Lead Cloud & Data Solutions Architect

Beauparc; Leeds; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Panda is seeking a Lead Solution Architect to shape enterprise architecture across applications, data platforms, integrations and cloud services. You will translate complex business requirements into secure, scalable designs while aligning with IT strategy.

You will provide technical leadership, govern architecture reviews, mentor engineers and collaborate with security, data and infrastructure teams to deliver resilient, cloud-native and hybrid solutions that reduce risk and complexity.

Qualifications

• Significant enterprise-scale architecture experience in complex environments.
• Strong track record designing distributed technology solutions.
• Experience guiding architecture governance and reviews.
• TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification
• Azure Integration Services knowledge is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of enterprise solutions across applications, integrations, cloud platforms and data services.
• Translate business requirements into clear solution architectures and designs.
• Assess options balancing cost, complexity, scalability and long-term value.
• Ensure solutions meet security, resilience, performance and operational requirements.
• Maintain architectural integrity from concept to implementation.
• Provide technical leadership to engineers and specialists.
• Lead architecture reviews through the Technology Design Authority.
• Maintain architectural documentation, patterns and standards.
• Support current and future-state architecture planning.
• Identify opportunities to reduce duplication and technical debt.
• Define API, messaging and event-driven integration patterns.
• Promote governed data and resilient cloud-native/hybrid designs.
• Embed security, DR and operational supportability into designs.
• Influence technology selection and procurement with stakeholders.
• Present proposals to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with vendors, partners and cloud providers.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Cloud Architecture

Security by Design

Architecture Governance

Technical Leadership

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Job description

Panda is seeking a Lead Solution Architect to shape enterprise architecture across applications, data platforms, integrations and cloud services. You will translate complex business requirements into secure, scalable designs while aligning with IT strategy.

You will provide technical leadership, govern architecture reviews, mentor engineers and collaborate with security, data and infrastructure teams to deliver resilient, cloud-native and hybrid solutions that reduce risk and complexity.