Data Integration Architect for HR Transformation

Boots UK; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Discretionary bonus

Employee discounts

Leave pay (maternity/paternity/adption

Flexible benefits

Counselling support

Job summary

Boots UK is seeking a Solution Architect – Data Integration to lead data migrations and integrations for a major HR transformation programme. You will define target architecture and guide data migrations for HR modules such as Core HR, Talent, Payroll, Recruitment, HelpDesk and Learning.

The role reports into the Programme Solution Architect and requires collaboration with third parties, ensuring security and GDPR compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience of at least two large transformation programmes, specifically within HR Transformations.
• Deep knowledge of data migrations or integrations standards and tools.
• Proven experience defining target operating models, solution blueprints, and integration architectures.
• Experience working on large-scale HR transformation programmes, ideally across multiple geographies.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture principles and SaaS implementation best practices.
• Ability to balance standardisation with business-specific requirements.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive consensus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own the overall data migrations or integrations High Level Design for the programme, ensuring it aligns with enterprise architecture standards and HR transformation goals.
• Translate business requirements into robust, integrated, and compliant solution designs.
• Creation of end-to-end process flows, data models, integration patterns, and security frameworks.
• Define configuration standards, design principles, and architectural guardrails for the project.
• Ensure that designs are understood by the project team and specifically the portfolio technical lead and development team(s) including horizontals, third parties and shared services.
• Agree any divergence from the Enterprise Architecture standard for tactical business reasons with the relevant Enterprise Architect and ensure this is change controlled and any ensuing technical debt is captured in the Product backlog/roadmap.
• Provide advice and guidance to the Portfolio Technical Lead and development team(s) throughout the construction and testing of the product to ensure that the solution remains true to the Design.
• Recommend alternative approaches if specific difficulties are encountered which require modification of the design or where an alternative approach may be more efficient.
• Review designs and the developed solution at key points during the project to ensure that the integrity of the end-to-end integrated design has been maintained.
• Define integration architecture between HR platform and downstream systems (Payroll, Finance, Identity Management, etc.).
• Oversee API usage, middleware patterns, and data exchange protocols.
• Ensure compliance with security, GDPR, and organisational data governance policies.
• Provide directions on reporting architecture.
• Advise on testing non-functional, operational and technical requirements, review results and assist with analysing and resolving defects where required
• Act as the primary technical advisor to HR leadership, programme sponsors, and IT executives.
• Facilitate design workshops, solution walkthroughs, and decision-making forums.

Skills

HR transformation experience

Data integration standards

Operating models & blueprints

HR programmes across geographies

Cloud architecture principles

SaaS implementation best practices

Stakeholder influence

Analytical problem solving

Job description

Boots UK is seeking a Solution Architect – Data Integration to lead data migrations and integrations for a major HR transformation programme. You will define target architecture and guide data migrations for HR modules such as Core HR, Talent, Payroll, Recruitment, HelpDesk and Learning.

The role reports into the Programme Solution Architect and requires collaboration with third parties, ensuring security and GDPR compliance.