Senior Solutions Architect

The Associates Global; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Associates Global is looking for an experienced Solution Architect to join their Enterprise Architecture team in London. This hybrid role will require collaboration with technical and business leaders, ensuring scalable and effective technology solutions.

The successful candidate will translate complex requirements into robust architecture designs while mentoring Technical Leads. Strong communication skills and a background in cloud solutions and integration are essential.

The position also allows you to work with modern technologies in a collaborative environment committed to architectural excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience designing complex IT solutions pragmatically.
• Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with architectural practices and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design technology solutions aligning with architectural standards.
• Develop scalable solution architectures.
• Support architecture principles and governance.

Skills

Architecting complex IT solutions

Strong communication skills

Cloud-native environment design

Integration knowledge

Agile project environments

Tools

Oracle

Microsoft

Salesforce

MuleSoft

Job description

The Associates Global is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to join the Enterprise Architecture team of a well-established organization undergoing major transformation. The company has very low staff turnover and the relatively newly stood up Architecture practice has excellent sponsorship from the top down. This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping and supporting the delivery of effective, sustainable technology solutions across a diverse and business‑critical environment.

This Hybrid role (2 days in) in London will require you to be an excellent communicator with natural gravitas. Your stakeholders will cut across the organization (including SLT) as well as external providers. You will use your experience to help shape a business that is exciting and uplifting in what they do.

Working alongside enterprise architects, engineers, and business leaders, you’ll ensure that solutions are scalable, strategically aligned, and grounded in real‑world delivery. You’ll also mentor Technical Leads, providing architectural guardrails while enabling autonomy and innovation across the CIO function.

The Opportunity

As a Solution Architect, you will be responsible for translating functional and non‑functional requirements into robust architecture designs that align with broader enterprise strategy and architectural principles. Your work will directly influence the successful implementation of systems across digital, data, and operational domains.

You’ll operate in a collaborative and forward‑thinking Enterprise Architecture team that supports a wide technology stack spanning Oracle, Microsoft, Salesforce, and MuleSoft, across both cloud and on‑premise platforms. You may also gain experience in AI and ERP projects but deep prior knowledge is not mandatory.

Key Responsibilities

• Design end‑to‑end technology solutions that align with strategic goals and architectural standards
• Develop solution architectures that are efficient, scalable, and practical to implement
• Collaborate with Technical Leads, providing mentoring, guidance, and support to enable high‑quality, independent delivery
• Create architecture artifacts, including system designs, data flows, integration models, and technical specifications
• Ensure architectural outputs support delivery across both agile and waterfall project environments
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of architecture principles, patterns, and templates
• Support the evolution and governance of architectural practices and standards

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience architecting and delivering complex IT solutions in a pragmatic, business‑aligned way
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Background in high‑volume transactional systems and modernising or replacing legacy platforms
• Experience designing for cloud‑native environments and migrating workloads to the cloud
• Familiarity with Oracle, Microsoft, cloud platforms, APIs, and web services
• Knowledge of architectural practices such as layered abstraction, stakeholder mapping, and the use of modelling tools
• Experience operating within architecture governance frameworks
• Comfortable working across both agile and traditional project environments
• Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, ArchiMate, Azure Architect, or MuleSoft Architect are highly desirable

Core areas of knowledge: Strong Integration, communication, MS cloud