Solution Architect

The Royal British Legion; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holidays

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption

Pension scheme

Flexible working options

Employee Assistance Programme

Learning courses and development

Volunteer opportunities

Travel loans

Cycle to Work

Job summary

The Royal British Legion is seeking a Solution Architect to design secure, scalable and user-centred technology solutions that enable our Armed Forces community support services. You will shape technical strategy, collaborate with business leaders and deliver architectural guidance across major programmes.

You will be part of a team driving a new technology roadmap while ensuring alignment with architectural standards and long-term vision, with hybrid in-person and remote working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience designing secure, scalable, user-centred solutions across complex programmes.
• Ability to translate strategy into practical architecture and roadmaps.
• Proven capability to guide technology decisions with stakeholders and teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution design of products and platforms.
• Develop and maintain technology roadmaps and artefacts.
• Collaborate with product owners to align business goals with technical requirements.
• Provide architectural guidance across product and project lifecycles.
• Support transformation programmes and modernise legacy environments.
• Champion best practice in architecture, DevOps, automation and modern engineering.

Skills

Solution design

Architectural guidance

DevOps

Automation

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

About The Role

Are you passionate about designing technology that delivers real impact? We have an opportunity for a Solution Architect to help shape our future, designing secure, scalable and user centred solutions to improve our services, ways of working and ability to serve the Armed Forces community.

Here at the Royal British Legion, we are currently embarking on an exciting new phase with our Customer, Technology and Change directorate. Together this team, covering Technology, Data Protection, Business Planning and Change & Transformation, takes great pride in supporting across RBL with all things technology, security, digital, data, business planning, portfolio and project management, and change. It's a great time to join as our organisation begins to drive our new 10-year strategy and ensures we are best able to continue to make a difference to our Armed Forces community now and for the future.

This newly created role will see you work across the organisation to translate strategic objectives into practical technology solutions. You will provide architectural expertise across a range of change, transformational and operational initiatives, ensuring new systems and services align with our technology roadmap, architectural standards and long-term vision.

Working closely with business leaders, product owners, technical teams and senior stakeholders, you'll play a key role in guiding technology decisions, evaluating solutions, managing architectural risks. This will ensure our technology landscape remains modern, sustainable and fit for the future.

Come and be part of the leading Armed Forces charity, making a difference to the lives of those who have served to keep us safe and protect our way of life.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the end-to-end solution design of products, platforms and technology initiatives across the organization
• Developing and maintaining technology roadmaps and artefacts to support organisational priorities, transformation objectives and architecture practices
• Working closely with product owners and stakeholders to understand business goals, user needs and technical requirements
• Providing architectural guidance throughout the product and project lifecycles
• Supporting transformation programmes and help modernise legacy technology environments
• Championing best practice in architecture, DevOps, automation and modern engineering approaches

You will be contracted to our Haig House hub with a minimum expectation of two days per week working in person at the hub and flexibility for working remotely/at home when not onsite.

Employee Benefits

• 28 day's paid holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with optional annual leave purchase scheme of up to 5 working days
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Generous pension scheme with employer contributions ranging from 6% to 14%, depending on length of service
• Range of flexible working options may be available, depending on your role
• Employee Assistance Programme providing confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• Range of courses delivered by learning specialists to support your development goals and objectives
• Opportunities to volunteer
• Travel loans, Cycle to Work, and more!

For more detailed information about the role, please see the Job Description attached to our direct advert. Our teams take a personalised approach to shortlisting, which is carried out without the use of AI and is based on the evidence provided in your application against the essential and desirable criteria in the Person Specification.

RBL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, reflecting the diversity of the armed forces community and of wider society. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and personal characteristics.

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer interview schemes for candidates who declare an Armed Forces connection and/or a disability. However, candidates are only eligible for this scheme if their application clearly demonstrates that they meet all of the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification for the role.

Interview Dates

week commencing 14th September

If you require the job advert or job description in an alternative format, please contact 0808 802 8080.

About Us

Since 1921, the Royal British Legion has been dedicated to supporting members of the Armed Forces community, and we will continue to be there for as long as we are needed, ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten.

As the UK's largest Armed Forces charity, we are proud to have over 180,000 members, 110,000 volunteers, 1,900 employees, and a wide network of partners and charities working together to provide lifelong support, whatever the need and whenever it is required.

We are committed to supporting our people through flexible and hybrid working where possible, a strong focus on wellbeing, and opportunities to develop skills and grow careers while making a meaningful impact.

Visit our Careers Page to discover more about the Royal British Legion, including our departments, employee benefits, values, candidate guidance, and the strategy that underpins our work and impact.