Solution Architect

Overview

In this role you will lead architecture for modern, secure Microsoft-based digital solutions, guiding delivery teams and engaging with stakeholders. You translate business goals into architecture decisions, trade-offs, and governance across product, security, data, and operations. You define target-state architectures and maintain usable artefacts, with a focus on resilient Azure solutions. You provide hands-on technical leadership, establish engineering standards, and support pre-sales and delivery assurance to drive successful outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• range of tailored benefits
• continuous learning opportunities
• flexible work options
• focus on wellbeing
• inclusive work environment
• disability confident employer

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and stakeholder workshops to clarify outcomes, constraints and non-functional requirements
• Translate requirements into architecture decisions, risks and assumptions for sign-off
• Collaborate with product, security, data and operations teams to align direction and governance
• Define target-state architecture and transition plan, covering integration and data flows
• Produce architecture artefacts (C4 diagrams, ADRs, HLD/LLD, API contracts) for delivery teams
• Design secure, cost-effective Azure cloud solutions (identity, networking, observability)
• Assess build vs buy decisions and document trade-offs
• Provide hands-on technical leadership, unblock complex problems, and coach leads
• Define and enforce engineering standards (CI/CD, testing, security controls)
• Track architecture risks and dependencies and report status to senior stakeholders
• Support pre-sales and delivery assurance activities including estimates and SOW contributions

Key requirements

• Proven experience delivering large-scale distributed applications
• Strong Azure cloud architecture experience (AKS, Functions, API Management, Key Vault, Application Insights)
• Solid software engineering background (ideally .NET) and modern integration patterns (REST, messaging, event-driven)
• Security fundamentals (IAM, OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect, secure API design, threat modelling)
• Ability to translate non-functional requirements into concrete design decisions
• Experience producing architecture artefacts (ADRs, C4, sequence diagrams) with traceability
• Working knowledge of Agile delivery tools (Azure DevOps/Jira/Confluence, Git, CI/CD)

• Client-facing experience; able to lead workshops and influence senior stakeholders
• Clear communicator; simplifies complex topics for diverse audiences
• Collaborative with cross-functional Agile teams; balances pragmatism with governance
• Azure (AKS, Functions, API Management, Key Vault, Application Insights)
• .NET software development
• REST and messaging/integration patterns

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