Senior Solutions Architect

Plan A Digital; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 102,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Plan A Digital in London seeks a Lead Solutions Architect to shape enterprise solutions across a complex technology estate. This senior role combines strategic architecture leadership with hands-on design across cloud, data, and integration.

You will drive API standards, system integration, and architecture governance while engaging with senior stakeholders and external partners to deliver measurable business value.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Lead/Senior/Enterprise Architect.
• Strong enterprise integration and API architecture experience.
• Experience across cloud-based and SaaS environments.
• Ability to blend strategic thinking with detailed design work.
• Experience working with third-party delivery partners and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure enterprise solutions and architectures.
• Produce architecture designs, artefacts and integration patterns.
• Translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Lead architecture reviews and challenge designs from teams and partners.
• Define API, integration and architecture standards.
• Simplify technology estate via platform consolidation and reuse.
• Evaluate technology decisions against value, risk and TCO.
• Support cloud, data, automation and AI capabilities development.
• Present architecture options to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise integration

API architecture

Cloud & SaaS

Strategic architecture

Stakeholder management

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Job description

Lead Solutions Architect | London Hybrid | £120k

We are supporting an established luxury retail organisation with the appointment of a Lead Solutions Architect.

This is a senior, highly visible architecture role with responsibility for shaping solutions across a complex enterprise technology estate.

You will act as a senior technical design authority, combining strategic architecture leadership with hands‑on solution design.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Designing scalable, secure and supportable enterprise solutions
• Producing solution architecture designs, technical artefacts and integration patterns
• Translating business requirements into practical technical solutions
• Leading architecture reviews and challenging designs produced by internal teams and external partners
• Defining API, systems integration and architecture standards
• Simplifying the technology estate through platform consolidation, standardisation and reuse
• Evaluating technology decisions against business value, risk and Total Cost of Ownership
• Supporting the development of cloud, data, automation and AI capabilities
• Presenting architecture options and recommendations to senior stakeholders

We are looking for someone with:

• Significant experience as a Lead Solutions Architect, Senior Solutions Architect or Enterprise Solution Architect
• Strong enterprise systems integration and API architecture experience
• Experience across cloud-based and SaaS technology environments
• The ability to combine strategic architecture thinking with detailed technical design
• Experience working with third-party delivery partners and technology suppliers
• Strong commercial awareness and stakeholder management skills

Experience across Microsoft Azure, digital commerce, ERP, finance systems, CRM, customer data platforms, data platforms or AI would be beneficial.

Location: London, hybrid working 2-3 days onsite