Solutions Architect

Location London
Discipline: IT
Job type: Permanent
Contact name: Gary Simpson

Contact email: gary.simpson@change-digital.co.uk
Contact phone: 0141 5668922
Job ref: 155632
Published: about 10 hours ago
Expiry date: 26 Dec 2025 23:59

 

 

Are you an experienced Solution Architect ?

Have you worked in the Energy Sector ?, if not Financial Services?

Are you comfortable working in a client facing consultancy role, able to discuss greenfield solutions you have built ?

This is a permanent role and you will be part of an expert provider of professional services, predominantly into the Energy sector.

You will be mainly remote based however you need to be able to travel to client sites and offices based in London or Birmingham when required.

The team ae technically agnostic however there is a preference for Cloud skills on AWS or Azure.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the design and delivery of platforms across domains, be it Energy, Finance, Public Sector, Healthcare or other domains.
  • Define and communicate clear solution requirements to support technology-enabled change.
  • Act as a functional and technical expert across project implementation and release cycles.
  • Set up and manage technical governance frameworks and programme-level architecture.
  • Participate in design reviews, identifying risks, dependencies, and improvement opportunities.
  • Architect cloud-native systems using Azure, AWS, and Oracle Cloud.
  • Apply Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles.
  • Lead API design, integration strategies, and legacy modernization to microservices.
  • Implement Identity and Access Management (IDAM) and enterprise security architecture.
  • Support data architecture using Databricks, Snowflake, ETL pipelines, and Big Data tools.
  • Champion Data Governance practices including classification, cataloging, and lineage.
  • Ensure compliance with ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI DSS, and other security standards.
  • Embed DevSecOps principles into CI/CD pipelines and platform delivery.
  • Produce High-Level and Low-Level Designs (HLD/LLD) and Solution Architecture Documents (SAD).

 

Preferred skills across:

  • Architecture - SOA, DDD, Microservices, Event-Drive Design
  • Cloud - Azure, AWS, Oracle Cloud
  • Data - Databricks, Snowflake, ETL, Big Data, Data Governance
  • Security - ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI DSS, IDAM, DevSecOps
  • Integration -  API Design & Management, CMS, Legacy Migration
  • Agile - SAFe, DevOps, Scrum
  • Collaboration - Stakeholder Engagement, Governance, Team Mentoring
  • Business - Business Analysis, Bid Support, Multi-sector Delivery

 

For more information get in touch asap.