Senior Solutions and Enterprise Architect

Capco; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Competitive pension

Health and dental insurance

Life insurance

Critical illness cover

Mental health support (CareFirst, Unim

Unmind access

Aviva consultations

In-house first aiders

Maternity, adoption, shared parental &

Paid leave for sickness, pregnancyloss

Fertility treatment, menopause support

Bereavement support

Backup childcare/eldercare sessions

5 weeks annual leave (+ buy/sell)

40+ hours annual training

Gympass (Wellhub)

Travel insurance

Tastecard

Season ticket loans

Cycle to Work scheme

Job summary

Capco in Glasgow (Hybrid) is seeking a Senior Solutions & Enterprise Architect to shape technology programmes, design digital products, and lead solution design across enterprise platforms for financial services clients.

You will mentor junior architects, influence architectural strategy, promote governance, and drive delivery excellence while collaborating with engineering teams to translate strategy into scalable, secure solutions.

Qualifications

• Design scalable, resilient solution architectures aligned with enterprise outcomes.
• Experience across legacy and modern environments, with at least one cloud platform.
• Deploy modern patterns: microservices, APIs, events, containers, serverless.
• Domain experience in Capital Markets, Retail Banking, Payments, Insurance or Wealth & Asset Management.
• Translate business requirements into technical design through leadership with engineering teams.
• Build trusted relationships with senior leadership and influence decisions.
• Operate in agile delivery models and modern delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Shape technology programmes and design innovative digital products and platforms.
• Lead solution design and governance, mentoring junior architects.
• Promote architectural strategy, patterns and standards across engagements.
• Drive commercial value through delivery excellence and business development.

Skills

Scalable architecture

Cloud platforms

Microservices

APIs & events

Financial services domain

Architecture leadership

Agile delivery (SAFe/DevOps)

Job description

Senior Solutions & Enterprise Architect

Location:Glasgow (Hybrid) | Practice Area: Technology & Engineering | Type: Permanent

Shape financial services solutions to complex enterprise and customer challenges.

About Capco
Capco is a global leader in technology and business consulting, dedicated to driving digital innovation and transformation in financial services. We’ve partnered with over 200 clients worldwide - from pioneering FinTech's to established global institutions - helping them adapt, compete, and scale in a rapidly evolving industry. With more than 30 offices globally, we combine deep expertise in banking, payments, capital markets, insurance, wealth and asset management, and energy with an agile, inclusive, and entrepreneurial culture.

Role Overview
You will play a pivotal role in helping shape our clients' technology programmes, from designing innovative digital products and services to enterprise-grade platforms leveraging emerging technology. You will lead solution design in pursuit of business vision, working hands-on with engineering teams to translate strategy into reality. You'll also influence broader technology direction through advising on architectural strategy, pattern and standard definition, and promoting effective governance.

You will create customer-centric solutions while guiding small, impactful teams through complex technical challenges in agile delivery. Finally, you will also contribute to our Technology and Engineering Practice by mentoring junior architects, fostering knowledge sharing across our technical community, and driving commercial value at Capco through delivery excellence and active participation in business development initiatives.

This role will sit in our Scotland office, with a need to potentially work in either Edinburgh or Glasgow depending on client expectations.

Required Experience
To succeed in this role, you should have proven experience in:

• Designingscalable,resilientsolutionarchitecturesthatalignwithenterprisestrategiesandbusinessoutcomes.
• Workingacrosslegacyandmodernenvironments,includingatleastonemajorcloudplatform(AWS,GoogleCloud,orAzure).
• Deployingmodernarchitecturepatternsincludingmicroservices,APIs,events,sagas,containerisation,andserverless.
• ExperiencewithinatleastonecoreFinancialServicesdomain:CapitalMarkets,RetailBanking,Payments,InsuranceorWealth&AssetManagement.
• Translatingbusinessrequirementsintoclear,implementabletechnicaldesignsthroughpersonalleadershipandworkingcloselywithengineeringteams.
• Buildingtrustedrelationshipswithseniorleadershipandinfluencingkeydecisions.
• Operatingwithinagiledeliverymodelsandmoderndeliverypractices(e.g.SAFeandDevOps).
• Applyingrecognisedarchitectureframeworks,methods,ortechniques(e.g.TOGAF,Domain-DrivenDesign,orNIST)inapragmaticway.

Whilenotmandatory,experienceinthefollowingareasisbeneficial:

• Consultingorclient-facingdeliveryexperienceincomplexenvironments.
• Supportingpre-sales,proposals,orbidactivitiesalongsideseniorleaders.
• Designinggreenfieldorcloud-firstsolutionswithinenterprise-scaleorganisations.
• Contributingtothedevelopmentormaturationofarchitecturepracticesorcommunities.
• Familiaritywithemergingtechnologies,includingAIsolutions.
• Certificationinrelevantframeworks,methodology,ortechnology(e.g.TOGAF,orAWS).

WhyJoinCapco?

At Capco, you’ll be part of a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and inclusive culture working with Tier 1 financial services enterprises on impactful and enriching projects. We offer a competitive, people-first benefits package to support your growth as both a technologist and a consultant.

Ourbenefitsinclude:

• Corebenefits:discretionarybonus,competitivepension,healthanddentalinsurance,lifeinsurance,andcriticalillnesscover.
• Mentalhealth:accesstoCareFirst,Unmind,Avivaconsultations,andin-housefirstaiders.
• Family-friendly:maternity,adoption,sharedparentalleave,pluspaidleaveforsickness,pregnancyloss,fertilitytreatment,menopause,andbereavement.
• Familycare:8complimentarybackupcaresessionsforemergencychildcareoreldercare.
• Holidayflexibility:5weeksofannualleavewiththeoptiontobuyorselldays.
• Continuouslearning:minimum40hoursofannualtraining,includingworkshops,certifications,e-learning,andongoingbusinesscoaching.
• Extraperks:Gympass(Wellhub),travelinsurance,Tastecard,seasonticketloans,andCycletoWorkscheme.

InclusionatCapco

We’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible and straightforward. If you need adjustments at any stage, please let us know. We value each person’s unique perspective and contribution. At Capco, we believe that being yourself is your greatest strength. Our #BeYourselfAtWork culture encourages individuality and collaboration - a mindset that shapes how we work with clients and each other every day.