Solutions Architect
Daisy Communications
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Job summary
Daisy Communications is looking for a Solutions Architect to translate business needs into scalable, secure architectures. You will design end-to-end solutions across cloud, data, and integration layers, and guide teams through architectural decisions and governance.
The role offers a permanent, full-time schedule with standard office hours across major O2 Business offices in the UK. You will engage with capabilities and delivery teams to ensure value delivery and risk mitigation.
Qualifications
- Proven experience designing and delivering end-to-end solution architectures for complex systems.
- Strong background in software development, systems design and enterprise integration.
- Experience with cloud platforms including Azure and modern patterns (APIs, microservices).
Responsibilities
- Design and own end-to-end solution architectures meeting business, security and operational needs.
- Translate requirements into clear technical solutions and integration patterns.
- Define system architectures, data flows, dependencies and key decisions.
- Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure practical, secure and scalable solutions.
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Job description
Location Bournemouth, Reading, Cheadle, Sheffield, Nelson, Battersea, Birmingham
This is a Permanent , Full Time vacancy.
Exciting news from us at Daisy: we’re re-branding to O2 Business!
Following the merger between Virgin Media O2 Business and Daisy Group last year, we’re taking the next step in our journey by announcing our new brand!
As O2 Business, we believe in the wonder of simplicity; the joy of that comes when technology works as it should, with reliability, clarity, and speed.
We’re incredibly excited about this next step in our journey and you could be on that journey too.
Salary: DoE
Location: Any major O2 Business Office
Hours of work: Monday to Friday 8:30/9:00 – 5:00/5:30
As a Solutions Architect you will:
- Design and own end-to-end solution architectures that meet business, technical, security, operational, and non-functional requirements.
- Translate business requirements into clear technical solutions, architecture artefacts, integration patterns, and implementation approaches.
- Define and document system architectures, integrations, data flows, dependencies, assumptions, and key architectural decisions.
- Select appropriate technologies, platforms, integration methods, and deployment approaches to support current and future business needs.
- Work closely with the Capabilities Team to ensure technical solutions align with business requirements, strategic objectives, and expected business outcomes.
- Collaborate with Technical Delivery Teams to ensure solutions are practical, supportable, and implemented in accordance with agreed architecture and design principles.
- Provide architectural leadership throughout delivery, supporting teams in resolving technical challenges, risks, and design decisions.
- Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, technology standards, security requirements, governance processes, and strategic roadmaps.
- Provide architectural assurance and governance throughout the solution lifecycle, identifying and managing technical risks, technical debt, dependencies, and constraints.
- Proven experience designing and delivering end-to-end solution architectures for complex, business-critical systems.
- Strong background in software development, systems design, and enterprise integration.
- Experience working across multiple technology domains including applications, integration, data, cloud platforms, and infrastructure.
- Hands‑on experience designing solutions using cloud technologies such as Azure and modern architectural patterns including APIs, microservices, event‑driven architecture, and integration platforms.
- Strong understanding of security, identity management, resilience, scalability, performance, supportability, and other non-functional requirements.
- Experience integrating SaaS, cloud, and third‑party platforms using APIs, middleware, messaging, and data integration technologies.
Our ethos is simple:the more you put in, the more you get out.
What we Offer:
- 25 days holiday+ bank holidays, with an extra day for each year of service (up to 30 days!)
- An extra day offon your birthday or if you're getting married
- £500 referral bonus– bring great people, get rewarded!
- Professional development– training and support to help you grow
- Eye care vouchersanddiscounted Medicash membershipfor healthcare savings
- Exclusive Virgin media and O2 dealsfor you and your family/friends
- Exclusive discounts and savingsat over 1,200 retailers
At O2 Business, we’re passionate about developing those who drive results and build rewarding careers. As a Solutions Architect, this is your chance to make a real impact.
We’re Daisy, the largest independent telecoms company in the UK.
We employ over 1,500 people spread across 9 locations throughout the UK, and we serve over 175,000 customers.
Our mission is Keep Britain Working, which we do by working with all of the major networks and suppliers, allowing us to provide the best systems at the best rates to meet their needs.
We’re proud of how frequently we appear in employee rated lists such as Best Companies, which reflects our ongoing commitment to creating a workplace which in which our team learn, develop, and progress.
Across all our offices, you’ll see the Daisy culture in action; inclusive, supportive and encouraging, which helps us work together to Keep Britain Working.
Daisy Communications Limited
Lindred House, 20 Lindred Road, Brierfield, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 5SR. Registered in England.
Registered Number: 04145329
Daisy Communications Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, Firm Reference Number 718842
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