178 Solutions Architect jobs in the United Kingdom

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  Overview
  
  

  To design and implement interim quarantine solutions that mitigate security vulnerabilities. These solutions will enable temporary business continuity while long-term remediation or replacement strategies are developed and deployed.

  
  
  
  
  
  Responsibilities
  
  
  • Interaction with counterparts in key partners for Enterprise goals
  • Assess the client's compliance with Enterprise standards, and identify activities to improve our internal tooling
  • Lead Business Case creation
  • Participate in agile scrums where adopted
  • Assist in the creation of feasible projects
  • Propose or validate key technical solutions and lead design reviews
  • Ensure all solution risks are identified and mitigated
  • Provide subject matter technical expertise for issues and opportunities
  • Gather and disseminate technical lessons learned and contribute to the action plan for agreed improvements, leading the technical actions.
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Essential skills
  
  
  • Requirements Scoping & Development, Process Mapping of Applications, Technical Solution Design based on Security constraints, Architectural Design Documentation
  • Information Systems Lifecycle understanding, including acquisition & development of New & Emerging Tech as well as Automation
  • Awareness of industry Infrastructure & Operating Standards (SQL, DB2, AD, Virtual Machines, Websphere, etc.)
  • Problem Solving capabilities
  • Business Analysis/Project Management capabilities
  • Stakeholder Management
  
  
  
  
  
  What do I need before I apply
  
  
  • UK based support only
  • Must be SC cleared
  
  
  
  
  
  Benefits
  
  
  • 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

  "We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age".

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

  
  
  
  
  
  

Solutions Architect - Contract (Hybrid | Financial Services)
Location: Leeds Industry: Financial ServicesContract Type: 6-month contract outside IR35 with hybrid working. Candidates must be available to start immediately. Pay: Circa 550 per day Outside IR35
Working exclusively with this client, we are looking for a highly capable Solutions Architect to lead and shape technology delivery for a major financial -focused initiative. You'll be responsible for designing data aggregation solutions that seamlessly integrate internal systems with third-party suppliers and client platforms-helping financial institutions create more transparency and value in their service offerings.This is a hands-on architecture role with high visibility, requiring both technical depth and strong communication skills. You'll act as the bridge between business requirements and technical delivery, ensuring that systems are secure, scalable, and in line with both internal standards and external regulatory frameworks.

• Design end-to-end solutions that aggregate data from multiple sources and connect with external suppliers/clients
• Collaborate with stakeholders across business and technology to align architecture with strategic objectives
• Engage directly with suppliers and clients to ensure seamless integration and technical onboarding
• Review, recommend, and implement system interfaces, security frameworks, and integration patterns
• Produce architecture documentation that supports development and operational teams
• Support technical governance and compliance efforts across the programme lifecycle

• Candidates will have significant Solutions Architecture experience in financial services, ideally pensions.
• Proven knowledge of data aggregation techniques, API integration, and data transformation
• Strong familiarity with third-party interfacing and working with external vendors
• Understanding of relevant regulatory frameworks

• Effective communicator with a pragmatic and collaborative mindset

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• 
  
  Overview
  
  

  To design and implement interim quarantine solutions that mitigate security vulnerabilities. These solutions will enable temporary business continuity while long-term remediation or replacement strategies are developed and deployed.

  
  
  
  
  
  Responsibilities
  
  
  • Interaction with counterparts in key partners for Enterprise goals
  • Assess the client's compliance with Enterprise standards, and identify activities to improve our internal tooling
  • Lead Business Case creation
  • Participate in agile scrums where adopted
  • Assist in the creation of feasible projects
  • Propose or validate key technical solutions and lead design reviews
  • Ensure all solution risks are identified and mitigated
  • Provide subject matter technical expertise for issues and opportunities
  • Gather and disseminate technical lessons learned and contribute to the action plan for agreed improvements, leading the technical actions.
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Essential skills
  
  
  • Requirements Scoping & Development, Process Mapping of Applications, Technical Solution Design based on Security constraints, Architectural Design Documentation
  • Information Systems Lifecycle understanding, including acquisition & development of New & Emerging Tech as well as Automation
  • Awareness of industry Infrastructure & Operating Standards (SQL, DB2, AD, Virtual Machines, Websphere, etc.)
  • Problem Solving capabilities
  • Business Analysis/Project Management capabilities
  • Stakeholder Management
  
  
  
  
  
  What do I need before I apply
  
  
  • UK based support only
  • Must be SC cleared
  
  
  
  
  
  Benefits
  
  
  • 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

  "We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age".

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

  
  
  
  
  
  

Exp:15+ yrs

JD:

• Knowledge of Wholesale Lending
• Strong operational experience of ABCS and Loan IQ platforms
• Knowledge of migration processes, project methodologies
• Very strong communicator (written and verbal)
• Leadership skills (to run migrations – both planning and actual migrations. There is no people management involved).
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt to an evolving project environment
• Will need to support occasional (monthly) migration weekends
• 5 days per week in the office

Role Title: Cards Solution Architect

Location: Knutsford (Hybrid)

Duration: Until 31/12/2025

Rate: £492 per day Inside IR35

Role Description:

• Good To have skill - TOGAF and specifically the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) provide very good guidelines and best practices to architects, implement architectures within organizations.
• "Requirements Management" circle at the center of the ADM graphic, the ADM is continuously driven by the requirements management process.
• Solution Architect with domain expertise & experience in designing the solutions involving various payments/core/cards systems

Architecture Development Cycle

• Need associate with prior exp in Cards and Payments domain knowledge. of cards issuance and authorization journeys
• Good to have banking and Cards secured lending work exp
• Cards migration work is an added advantage
• Responsible for understanding the various requirements with respect to the payments/cards systems, design & provide detailed solution design with the stipulated Nonfunctional requirements in place.
• Should create technical solution to specific business problems and requirements within the company’s business strategy and considering the company’s Enterprise Architecture roadmap.
• Present tactical and strategic options architecture and solution to senior management
• Manage and review application, data and technology component and building blocks from enterprise architecture perspective.

Essential skills:

• A good understanding of the Payments, Card Issuing & Acquiring message and transaction flows and must have experience of integrating in-house applications with the 3rd party Fintechs or vice-versa.
• Must have the domain knowledge of the working of Card Issuing & Acquiring including gateways, ATM and Switch
• Must have Understanding on the ISO8583, MT & MX messages
• Must Have working knowledge Defining API Specification for REST or Web Services
• Must have knowledge of API & Interface governances, design standards and principles
• Must have experience to transform the user journey and experience with the help of latest technologies
• Should have knowledge in Cloud Deployments
• Should have experience to evaluate the technology partners and define their KPIs.
• Managing the life cycle of solutions, undertaking technology watch and developing proofs of concept for Payments & Cards systems.

Experience:

• Cards & payment processing systems, Acquiring & Issuing Processes,
• ATMs, ISO8583
• SWIFT, PACS

Solutions Architect – Engineering

Role Overview:

The Senior Solutions Architect will be responsible for designing solutions for transformational and operational risk initiatives across the Index Platform estate. The role requires expertise in designing web applications, middleware/API layers, and cloud solutions (AWS). The candidate will provide technical leadership, conduct proof of concepts (PoCs), and take ownership of end-to-end project delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Produce and promote high-quality solution designs and application architectures aligned with enterprise architecture principles.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to define current/target states, transition plans, and roadmaps.
• Design enterprise-level web applications using technologies such as Angular, Java/C#, and Python.
• Leverage AWS cloud services and both SQL and NoSQL database implementations.
• Champion best practices, policies, and design principles.
• Analyze business requirements to identify flexible, pragmatic architecture solutions.
• Participate in vendor evaluations and influence technology roadmaps where necessary.
• Develop and demonstrate new concepts or technologies through PoCs.
• Partner with infrastructure and information security teams to ensure secure, reliable solutions.
• Lead architecture design for new initiatives focused on process automation and index management capabilities.
• Mentor technical leads and consultants to build deep domain and technical expertise within the team.
• Prioritize technical backlogs in alignment with business priorities.
• Support the launch of new products and streamline maintenance of existing products.

