GCP) are highly desirable.

Why Join Us?
This is not just a job; it's an opportunity to engage with a global team across the US, EMEA, and APAC, tackling exciting and challenging projects. Be part of a culture that promotes continuous improvement and innovation!

If you're ready to take on this thrilling challenge and make a difference in the banking sector, we want to hear from you!

Apply now to seize this unique opportunity and elevate your career as a Solution Architect with our client. Your next adventure awaits!

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly. Pontoon is an employment consultancy and operates as an equal opportunities employer.

Solution Architect - London - Outside IR35 - 600 per day

I am urgently looking to recruit a contract Solution Architect for a global construction company. This role supports the Enterprise Applications function to ensure that the strategy and roadmaps are communicated and applied across the business and appropriate third parties, by providing direction and guidance on all technical and functional aspects of, and modifications to the application architecture.

The client has multiple projects on going and you will be part of a large team working on two projects simultaneously.

Essential Skills & Experience required;

Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks eg: TOGAF, Gartner.

Extensive experience of designing complex solution architecture from concept to ready to build across multiple technologies.

Ability to harvest architectural patterns in order to promote reuse and consistency.

Experience of working as part of a SCRUM team, supporting design sessions and technical delivery leads in producing solution plans.

Experience of establishing applications architecture standards.


Responsibilities include:

Working with the Lead Enterprise Architect and Product Managers to understand implications of the proposed solution design on the enterprise applications strategy and landscape.

Support Enterprise Applications function in defining and maintaining the solution architecture and applications roadmap.

Ensure current architecture is defined and maintained to agreed standards, supporting and adhering to defined architectural principles.

Maintain up-to-date knowledge, document solution artifacts including solution plans and harvest architectural patterns for reuse.

Possess a general understanding of the latest technology innovations which informs the overall technical direction.

Communicate proposed Solution Architecture options and designs to the relevant design authority to enable informed decision making.

Solution Architect - London - Outside IR35 - 600 per day

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

• Defining the future state for applications and infrastructure delivering business outcomes and capabilities
• Producing capability roadmaps and supporting documentation to define how we will get to future state
• Production and maintenance of capability maps and supporting documentation for functional areas and key elements of the IT architecture
• Owning the production and quality of High-Level Design documents (HLD) that identify the solution and all aspects of the solution including support, disaster recovery and any licensing considerations
• Working with business stakeholders to design solutions that satisfy the requirements of the business, take into consideration the full lifecycle, including strategic direction, TCO and supportability
• Delivering designs that provide appropriate levels of security, resilience and recovery capabilities
• Identifying and monitoring new trends and directions in IT and industry that could bring benefit to Greencore and present these back to the team
• Working closely with delivery teams, successfully handing over designs, providing guidance and governance to ensure that designs and company standards are followed, any exceptions recorded and approved as required
• Involved in driving innovative thinking and assisting colleagues to prototype ideas that can bring real advantage to the business
• Defining and maintaining technical policies, procedures and standards and provides assurance on adherence
• Providing technical and financial estimate input into proposal documents
• Providing technical governance and/or assurance into the delivery and operations functions to ensure designs, policies and procedures are understood and followed

• Ideally educated to Degree level or equivalent, significant experience across different types of IT project. Infrastructure, Public Cloud services, Applications (Inc. SaaS)
• Experience of working cross functionally, experience of agile project management
• A minimum of 3 years experience working as an architect at a similar level
• Supporting business transformation on a significant scale, in particular implementations and/or consolidations of significant applications in an an enterprise environment.
• Experience of developing and maintaining enterprise-wide capability maps and specific technology roadmaps
• Experience of developing complex solution architectures in modern compute paradigms eg. Combining SaaS, cloud, low-code, data platforms, integration technologies to design solutions.
• Sufficient technical skill to evaluate all aspects of a solution and guide technical teams in their detailed design and delivery processes and operations teams in supportability of new solutions.
• Confident in your ability to make decisions that encompass the entire end-to-end lifecycle of a solution and its application within the organisation

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Car Allowance
• Annual Target Bonus
• PSP Target Bonus
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• PMI Cover
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

We are searching for an experienced Solution Architect for an exciting technology and data-driven business - you will be responsible for defining the solution view for specific problems and projects in the enterprise, from application, software, data, and infrastructure perspectives, whilst ensuring alignment with the overall architecture strategy.

Your role will involve:

• Defining and owning the solution architectures, including 'as is,' 'to be' and transitional states.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure alignment to the architecture strategy, vision and principles.
• Communicating solution architectures at the Governing Architecture Review Board and addressing any required actions.
• Working with Software Engineering to ensure implementations alignment to the solution.
• Managing architectural risk and debt at a solution level.

About You

To be successful as a Solution Architect in this role you will have experience in a similar position and you will be someone who can communicate to all levels of stakeholders. You will demonstrate excellent skills in Solution Architecture, including defining architectural functional and non-functional requirements, architectural diagrams, data flows, total cost of ownership, standards and design patterns.

You will also have/be:

• Collaborative, curious, creative and accountable.
• Proven experience of defining, communicating and delivering quality solution architectures in one or both of the following clouds - Azure and AWS, as well as on-premise and hybrid environments.
• A real enthusiasm for technology with an ability to identify innovation opportunities.
• You will be happy to question the why? Be able to ask questions, suggest alternative options and drive continuous improvement.
• Commercially astute.
• Experience of Application Development and Architecture is a distinct advantage!

