Senior Solution Architect

Laing O'Rourke; Dartford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke is seeking a Senior Solution Architect in Dartford to provide architectural leadership across a diverse technology landscape, ensuring designs align with enterprise standards and strategic goals.

You will translate business objectives into measurable architectures, develop blueprints and roadmaps, and collaborate with delivery teams to guide initiatives from concept to delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience across multiple technologies, platforms and environments.
• Ability to influence and facilitate stakeholder decision-making.
• Excellent communication with technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Translate business objectives into solution architectures that deliver measurable outcomes.
• Develop solution designs, architectural blueprints and technology roadmaps.
• Assess existing technology landscapes and identify improvement opportunities.
• Lead architectural design and evaluation across applications and initiatives.
• Support governance through standards, reference models and design guidance.
• Collaborate with architects, delivery teams and business stakeholders.

Skills

Technology breadth

Stakeholder influence

Architectural leadership

Excellent communication

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

TOGAF or equivalent certification

Job description

Senior Solutions Architect

Location: Dartford

Are you a Senior Solutions Architect who enjoys working across a broad range of technologies, business challenges and strategic initiatives? This is an opportunity to influence technology decisions across the organisation, helping shape solutions that are resilient, scalable and aligned to long-term business goals.

IT Introduction

Laing O'Rourke's IT function has renewed its strategy to support the company's ambition to transform the construction industry, making it more sustainable, more productive, and fit for the future.

Technology has a critical role to play in achieving this ambition. Our focus is on applying digital capability in ways that genuinely matter, shaping how complex projects are delivered, how decisions are made, and how innovation improves outcomes for people, communities, and the environment.

Our mission is clear: to create a modern and resilient technology environment where trusted data informs every decision, AI enhances every process, and digital capability enables the organisation to operate with greater scale and productivity.

To deliver this, we are building a different kind of IT function, one that is trusted by the business, forward looking in its thinking, and deeply connected to operational outcomes. We are looking for individuals who are curious, thoughtful, and motivated by contributing to work that has real industry impact.

Role Overview

As a Senior Solution Architect, you will provide architectural leadership across a diverse technology landscape, ensuring solutions are designed consistently, delivered effectively and aligned with enterprise standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate business objectives into solution architectures that deliver measurable outcomes.
• Develop solution designs, architectural blueprints and technology roadmaps.
• Assess existing technology landscapes and identify improvement opportunities.
• Lead architectural design and evaluation across applications and initiatives.
• Support governance through standards, reference models and design guidance.
• Collaborate with architects, delivery teams and business stakeholders.

Essential Requirements

• Experience across multiple technologies, platforms and environments.
• Understanding of current and emerging technology trends.
• Ability to influence and facilitate stakeholder decision-making.
• Excellent communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strategic thinking balancing long and short-term priorities.
• Experience providing architectural leadership.
• Technology-neutral, outcome-focused mindset.
• Intellectual curiosity and sound judgement.

Desirable Requirements

• Degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of product management, Agile principles and delivery practices.
• Experience supporting Agile teams with architecture guidance.
• TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification.

About Laing O'Rourke

Laing O'Rourke is an international engineering and construction business known for pushing boundaries in digital engineering, modern methods of construction and sustainable delivery. With more than 150 years of heritage, we are committed to creating environments in which diverse teams can excel and thrive.

Accessibility & Inclusion: We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident scheme. If you require an alternative format or support during the application process, please contact [e-mail]