Senior Solution Architect

Gazelle Global Consulting Limited; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 185,000; Part time

Job summary

Gazelle Global Consulting Limited seeks a Senior Solution Architect for a Bristol-based, 6-month contract with hybrid working. You will own architecture across banking/FS platforms, drive cloud adoption, and oversee enterprise-scale design across data, apps and integration.

You'll partner with senior stakeholders and engineering teams to shape secure, scalable architectures, ensure regulatory alignment and governance, and deliver high-impact architectural decisions for a major transformation

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise solution architecture across complex environments.
• Experience delivering in Banking/Financial Services or regulated settings.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and data architecture.

Responsibilities

• Shape secure, scalable architectures across cloud, data, applications and integration domains.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders and engineering teams to drive architectural decisions.
• Ensure solutions meet security standards, regulatory requirements and business objectives.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Banking/FS domain

Cloud platforms

Data architecture

TOGAF/Archimate

Job description

Senior Solution Architect - Bristol - 6-Month Contract - Hybrid

Location: Bristol (hybrid - 2 days per week in the office).

Duration: 6 months.

I'm currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Solution Architect to join a major enterprise transformation programme within the Banking & Financial Services sector. This is an opportunity to take architectural ownership across complex technology environments, driving cloud adoption, platform modernisation and enterprise-wide solution design.

The Project

You'll be responsible for shaping secure, scalable and resilient architectures across business, application, data, cloud and integration domains. Working closely with senior stakeholders, engineering teams and technical specialists, you'll influence architectural decisions and ensure solutions meet business objectives, security standards and regulatory requirements.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong background in Solution Architecture and enterprise technology design.
• Experience delivering within Banking, Financial Services, Insurance or similarly regulated environments.
• Expertise in distributed systems, microservices, REST APIs and event-driven architecture.
• Cloud architecture experience across GCP, Azure or AWS.
• Knowledge of Oracle EPM Cloud, ERP platforms and financial data flows.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, SQL, BigQuery and Oracle databases.
• Experience with architecture documentation, including HLDs, LLDs and solution diagrams.
• Familiarity with TOGAF, ArchiMate and architecture governance.