Our client is a very dynamic, friendly and supportive business that values bold ideas and active curiosity. They foster a culture of innovation, encouraging everyone to contribute to the development and direction of their products and services, while continuously seeking new and efficient ways to work.

Collaboration is at the heart of what they do, and they take pride in coming together to achieve remarkable things.

The role is offered on a remote, full-time and permanent basis . The team meet up face to face twice (x2) every 3 months so on these occasions you will must to be happy to travel to offices in either Berkshire or Devon.

The role comes with an excellent benefits package which includes: -

• Generous Holiday Allowance : 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, with the option of adding up to 5 (five) additional unpaid leave days per year.
• Annual Lifestyle Allowance : 300 to spend on an activity of your choice.
• Pension Scheme : Matched up to 6% for the first 3 years, and up to 10% thereafter.
• Private Health Insurance : Provided by Vitality.
• Group Income Protection Scheme.
• Charitable Fundraising : Matched funding for your efforts.
• Cycle to Work and Gym Flex Schemes.
• Internal Coaching and Mentoring : Available throughout your time with us.
• Training and Career Progression : A strong focus on your development.
• Family-Friendly Policies.
• Free Parking (when on site).

To be considered for the role you MUST reside/live in the UK, and you MUST have the Right to Work in the UK long-term without Company Sponsorship.

Our client is immensely proud to be an equal opportunities employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

KEYWORDS

Solution Architect, Solution Architectures, Cloud, AWS, Azure, Application Architecture, Data Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, On-Premise, Hybrid Environments, Software Engineering.

Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills and qualifications are suitable for this position.

No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

Bowerford Associates Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

JOB DETAILS
- 600-650 PER DAY
- OUTSIDE IR35
- 6-MONTH CONTRACT
- 2 DAYS PER WEEK ON-SITE IN CARDIFF

Responsibilities:
- Drive architectural direction across multiple retail initiatives.
- Lead early-stage solution shaping and prioritisation.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define integration strategies.
- Support data-heavy solutions and external EDI interfaces.

Beneficial
- Strong experience with MuleSoft integrations.
- Exposure to Sitecore, Rapid, AWS and B2C platforms.
- Understanding of data architecture and API design.
- Familiarity with EDI and external party integrations.
- Salesforce experience is beneficial but not essential.

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We are looking for a Solution Architects to drive forward the Defence sector within Electrical and Embedded Systems. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to the client projects that you are involved in. Further details on the roles can be found below:

Solution Architect To develop and implement solution architectures for maritime systems (including sonar and combat management systems). To design systems to meet the project needs, optimising the design through trade-offs to maximise customer and Thales value. Work closely with Hardware and Software teams to align the solution and detail architectures.

• Creating, managing, promoting and delivering Architectures for Thales Maritime projects.
• The development and management of Requirements Specifications for the System and Subsystems level.
• Good understanding of the development lifecycle and lifecycle products.
• Interfacing with the client, to define standards and architectural frameworks.
• Impact Analysis / Variation
• Compliance / Customer requirement resolution
• The defining and authorising of Design Descriptions and Verification objectives.
• Provide technical advice to the Engineering Group Manager on all technical matters and management issues related to the Systems Engineering Group.
• To provide technical direction and leadership to the Systems Engineering community.
• Interaction with key stakeholders.
• Understanding and embracing customer needs and advising customers.
• Establish and maintain a structured Systems Engineering process and activity.
• Provide technical specifications.
• Provide assistance and guidance to the Project Systems Engineers for their responsibilities and design decisions
• Represents the Systems Engineering Group on the Change Control Committee. Review change proposals, approve ECN's on behalf of the Engineering Department
• Keep abreast of technical development both within and outside of the company.
• To assist Engineering Group Manager to strengthen the engineering capabilities.

• Member of a professional body
• Engineering Degree or equivalent

• Able to use a range of IT tools.
• Has a sound ability to define the use of System Engineering tools, in particular modelling and requirements management.
• Has knowledge of configuration control processes.
• Can manage a complex project through a defined design process and is able to tailor CHORUS2 to project needs.
• Can define and use metrics as part of Quality assurance & control to change and re-model a System Engineering process.
• Working knowledge of project plans.
• Has knowledge of Engineering Safety Management in the context of architectural design
• A sound understanding of naval system architectures

• The Solution Architect is the technical focal point for the solution design and framework, and must be able to resolve all issues, problems, questions and conflicts in the entire system. This requires frequent handling of new and unusual issues therefore a proven record of working in combat systems is required.
• Experience of collaborative working with cross-industry/customer teams, desirable for this to be multi-national.
• Sound knowledge of combat systems deployed in UK maritime fleet, with detailed knowledge of at least one combat system equipment.
• The post holder should have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate at all levels in the spoken and written word. A good outward appearance, self-motivation and the ability to work under pressure are vital.
• The success of the Systems Engineering job family relies on the interaction of its engineers at all levels, therefore evidence of team working is required.

• Some travel to client sites may be required. Therefore, flexibility to travel and work at other locations is desirable.

• Collaborative working environment - we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

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We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive