Solution Architect

Pure Resourcing Solutions Limited; Witham; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 33 days incl bank hols

Birthday day off

Pension

Dental plan

Life assurance

Enhanced family leave

SmartPay loan

Cycle2Work

Employee discounts portal

Mental health support

Job summary

Pure Resourcing Solutions Limited is seeking a Solutions Architect for a fixed-term contract in Witham, Essex, hybrid work, up to £80,000. The role demands breadth across multi‑system environments and governance, translating trade-offs into business terms rather than jargon.

You'll report to the IT leadership team and work with senior stakeholders. Exposure to Dynamics 365, Sage or NetSuite is a plus; a TOGAF-like certification is welcomed.

Qualifications

• Hands-on solution architecture across multi-system environments.
• Experience across distribution, warehousing or digital sales domains.
• Strong governance and the ability to translate technical trade-offs for business stakeholders.
• TOGAF or similar certification is a plus.

Skills

Solution architecture

Integration architecture

Data architecture

Stakeholder communication

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Dynamics 365

Sage

NetSuite

Job description

Solutions Architect (Fixed-term to June 2027, likely to become permanent) — Witham, Essex, hybrid — up to £80,000

A well-established group supplying products and services into professional and healthcare-adjacent markets is bringing in an experienced Solutions Architect for a role they consider pivotal to the technology decisions ahead of them.

This is deliberately not a role for a specialist in one platform. What matters more here is breadth, practicality and the ability to hold your own in front of senior stakeholders, translating technical trade-offs into commercial and business terms rather than jargon. You'll report into the IT leadership team and will regularly be in front of the transformation director, so you need to be someone they can trust to break a problem down clearly, whilst thinking with a commercial mindset.

The work itself spans a genuinely varied portfolio. You'll provide the architectural thinking and governance that keeps a broad set of change initiatives resilient and aligned with a future Group ERP and operating model, moving between modern platforms and long-standing bespoke systems as the work demands.

We're looking for someone with significant, hands‑on solution architecture experience across complex, multi-system environments, comfortable stepping into technology they haven't used before rather than needing deep prior expertise in every system. A background across distribution, warehousing or digital sales environments will suit this better than one built purely in financial services. Strong integration and data architecture knowledge is essential, along with solid technical governance and the communication skills to work confidently with business stakeholders, suppliers and third parties. Exposure to platforms such as Dynamics 365, Sage or NetSuite would help, and any background in bespoke or legacy technologies like C#, Delphi or COBOL is advantageous, though not essential. A relevant degree or equivalent experience is expected, and an architecture certification (TOGAF or similar) would be a plus.

This is a fixed-term PAYE contract paying up to £80,000, running to 30 June 2027 (not an off-payroll engagement, so IR35 doesn't apply). There's a genuine expectation this becomes a permanent role, though that isn't guaranteed at this stage. Hybrid working is ideally three days a week from Witham, Essex, with some flexibility on that, plus occasional travel to support the wider group.

Alongside salary, you'll get

• 33 days' annual leave including bank holidays
• an extra day off for your birthday
• company pension
• dental plan
• life assurance
• enhanced family leave
• an interest‑free SmartPay loan scheme
• Cycle2Work
• an employee discounts portal
• mental health and virtual GP support