Senior Solutions Architect

Laing O'Rourke; Dartford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke, a global engineering and construction leader, is seeking a Senior Solution Architect in Dartford. You will provide architectural leadership across a diverse technology landscape, ensuring designs align with enterprise standards and deliver measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities include creating architecture blueprints, roadmaps, and guiding governance. Collaboration with delivery teams and stakeholders is essential to drive strategic improvements across projects.

Qualifications

• Experience across multiple technologies, platforms and environments.
• Ability to influence and facilitate stakeholder decision-making.
• Excellent communication with technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Translate business objectives into solution architectures that deliver measurable outcomes.
• Develop solution designs, architectural blueprints and roadmaps.
• Lead architectural design and evaluation across applications and initiatives.

Skills

Multiple technologies

Stakeholder influence

Architecture leadership

Communication

Education

Degree or equivalent

Job description

Senior Solutions Architect

Location: Dartford

Are you a Senior Solutions Architect who enjoys working across a broad range of technologies, businesschallengesand strategic initiatives? This is an opportunity to influence technology decisions across theorganisation, helping shape solutions that are resilient,scalableand aligned to long-term business goals.

IT Introduction

Laing O'Rourke's IT function has renewed its strategy to support the company's ambition to transform the construction industry, making it more sustainable, more productive, and fit for the future.
Technology has a critical role to play in achieving this ambition. Our focus is on applying digital capability in ways that genuinely matter, shaping how complex projects are delivered, how decisions are made, and how innovation improves outcomes for people, communities, and the environment.
Our mission is clear: to create a modern and resilient technology environment where trusted data informs every decision, AI enhances every process, and digital capability enables theorganisationtooperatewith greater scale and productivity.
To deliver this, we are building a different kind of IT function, one that is trusted by the business,forward lookinginits thinking, and deeply connected to operational outcomes. We are looking for individuals who are curious, thoughtful, and motivated by contributing to work that has real industry impact.

Role Overview

As a Senior Solution Architect, you will provide architectural leadership across a diverse technology landscape, ensuring solutions are designed consistently, deliveredeffectivelyand aligned with enterprise standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate businessobjectivesinto solution architectures that deliver measurable outcomes.
• Develop solution designs, architecturalblueprintsand technology roadmaps.
• Assess existing technology landscapes andidentifyimprovement opportunities.
• Lead architectural design and evaluation across applications and initiatives.
• Support governance through standards, referencemodelsand design guidance.
• Collaborate with architects, deliveryteamsand business stakeholders.

Essential Requirements

• Experience across multiple technologies,platformsand environments.
• Understanding ofcurrent and emerging technology trends.
• Ability to influence andfacilitatestakeholder decision-making.
• Excellent communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strategicthinking balancinglong and short-term priorities.
• Experience providing architectural leadership.
• Technology-neutral, outcome-focused mindset.
• Intellectual curiosity and sound judgement.

Desirable Requirements

• Degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
• Understanding ofproduct management, Agileprinciplesand delivery practices.
• Experience supporting Agile teams with architecture guidance.
• TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification.

About Laing O'Rourke

Laing O'Rourke is an international engineering and construction business known for pushing boundaries in digital engineering, modern methods of construction and sustainable delivery. With more than 150 years of heritage, we are committed to creating environments in which diverse teams can excel and thrive.
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