Senior Solution Architect — Platform & Cloud Systems

Wipro; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Training & development

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Wipro is seeking an experienced Senior Solution Architect to shape secure, scalable technology solutions. You will work with Product Owners, Enterprise Architects and engineers to deliver end-to-end designs and align with business strategies.

You will lead architectural governance, validate options, and promote built-in quality across platform solutions while supporting the wider business strategy and modernization initiatives.

Qualifications

• Background in systems engineering or solution architecture.
• Strong knowledge of software development practices including Behaviour-Driven Development and Test-Driven Development.
• Demonstrable ability to communicate with and influence both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience aligning technology recommendations with organisational strategy and business priorities.
• Knowledge of architectural frameworks and technologies such as TOGAF, ArchiMate and cloud architecture.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Owners, Platform Leads, Enterprise Architects and Engineers to create and maintain the architectural runway for platform teams.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and service providers to define solutions and interfaces, validate technology assumptions and evaluate implementation options.
• Analyse solution options and produce end-to-end designs using appropriate architectural building blocks.
• Create feature designs that enable the frequent and incremental delivery of customer value.
• Promote adaptive design practices and foster collaboration around a shared architectural vision.
• Own technical design risks and issues, driving their resolution through architectural and Agile practices.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies to elicit requirements and shape and validate solution designs or prototypes.
• Apply industry best practices, frameworks, standards and policies to create opportunities and value for customers.
• Contribute to financial investment processes supporting key solution opportunities.
• Establish guiding principles and success criteria for platform capabilities and feature development.
• Provide architectural oversight and promote built-in quality, decoupled solutions and modernised architectures.
• Support the identification and assessment of software and infrastructure currency risks.
• Provide options and recommendations for action planning and the continuous modernisation of platform solutions.
• Support platform financial estimation, expenditure and risk management activities in alignment with the platform roadmap.
• Lead and inspire a diverse workforce to support the delivery of the wider business strategy.

Skills

Java/J2EE

Microservices

API Gateway Management

TOGAF

Commercial Banking and Lending

Cross-platform and hybrid application

Job description

Wipro is seeking an experienced Senior Solution Architect to shape secure, scalable technology solutions. You will work with Product Owners, Enterprise Architects and engineers to deliver end-to-end designs and align with business strategies.

You will lead architectural governance, validate options, and promote built-in quality across platform solutions while supporting the wider business strategy and modernization initiatives.