Hybrid Solution Architect – Azure & SaaS Integrations

Skanska Costain STRABAG Joint Venture; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Skanska Costain STRABAG Joint Venture is seeking a hands-on Solution Architect to deliver cloud-based integration solutions for the HS2 project. You will design, implement and govern SaaS/Azure-based integrations, including ETLs and Power Apps, with close collaboration to Data Architects and IT teams.

The role requires strong expertise in integration architecture, data warehousing and security best practices, plus leadership to coordinate multi-system delivery across regions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading data warehouse/SQL/Azure implementations and delivering integration strategy end-to-end.
• Strong architectural design skills with ability to discuss trade-offs between design approaches and technologies.
• Experience in security best practices, IAM, and enterprise integration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Develop, analyze and deliver solutions; ensure integration requirements align with policies and best practices.
• Lead and manage integration activities with IT architects, support teams and vendors.
• Be the go-to person for integration topics, systems, platforms and architecture knowledge.
• Monitor and resolve production integration issues with timely actions in collaboration with support teams and vendors.
• Update artefacts: integration inventory, architecture/design guidelines and patterns.
• Ensure compliance with IT security policies and participate in security, audit and regulatory initiatives.
• Manage schedules across multiple systems/regions, avoid conflicts and communicate with stakeholders.
• Document processes, changes, upgrades and new integrations.

Skills

Azure cloud services

Python

Databricks

ETLs

REST/SOAP

JSON

XML

DevOps tools

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Automated testing

Data warehousing

Data pipelines

Cloud-native architecture

High Level Design

Low Level Design

Integration architecture

Design patterns

Identity and Access Management

OAuth2

SAML

Cloud-to-cloud integrations

On-premise integrations

Monitoring tools

Coding standards

Troubleshooting

Job description

Skanska Costain STRABAG Joint Venture is seeking a hands-on Solution Architect to deliver cloud-based integration solutions for the HS2 project. You will design, implement and govern SaaS/Azure-based integrations, including ETLs and Power Apps, with close collaboration to Data Architects and IT teams.

The role requires strong expertise in integration architecture, data warehousing and security best practices, plus leadership to coordinate multi-system delivery across regions.