Solution Architect

Artis Recruitment; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£60k-£70k salary

10% annual bonus

Hybrid work

Modern offices near Bristol Temple Me

Job summary

Artis Recruitment is assisting a leading professional services firm in Bristol on a technology transformation, seeking an experienced Solution Architect to design scalable, secure, end-to-end solutions. Hybrid role: 3 days onsite in central Bristol, rest remote.

You will translate business requirements into architecture, produce HLDs/LLDs, define integration strategies, and govern security and performance across cloud, data, and applications.

Qualifications

• Broad experience delivering high-level and low-level designs.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale solutions across apps, infra and data.
• Experience with Azure and/or AWS.
• Strong API design and systems integration capabilities.
• Knowledge of identity, security and governance.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality High-Level Designs (HLDs) and, where appropriate, Low-Level Designs (LLDs).
• Lead solution discovery activities and translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Define integration approaches, APIs and data flows between enterprise platforms and business systems.
• Support architecture governance, technical design reviews and solution assurance activities.
• Ensure solutions meet security, scalability, resilience and operational support requirements.
• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders, delivery teams and third-party suppliers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Contribute to architecture standards, best practice and reusable design patterns.

Skills

Solution Design

Stakeholder management

Cloud platforms

APIs & Integration

Security & governance

Tools

Azure

AWS

Job description

Solution Architect required by a leading professional services organisation based in Bristol.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Solution Architect to join a well-established organisation embarking on an exciting technology transformation programme. Working as part of a collaborative architecture function, you'll play a key role in designing scalable, secure and integrated technology solutions across a diverse technology estate.

This is a hybrid role, requiring 3 days per week onsite in central Bristol (just a five-minute walk from Bristol Temple Meads), with the remainder worked remotely. This arrangement can be flexible as and when required.

The Role

As a Solution Architect, you'll work closely with business stakeholders, project teams and technical specialists to translate business requirements into robust, end-to-end solution designs. You'll be responsible for producing architecture documentation, defining integration strategies, supporting governance processes and ensuring solutions align with enterprise architecture principles.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working across infrastructure, applications, cloud technologies and data, whilst influencing technical direction across multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality High-Level Designs (HLDs) and, where appropriate, detailed Low-Level Designs (LLDs).
• Lead solution discovery activities and translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Define integration approaches, APIs and data flows between enterprise platforms and business systems.
• Support architecture governance, technical design reviews and solution assurance activities.
• Ensure solutions meet security, scalability, resilience and operational support requirements.
• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders, delivery teams and third-party suppliers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Contribute to architecture standards, best practice and reusable design patterns.

About You

We're looking for an experienced Solution Architect with broad technical knowledge rather than a specialist in a single discipline. You'll be comfortable engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and able to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on solution design.

You'll ideally have experience of:

• Producing High-Level and Low-Level Solution Designs.
• Designing enterprise-scale solutions across applications, infrastructure and data.
• Cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and/or AWS.
• API design, systems integration and modern integration patterns.
• Identity, security and architecture governance.
• Working with cross-functional teams to deliver business-focused technology solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Experience with digital infrastructure, connected technologies, operational systems or asset management environments would be advantageous, although this is by no means essential.

What's on Offer

• Salary of £60,000 - £70,000
• 10% annual bonus
• Excellent benefits package
• Hybrid working (3 days per week in central Bristol)
• Modern offices within a five-minute walk of Bristol Temple Meads
• The opportunity to work on a wide variety of technology transformation initiatives
• A collaborative architecture team with genuine influence across the organisation
• Ongoing investment in technology and professional development