Solutions Architect

Spencer Rose Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Spencer Rose Limited is urgently seeking a Solutions Architect with Migration & Data Platforms experience to work with our banking client in Manchester. The role is a 6-12 month contract with an ASAP start, on-site requirement in Manchester two days a week.

You will define end-to-end migration architectures, govern designs, and ensure alignment with enterprise standards across Migration Factory, Data Engineering and business teams. Strong communication and stakeholder management are essential.

Qualifications

• Define end-to-end migration architectures and patterns.
• Ensure designs align with enterprise standards and target platforms.
• Govern architecture decisions and governance across data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end migration architectures and patterns.
• Produce and govern designs, high-level designs and architecture decision records.
• Align with enterprise security, governance and data standards.
• Define data ingestion, transformation, reconciliation and consumption patterns.
• Provide design guidance to Data Engineers and Software Engineers.
• Identify risks, technical debt and cross-platform dependencies.
• Collaborate with business, engineering and platform teams on roadmaps.

Skills

Solution architecture

System design

Cloud-native

Data architecture

Data integration

Migration programmes

Security governance

Stakeholder management

Job description

Spencer Rose are urgently seeking a Solutions Architect with experience in Migration & Data Platforms, to work for our banking client in Manchester. 6-12 month contract, Immediate start

Start: ASAP

Location: Manchester - must be on site 2 days a week

Rate: £(Apply online only)pd Inside IR35

Duration: 6-12 months

The role:

Define and govern the end-to-end architecture for large-scale data migration solutions. Ensure migration designs align with enterprise standards, target-state platforms and strategic technology direction, whilst enabling successful delivery across Migration Factory, Data Engineering and business teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end migration architectures, patterns and technical solutions.
• Produce and govern solution designs, HLDs and architecture decision records.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security and data governance standards.
• Define migration approaches for data ingestion, transformation, reconciliation and target consumption.
• Provide design oversight and technical guidance to Data Engineers and Software Engineers.
• Identify and manage architecture risks, technical debt and cross-platform dependencies.
• Support tooling and platform decisions across migration programmes.
• Collaborate with business, engineering and platform teams to shape migration roadmaps and delivery plans.
• Drive reusability, standardisation and continuous improvement across migration solutions.

Essential

• Solution architecture and system design
• Cloud-native architectures
• Data architecture and modelling
• Data integration and transformation patterns
• Large-scale data migration programmes
• Security, governance and design assurance
• Architecture documentation and stakeholder management
• Strong communication and influencing skills

Desirable

• Banking or financial services experience
• Foundation Data Product (FDP) architectures
• dbt and modern data platform tooling
• Event-driven and distributed architectures
• GCP and cloud data services
• Data quality, reconciliation and migration controls