Senior Solution Architect - Modern Workplace

lloyds banking group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial institution in the UK is looking for a Senior Solution Architect to oversee architecture and design of innovative technical solutions. The role involves hybrid working, collaborating with teams to enhance colleague experience through modern technologies. Candidates should have expertise in workplace technologies, strong problem-solving skills, and a commitment to inclusive work culture. Competitive salary and flexible working arrangements are available.

Benefits

Pension contribution up to 15%

Annual bonus based on performance

Flexible benefits package

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise solutions and automation.
• Working with APIs and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate architecture and MVP delivery of technical solutions.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects to align technology.
• Engage with partners to shape product capabilities.

Skills

Broad expertise in modern workplace technologies

Research and problem-solving skills

Credibility and influence

Critical thinking and collaboration

Clear communication skills

Growth mindset

Tools

Microsoft Intune

PowerShell

GitHub Actions

Azure

Job description

End Date

Wednesday 08 October 2025

Salary Range

£70,929 - £78,810

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

This is your chance to use your architecture and design skills to help make Lloyds Banking Group a cool place to work by connecting colleagues with the newest technology and tools to provide an outstanding user experience.

As a Senior Solution Architect you’ll be responsible for the architecture, design, and MVP delivery of cohesive technical solutions across the LBG organisation, primarily focusing on the implementation of new solutions, solution improvements, platform integration, and delivering custom technology solutions that improve colleague experience and efficiency.

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Senior Solution Architect

SALARY: £70,929- £78,810

LOCATIONS: Leeds, Edinburgh

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

In the role of Lead Technical Architect, you will coordinate the architecture, compose, and MVP delivery of coordinated technical solutions within the LBG organisation! Your main focus will be on implementing new solutions, improving existing solutions, integrating platforms, and providing tailored technology solutions to improve colleague experience and efficiency!

Day to day, you’ll be:

• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects to align technology landscape with strategic vision.
• Influence technology roadmaps to support planning, strategy, and resource estimation.
• Engage with strategic partners and vendors to shape product capabilities.
• Lead hands-on evaluations of emerging technologies to identify customer value.
• Provide high-level cost and resource estimates to support prioritisation and budgeting.
• Design large-scale technology changes not aligned with existing feature teams.
• Guide new technology designs through governance processes.
• Review engineering designs for quality and alignment.
• Maintain logical high-level designs for products.
• Develop and uphold engineering standards, guardrails, and best practices.
• Continuously improve Modern Workplace tools and processes through optimisation and automation.
• Promote best practices by participating in guilds and knowledge-sharing forums.

About us

We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. The investments we’re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What you’ll need

We understand no-one can be an expert in everything, so if you have a strong technology design background, we’d like to hear from you.

Specifically we’re looking for:

• Broad expertise across modern workplace technologies, including infrastructure, collaboration tools, devices, security, data protection, identity, automation, and APIs.
• Strong research and problem-solving skills, able to transform intricate challenges into innovative solutions.
• Credibility and influence, building trusted relationships and inspiring others with a clear vision of what’s possible through technology.
• Critical thinking and collaboration, working effectively across teams and driving outcomes through motivation and thoughtful engagement.
• Clear and confident communication, able to articulate design decisions and direction in both written and verbal formats.
• A growth mindset, continuously learning, applying new knowledge, and sharing insights to elevate team capability.

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Designing and testing enterprise solutions using Microsoft Intune, Entra ID, Defender for Endpoint, Office 365, Power Platform, and other modern workplace technologies.
• Scripting and automation using languages like PowerShell, Python or Bash, and tools such as GitHub Actions, Harness, and YAML pipelines.
• Working with APIs and DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and standardised tooling for integration and delivery.
• Knowledge of current security and cloud infrastructure, including zero trust principles, security focused on identity, UEM technologies, and virtualization on Azure, AWS, or GCP.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.