Solutions Architect

Pertemps; West Midlands Combined Authority; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Solutions Architect to design and govern technical architecture supporting a significant application replacement programme. The ideal candidate will leverage their technical background in software development and engage effectively with stakeholders to achieve business goals, ensuring scalable and secure solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing solution architectures across cloud and legacy systems.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience in agile or DevOps environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and govern technical architecture across systems and cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business/technical requirements into solution designs.
• Champion architectural standards, ensuring best practices are followed.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Technical architecture design

DevOps methodologies

Education

TOGAF certification

ITIL certification

Job description

Role: Solutions Architect
Location: UK (including travel to London once a month)
Salary: £60,000 - £70,000
Network IT are looking for an exceptional Solutions Architect who come from a technical background of applications, systems, and software development. This individual will utilise their experience and technical knowledge of the above in conjunction with their fantastic stakeholder management and wider strategic expertise.
This role currently is a remote role with the expectation that you travel to their Central London office once a month (expensed).
Role Overview
Our client are undertaking a significant application replacement programme to ensure the application environment which is critical to how they operate is maintained and is utilised to the highest standards. The successful candidate will have a technical background of software coding or low-code, alongside a willingness to get involved with commercial, off-the-shelf products.
You’ll co-own the technology roadmap, influence architecture decisions, and enable scalable, secure, and well-integrated solutions across a range of services.
Key Responsibilities

• Design and govern technical architecture across systems and cloud platforms
• Maintain alignment with the organisation’s technology roadmap, working alongside a second Solution Architect
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business goals, product needs, and technical implications
• Translate business and product requirements into scalable, secure solution designs
• Lead technical design sessions and ensure clarity in decision-making across delivery teams
• Champion architectural standards and best practices, including DevOps methodologies
• Support smooth rollout of new systems, ensuring technical architecture is embedded in delivery programmes

Experience Required

• Strong experience designing solutions architecture across cloud and legacy systems
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, capable of operating at all organisational levels
• Industry certifications (e.g. TOGAF, ITIL) or equivalent experience in solutions architecture
• Proven ability to guide technical product design, roadmap ownership, and cross-functional collaboration
• Experience working in agile or DevOps environments