Senior Solution Architect – Cloud & Platform Modernisation

Royal London; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal London’s Longstanding Customers & Annuities team is recruiting a Senior Solution Architect to shape modern technology solutions that support customers throughout retirement. You’ll design end-to-end solutions and translate business needs into practical architecture while guiding delivery across platforms and portals.

Based in Alderley Park or Glasgow with a hybrid model, you will own architecture decisions, mentor peers, and collaborate with engineering, security and product teams to

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing and delivering sizeable, complex solutions.
• Translate business requirements into clear technical designs.
• End-to-end solution architectures across multiple systems and teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience in financial services or regulated environments.
• Azure or cloud platform experience.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solutions for complex business and technology initiatives.
• Translate business needs into practical architecture.
• Shape solutions using cloud-based and third-party technologies.
• Support modernization of platforms serving longstanding customers.
• Help enhance customer portals and digital self-service capabilities.
• Explain architectural options to stakeholders and guide delivery teams.
• Collaborate across delivery teams, business areas and suppliers.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Stakeholder Management

Azure

Communication

Financial services experience

Tools

Azure

Job description

Royal London’s Longstanding Customers & Annuities team is recruiting a Senior Solution Architect to shape modern technology solutions that support customers throughout retirement. You’ll design end-to-end solutions and translate business needs into practical architecture while guiding delivery across platforms and portals.

Based in Alderley Park or Glasgow with a hybrid model, you will own architecture decisions, mentor peers, and collaborate with engineering, security and product teams to