Solutions Architect

We are currently working with a leading financial services organisation who are looking to hire aSolutions Architect to join their IT Architecture team.

The role will be responsible for ensuring solution architectures are secure-by-design, resilient, DORA compliant and aligned to our clients target enterprise and application architecture.

You will join an established architecture team consisting of a Head of IT Architecture, Infrastructure Architect, Data Architect and Solution Architects, working on enterprise-scale projects across the organisation.

The Role

• Work closely with development and operations teams to design solutions
• Ensure solutions are secure by design, resilient and compliant
• Align solutions with enterprise architecture and integration strategy
• Present designs to architecture governance and design authority
• Define architecture standards, patterns and best practices
• Support IT strategy and future architecture roadmap
• Work in a highly regulated environment with strong governance and change controls

This role ishands-on architecture, but not hands-on coding or system changes.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience working as aSolutions Architect(non-negotiable)
• Strong experience designing solutions in on-prem environments with SaaS integrations
• Experience with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 or Azure environments
• Experience with API and event-based integration
• Experience working in regulated or governance-heavy environments preferred
• Architecture certification such as TOGAF beneficial
• Strong stakeholder and communication skills

This organisation operates in ahighly regulated environment, so candidates must be comfortable working in structured environments with governance, controls and slower change processes compared to consulting or startup environments.