Cloud-Native Solutions Architect – SaaS, Azure & Security

Pepper Advantage; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pepper Advantage Technology Limited (PATL) is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to work with the Product team to understand client requirements and design solutions within the Prism product family. You will design Prism modules, define integration patterns, ensure the solution meets regulatory and security requirements and mentor the engineering team on architecture best practices.

This is a hands‑on role so you will be expected to build prototypes and other technical solutions where

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in solution architecture or similar roles.
• Experience designing cloud-native, event-driven SaaS/data platforms.
• Strong Azure expertise including AKS, Functions, SQL, Service Bus, Event Grid.
• Excellent communication to explain complex solutions to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Design components and modules for Catalyst and other products within the PRISM family.
• Convert client requirements into solutions compatible with PRISM design and architecture.
• Define architectural standards, patterns, and principles for product development.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, modular, reusable, observable, and aligned with enterprise architecture.
• Domain knowledge: Financial Services experience, preferably mortgages and personal loans; regulatory understanding.
• Cloud architecture: scalable, event-driven, API-first for single-tenant SaaS clients.
• Security & Compliance: Data encryption, identity & access management, PCI-DSS.
• Risk-aware decision-making for financial data and regulatory exposure.
• Design and implement scalable data solutions in complex environments.
• Work in cross-functional teams using agile/product-centric delivery.
• Hands-on use of IA tools while retaining control over codebase.

Skills

Solution architecture

Azure

C#

SQL

Security & Compliance

API-first architecture

Cloud architecture

Data platforms

Regulatory knowledge

Cross-functional teamwork

Tools

AKS

Azure Functions

Azure SQL

Service Bus

Event Grid

PowerShell

Job description

Pepper Advantage Technology Limited (PATL) is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to work with the Product team to understand client requirements and design solutions within the Prism product family. You will design Prism modules, define integration patterns, ensure the solution meets regulatory and security requirements and mentor the engineering team on architecture best practices.

This is a hands‑on role so you will be expected to build prototypes and other technical solutions where