Senior Solutions Architect

Lead Solutions Architect | London Hybrid | £120k

We are supporting an established luxury retail organisation with the appointment of a Lead Solutions Architect.

This is a senior, highly visible architecture role with responsibility for shaping solutions across a complex enterprise technology estate.

You will act as a senior technical design authority, combining strategic architecture leadership with hands‑on solution design.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Designing scalable, secure and supportable enterprise solutions
• Producing solution architecture designs, technical artefacts and integration patterns
• Translating business requirements into practical technical solutions
• Leading architecture reviews and challenging designs produced by internal teams and external partners
• Defining API, systems integration and architecture standards
• Simplifying the technology estate through platform consolidation, standardisation and reuse
• Evaluating technology decisions against business value, risk and Total Cost of Ownership
• Supporting the development of cloud, data, automation and AI capabilities
• Presenting architecture options and recommendations to senior stakeholders

We are looking for someone with:

• Significant experience as a Lead Solutions Architect, Senior Solutions Architect or Enterprise Solution Architect
• Strong enterprise systems integration and API architecture experience
• Experience across cloud-based and SaaS technology environments
• The ability to combine strategic architecture thinking with detailed technical design
• Experience working with third-party delivery partners and technology suppliers
• Strong commercial awareness and stakeholder management skills

Experience across Microsoft Azure, digital commerce, ERP, finance systems, CRM, customer data platforms, data platforms or AI would be beneficial.

Location: London, hybrid working 2-3 days onsite

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