Solutions Architect

The Talent Ladder; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Solution Architect to drive digital transformation projects across major organizations in the UK. You will design end-to-end solutions, produce architecture artefacts, and engage with stakeholders to translate technical insights into business value. The ideal candidate possesses proven experience in complex digital environments and strong architectural judgement. Competitive salary range of £75k–£107k plus additional benefits. Hybrid role with on-site collaboration required.

Benefits

Car allowance

Bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in retail, payments, ERP, or integration programmes is advantageous.
• SC clearance eligibility – UK resident for 5+ years, British Citizen, ILR, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solutions from conceptual models to implementation design.
• Produce architecture artefacts (HLDs, patterns, roadmaps).
• Lead RFPs and vendor assessments with technical and commercial judgement.
• Partner with engineering leads to ensure solutions are realised as intended.
• Engage confidently with stakeholders, translating technical reasoning into business value.

Skills

Proven experience designing complex, multi-system digital or cloud environments

Strong architectural judgement across business, application, data, and infrastructure domains

Coding literacy

Breadth across modern architecture stacks: cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP), APIs, integration, CI/CD, and security

Consultancy or client-facing background

Job description

Solution Architect – Digital Transformation | £75k–£107k + Car Allowance + Bonus | Hybrid – UK-Wide (London/Belfast Preferred) Good architecture is reasoning applied to complexity. It aligns intent with delivery and clarity with execution.

We’re hiring experienced Solution Architects who combine technical insight with architectural discipline — people who can reason through complexity, design systems that make sense, and guide them into delivery.

You’ll work on transformation programmes that redefine how major organisations operate — spanning digital platforms, payments, ERP, and integration at scale. The work is varied, the standards are high, and the results are visible.

What You’ll Be Doing Designing end-to-end solutions — from conceptual models to implementation design.

Producing clear, defensible architecture artefacts (HLDs, patterns, roadmaps) that guide delivery, not hinder it.

Leading RFPs and vendor assessments with technical and commercial judgement.

Partnering with engineering leads to ensure solutions are realised as intended.

Engaging confidently with stakeholders, translating technical reasoning into business value.

Applying structured architecture methods (TOGAF or equivalent) with pragmatism.

What You’ll Bring Proven experience designing complex, multi-system digital or cloud environments.

Strong architectural judgement across business, application, data, and infrastructure domains.

Experience in retail, payments, ERP, or integration programmes (advantageous).

Coding literacy – not daily hands-on, but an understanding of how systems are built, integrated, and scaled.

Breadth across modern architecture stacks: cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP), APIs, integration, CI/CD, and security.

Consultancy or client-facing background – able to present options and trade-offs with authority.

SC clearance eligibility – UK resident for 5+ years, British Citizen, ILR, or equivalent.

The Details Location: Hybrid – London or Belfast preferred. Some on-site collaboration required.

Salary: £75k–£107k base + car allowance + bonus.

Clearance: SC-eligible only.

Why It’s Worth Your Time This is architecture for those who enjoy reasoning across systems — not just designing them. You’ll join teams where logic, clarity, and delivery matter in equal measure, and where what you build genuinely shapes how the organisation runs.

If you value disciplined thinking, calm influence, and real-world impact, we’d like to hear from you.