Senior Solutions Architect

Noir Consulting; Maidstone; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension

Professional development

Job summary

Noir Consulting is seeking a Senior Solution Architect for a Maidstone, UK role focused on Azure, banking platforms and enterprise architecture. You’ll shape roadmaps, lead technical directions and collaborate with stakeholders to align architecture with regulatory requirements.

The position offers hybrid working (two days in the office per week), a generous benefits package and opportunities for professional development in a banking environment.

Qualifications

• Five years’ architecture experience or more.
• Strong Azure knowledge and banking regulatory understanding.
• Experience review supplier designs and ensure integration into wider landscape.
• Knowledge of Temenos Transact/Infinity is advantageous.
• Familiarity with architecture governance, API-led integration, microservices and security.

Responsibilities

• Shape technology landscape and influence roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership across complex change programmes.
• Review supplier designs and ensure seamless integration into the wider tech landscape.

Skills

Azure

Banking domain

Enterprise Architecture

Architecture governance

API-led integration

Microservices

Security architecture

Education

TOGAF certification

Tools

Temenos Transact

Temenos Infinity

TOGAF

Job description

Solutions Architect

Senior Solution Architect – Azure / Banking – Maidstone, Kent

(Tech stack: Senior Solution Architect, Azure, Banking, Enterprise Architecture, Architecture Governance, APIs, Microservices, Data Integration, Security Architecture, Temenos Transact, Temenos Infinity, TOGAF, Solution Architect)

Our client, an established financial services organisation, is looking for an experienced Senior Solution Architect to help shape its technology landscape and strengthen its architecture function.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Solution Architect to influence technology roadmaps, provide technical leadership across complex change programmes and help develop architecture standards and ways of working. Working closely with senior stakeholders and technology partners, you will review supplier designs and ensure solutions integrate effectively into the wider technology landscape.

Successful Senior Solution Architect candidates should have at least five years’ architecture experience, strong Azure knowledge and a background in banking with a clear understanding of its regulatory requirements. You should be confident assessing complex technology landscapes and understanding how applications, infrastructure, cloud resources, data and integrations work together.

Experience helping build or mature an architecture team would be particularly valuable. Any experience with Temenos Transact or Temenos Infinity would be highly advantageous, alongside knowledge of architecture governance, API-led integration, microservices and security. TOGAF or a relevant architecture qualification would also be beneficial.

The Senior Solution Architect position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a generous holiday allowance, pension and professional development opportunities.

Location: Maidstone, Kent / Hybrid Working-two days per week in the office.

Salary: Up to £80,000 + Pension + Benefits

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be able to attend the office two days per week.