Technical Skills & Knowledge:

• Proven experience in technical architecture, including UIs, microservices, data lakes, APIs, RDBMS, and NoSQL databases.
• Strong understanding of Agile and SAFe methodologies.
• Experience designing solutions in distributed, resilient environments and integrating enterprise applications.
• Cloud architecture expertise (AWS preferred).
• Familiarity with information security best practices.
• Experience with BPM implementation (advantageous).
• Proven ability to handle design dependencies within matrix organizations.

Business & Sector Expertise (Desirable):

• Understanding of asset management, including fixed income, equities, and multi-asset portfolio analytics.
• Familiarity with indexes and benchmarks.

Solution Architect – Architecture-Led Transformation

Sector: Financial Services

Location: London (Hybrid – Client Site & Home)

Package: Up to £95,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits

Please note: we are unable to offer sponsorship for this position.

Architecture that Delivers. Strategy that Lands.

We’re partnering with a specialist architecture consultancy helping Financial Services organisations modernise their technology landscape and drive business change, with architecture at the core.

We’re looking for a Solution Architect who understands the complexity of regulated environments, can confidently navigate transformation at scale, and knows how to connect strategy to tangible outcomes.

About the Client as a Solution Architect

Our client is a boutique, architecture-led consultancy embedded in some of the UK’s most ambitious financial services programmes. They work closely with business and technology leaders to drive strategic change, from platform modernisation and core systems reengineering, to cloud adoption and integration overhaul.

Your Role

You’ll be part of a highly credible, expert-led team shaping complex solutions across the full technology stack. Whether modernising legacy systems, enabling cloud-first strategies, or improving end-to-end integration, you’ll bring structure, clarity, and delivery alignment to everything you do.

What You’ll Be Doing as a Solution Architect:

• Lead the design and implementation of end-to-end solutions across application, integration, and infrastructure domains
• Shape and steer technology change across major programmes, working closely with business and IT stakeholders
• Align solution design to business strategy, compliance standards, and long-term technology roadmaps
• Weigh options between cloud-native, hybrid, and on-prem approaches — always rooted in commercial and operational impact
• Bring structure to delivery teams through architectural standards, patterns, and technical leadership
• Influence senior stakeholders by translating complex solutions into business-aligned recommendations

What You’ll Bring as a Solution Architect:

You’re a credible solution architect who thrives in fast-paced, high-compliance environments. You understand the realities of Financial Services, legacy complexity, data sensitivity, and the need to balance innovation with control.

Key Experience:

• Deep experience in Financial Services (e.g. banking, insurance, wealth, or capital markets)
• Proven success delivering architecture across large-scale or complex transformation initiatives
• Expertise across relevant domains, particularly application, integration, and platform architecture
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and modern approaches (APIs, microservices, DevOps)
• Skilled in navigating delivery environments (Agile, hybrid, regulated change)
• Familiarity with architectural modelling tools and frameworks (TOGAF, ArchiMate, UML, etc.)
• Confident engaging with both technical teams and senior stakeholders, able to challenge, influence, and advise

Why This Role?

• Join a consultancy that leads with architecture, not just delivery
• Shape impactful solutions for top-tier FS clients
• Work in an expert-led, outcome-driven environment
• Be valued for your thinking, not just your output
• Competitive package: up to £95k + car allowance + bonus + benefits

Next Steps

If you're ready for a role that sits at the centre of change, and not on the edge of delivery, we’d love to hear from you. Apply for this Solution Architect role today for a confidential conversation.

Our Commitment

Entasis Partners is committed to helping clients create diverse environments and is proud to support equal-opportunity employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status

Exp:15+ yrs

JD:

• Knowledge of Wholesale Lending
• Strong operational experience of ABCS and Loan IQ platforms
• Knowledge of migration processes, project methodologies
• Very strong communicator (written and verbal)
• Leadership skills (to run migrations – both planning and actual migrations. There is no people management involved).
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt to an evolving project environment
• Will need to support occasional (monthly) migration weekends
• 5 days per week in the office