Solutions Architect

Spencer Rose Ltd; Manchester; Sur place; GBP 111 000 - 166 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Spencer Rose Ltd. urgently seeks a Solutions Architect with migration and data platform expertise for a Manchester-based banking client. This 6-12 month contract requires immediate start and on-site presence in Manchester.

You will define end-to-end migration architectures, govern designs, and collaborate with data engineers, software engineers and business teams to shape roadmaps and ensure delivery to enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• Solution architecture and system design.
• Cloud-native data platforms and migration experience.
• Security, governance and design assurance.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication.

Responsabilités

• 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.

Connaissances

Solution architecture

Cloud-native architectures

Data architecture and modelling

Data integration and transformation

Large-scale data migrations

Security governance design

Architecture documentation

Stakeholder management / communication

Outils

dbt

GCP

Description du poste

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: £#removed#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

Interviews are taking place next week, so if available and interested