Solutions Architect

Solus - an Aviva company; Stansted Mountfitchet; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus opportunity

Company pension scheme

33 days’ holiday

Discounts on Aviva products

Supportive policies

Wellbeing support

Job summary

A UK vehicle repair leader is seeking a Solutions Architect to redefine their enterprise architecture. This hybrid role, based in Stansted Mountfitchet, requires a senior technical leader to guide architecture across various domains. Responsibilities include producing high-quality solutions, leading governance, and ensuring secure integrations. The position offers competitive salary, performance bonuses, extensive holiday, and substantial benefits, representing a unique chance to shape the future of technology in vehicle repair.

Qualifications

• Strong experience across enterprise architecture domains including cloud, data, applications, infrastructure and security.
• Deep knowledge of modern enterprise patterns, SaaS adoption, API and event-based integrations.
• Ability to balance cost, complexity, scalability and security.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise and target state architecture across applications, cloud, integrations, infrastructure; secure data flows.
• Produce high-quality solution designs for new products, enhancements, and integrations.
• Lead Technical Design Authority, ensuring governance is fair and enabling.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud solutions

Data integration

Security

Communication

TOGAF

Job description

Overview

At Solus, part of the Aviva family, we are continuing to modernise, simplify and strengthen our technology landscape. We are looking for a Solutions Architect who can bring clarity, leadership, and technical depth to help shape how our business evolves.

About The Role

As a senior technical leader, you will define and guide the enterprise architecture that underpins our products, platforms and operations. You will work across all architecture domains, ensuring our solutions are scalable, secure, resilient and aligned to our technology strategy.

You will partner with Product, Platform, Cyber, Operations, Change and business stakeholders to reduce complexity, modernise legacy systems and support confident decision making across the organisation.

Location

Hybrid (Stansted – 3 days per week, 2 days remote)

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain our enterprise and target state architecture across applications, cloud, integrations, infrastructure, data and security.
• Produce high-quality solution designs for new products, enhancements and integrations, including Evolve.
• Provide architectural leadership, ensuring designs are scalable, supportable, resilient and operationally sound.
• Lead our Technical Design Authority, ensuring governance is fair, consistent and enabling.
• Maintain architectural standards, principles, patterns and decision records.
• Provide guidance and assurance throughout delivery, helping teams interpret and apply architecture best practice.
• Shape integration architecture and patterns, ensuring secure and reliable data flows across internal and external systems.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders, simplifying complex concepts and supporting business case development.
• Identify architectural risks early and work with Cyber, GRC and Data teams to embed security and compliance by design.

Qualifications

• Strong experience across enterprise architecture domains including cloud, data, applications, infrastructure and security.
• Deep knowledge of modern enterprise patterns, SaaS adoption, API and event-based integrations and resilience approaches.
• Experience establishing and governing architecture standards and principles.
• Ability to balance cost, complexity, scalability and security to support confident decision making.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to bring clarity to complex topics.
• Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, SAFe Architect or BCS (or equivalent experience).

Who are Solus?

Solus, owned by Aviva, is one of the UK leaders in vehicle repairs, returning cars to the road in just 11 days on average and achieving a 4.6/5 star customer rating. With an award‑winning apprenticeship programme and industry awards, Solus is proud to be shaping the future of vehicle repair.

Why Join Solus?

• Competitive salary based on location, skills, experience and qualifications.
• Bonus opportunity tied to your performance and the overall success of Solus.
• Company pension scheme with employer contributions.
• 33 days’ holiday (including bank holidays), with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Save money with up to 40% discount on Aviva products and other retailer discounts.
• Share in Aviva’s success through the Aviva Save As You Earn scheme.
• Supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
• Wellbeing focus with tools like Group Income Protection and 24/7 GP access.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

At Solus, we value inclusivity and welcome all applicants. We guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria. We encourage you to apply even if you do not tick every box; your unique skills might be just what we need.