Senior / Solutions Architect - Long Term Savings

Royal London Mutual Insurance Society; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mutual life and pensions company in the UK is seeking a Senior/Solution Architect to join their Long-Term Savings team. You'll lead the modernization of pensions platforms, collaborating with teams to deliver innovative, scalable solutions. Ideal candidates should have proven experience in solution architecture within regulated industries and technical expertise in modern technologies. This role offers hybrid working and a range of inclusive benefits.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Up to 14% employer matching pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Proven experience in solution architecture within the LTS domain.
• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns.
• Hands-on experience with various architectural tools.
• Technical expertise in APIs and data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into architectural designs.
• Evaluate current systems and recommend improvements.
• Lead solution design ensuring alignment with standards.

Skills

Solution architecture experience

Understanding modern architecture patterns

Technical expertise in Java and .NET

Experience with CI/CD

Ability to lead migrations

Tools

C4

ArchiMate

Ardoq

LeanIX

Orbus

Job description

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Job Title: Senior / Solution Architect

Business Value Stream / Platform: Long-Term Savings

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Alderley Edge / Haymarket

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 21st August 2025

At Royal London Group, we're transforming how we support our members' long-term savings journeys. We're looking for Snr & Solutions Architects to lead the simplification, integration, and modernisation of our pensions platforms-designing scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions that deliver lasting value.

Reporting to the Principal Architect for Long Term Savings (Domain Lead Architect) you'll collaborate with senior stakeholders, engineers, and product teams to shape enterprise-wide architecture strategies and drive innovation across cloud, data, and digital technologies.

Responsibilities

• Interpret Business Needs: Translate business and technical requirements into clear architectural designs that support long-term product evolution and strategic goals.
• Assess Technology: Evaluate current systems for gaps and opportunities, guide end-of-life decisions, and recommend improvements to reduce technical debt and enhance efficiency.
• Apply Technology: Lead solution design across platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security, and performance. Collaborate across teams to deliver robust, integrated solutions that drive business outcomes.

What you'll bring

• Proven experience in solution architecture within the LTS domain / regulated industries (pensions, savings, life assurance)
• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns (MACH, event-driven, DDD, Strangler Fig)
• Hands-on experience with C4, ArchiMate, and tools like Ardoq, LeanIX, or Orbus
• Technical expertise in Java, .NET, Azure, CI/CD, APIs, and data platforms (SQL, NoSQL, Snowflake, Databricks)
• Familiarity with pensions platforms (e.g. Bravura Sonata, TCS BaNCS, FNZ) and cloud migration frameworks
• Ability to lead complex migrations and design traceable, executable solutions
• Passion for inclusive collaboration, mentoring, and continuous learning

About Royal London

We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We're an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected - whatever their background.