Solution Architect

Royal Mail Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading postal service provider in Greater London is seeking a Solution Architect to design and govern scalable solutions amidst a significant technology transformation. This role requires strong integration experience and a minimum of 2 years in technical architecture. The position offers competitive pay, a hybrid working model, and includes additional benefits such as car allowance, health care, and an annual bonus potential. Candidates are encouraged to apply and join a major transformation programme.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Car allowance

Healthcare

Annual bonus potential

Generous annual leave

Company pension scheme

Family friendly support

Employee discounts

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of information technologies and integration methods.
• Strong systems integration experience.
• Ability to communicate complex technical designs to non-technical audiences.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in technical architecture roles across the development lifecycle.
• Experience designing and implementing complex systems architectures in distributed environments.
• Knowledge of enterprise-wide systems architectures.
• Practical experience in service, application, data, and infrastructure architecture.

Responsibilities

• Translating project blueprints into detailed solution designs.
• Preparing architecture designs that meet requirements.
• Developing technology specifications for optimal business use.
• Applying architectural concepts for scalability, security, reliability.
• Governing supplier solutions ensuring alignment across dimensions.
• Partnering with teams to deliver solutions iteratively.
• Educating stakeholders on Agile methodologies.

Skills

Information technologies knowledge

Systems integration experience

Ability to communicate technical designs

2+ years in technical architecture roles

Experience in complex systems architecture

Knowledge of enterprise-wide architectures

Practical experience in service/application architecture

Experience with Jira

Experience with Confluence

Agile transformation experience

Education

Architecture training/qualifications (e.g., TOGAF)

Agile training/qualifications or experience

Job description

Job reference 332849 Solution Architect

Competitive salary plus car allowance, healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates. Permanent, Full time. Hybrdi working London Farringdon x3 days a week.

Solutions Architect - Royal Mail Group

Location: Royal Mail Technology Hub (London x 3 days a week)

About Us

Royal Mail Group is undergoing one of the most significant technology transformations in its history. We are modernising our systems and processes to deliver innovative, scalable, and future‑ready solutions that support our customers and colleagues across the UK.

About the Role

As a Solutions Architect, you will play a critical role in designing and governing solutions that are scalable, adaptable, and aligned with changing business needs. You'll work closely with transformation architects, business analysts, and development teams to ensure solutions are delivered iteratively, efficiently, and in line with RMG Architecture principles.

Responsibilities

• Translating project blueprints into detailed solution designs.
• Preparing architecture designs that meet requirements and align with target vision.
• Developing technology specifications and leveraging existing technologies for optimal business use.
• Applying architectural concepts to ensure scalability, security, reliability, and flexibility.
• Governing supplier solutions and ensuring alignment across process, application, data, and technology.
• Partnering with business analysts and development teams to deliver solutions iteratively in Agile sprint cycles.
• Educating stakeholders on Agile ways of working and the benefits of iterative delivery.

Key Dimensions

• Budget responsibility: Design of Information Systems with development costs up to £10M and lifetime costs of £50M.
• Impact: Delivering solution designs and integrations within cost, time, and quality parameters.
• Team size: No direct reports, but significant influence across multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills & Experience

We're looking for someone with:

• Broad knowledge of information technologies and integration methods.
• Strong systems integration experience.
• Ability to communicate complex technical designs to non-technical audiences.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in technical architecture roles across the development lifecycle.
• Experience designing and implementing complex systems architectures in distributed environments.
• Knowledge of enterprise-wide systems architectures.
• Practical experience in service, application, data, and infrastructure architecture.
• Nice to have: Experience with Jira, Confluence, and Agile transformation.

Qualifications

• Architecture training/qualifications (e.g., TOGAF certification).
• Agile training/qualifications or experience (Scrum, Kanban).

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a major transformation programme shaping the future of Royal Mail Group.
• Work on high-impact projects with budgets up to £10M.
• Collaborate with talented teams across technology and business.
• Enjoy a culture that values innovation, agility, and continuous improvement.

Apply now and help us deliver the next generation of solutions at Royal Mail Group.

Extra Benefits

• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave.
• Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay.
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone.
• *Available only to perm employees

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face/virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail / Parcelforce / RM Property and Facilities Solutions. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we'll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we'd love to hear from you.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: 15th December 2025. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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