Solution Architect - Data, Integration Platforms & Shared Services

Royal London Group; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Solution Architect to join their Data, Integration Platforms & Shared Services team in Alderley Edge. The successful candidate will design scalable solutions, ensuring they align with enterprise standards and support business innovation. This hands-on role requires experience with data platforms and strong communication skills. Benefits include 28 days of annual leave and a 14% employer-matching pension scheme.

Benefits

28 days of annual leave

14% employer matching pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services is preferred.
• Strength in data platforms is essential.
• A curious mindset for emerging tech is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into architectural designs.
• Evaluate current systems for gaps and improvements.
• Lead solution design across platforms for business outcomes.

Skills

Experience designing solutions in complex environments

Understanding of data platforms like Snowflake and Azure

Familiarity with Microsoft technologies

Strong communication skills

Tools

Snowflake

Azure

Power BI

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Solution Architect - Data, Integration Platforms & Shared Services, Alderley Edge

Client: Royal London Group

Location: Alderley Edge

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 0dea333a7602

Job Views: 4

Posted: 12.08.2025

Expiry Date: 26.09.2025

Job Description:

Job Title: Solution Architect - Data, Integration Platforms & Shared Services

Contract Type: Permanent

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 21st August 2025

At Royal London Group, we’re evolving the technology that underpins our most critical services. We’re looking for Solution Architects to join our Data, Integration Platforms & Shared Services team. Reporting to the Lead Domain Architect, you’ll help shape the architectural backbone that enables innovation across the business — from cloud-native data platforms to modern integration patterns and shared capabilities.

This is a hands-on, forward-thinking role where you’ll collaborate with architects, engineers, and business partners to design solutions that are robust, scalable, and future-ready. You’ll be instrumental in delivering the platforms that support our long-term growth and customer impact.

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

• Experience designing solutions in complex environments, ideally within financial services.
• Strength in one or more of the following:
• Data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Fabric, Power BI.
• Platform engineering and shared services enablement.
• Familiarity with Microsoft technologies, especially Azure and .NET.
• A curious mindset and a passion for applying emerging tech to real-world challenges.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build consensus across diverse teams.

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 of 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