Strategic IT Solution Architect — Hybrid + Great Benefits

Aramark UK; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Competitive salary & hybrid working

Life assurance & pension

Benefits app with discounts

Mortgage advice

Cycle to work

Health cash plans

Online GP

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Aramark UK is seeking a Solution Architect to shape our UK IT architecture, partnering with senior IT leaders to design scalable, secure solutions across infrastructure, data, POS and cloud. You will help build architecture standards and governance that guide technology decisions across the organisation.

The role offers hybrid working, involvement in major transformation programmes, and the chance to influence key technology choices within Aramark UK.

Qualifications

• Degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
• Proven experience in Solution Architecture or senior technical design roles.
• Experience with TOGAF or Zachman frameworks is preferred.
• Experience across infrastructure, applications, data, and cloud.
• Knowledge of POS, Microsoft 365, Azure, networking, identity, endpoint management, Snowflake and Power BI.
• Strong cybersecurity, data protection and compliance knowledge (GDPR, PCI-DSS, Cyber Essentials+ and ISO27001).
• Retail, hospitality and EPOS technology experience is advantageous.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, commercially focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the UK IT architecture landscape, defining current and future-state solutions across infrastructure, applications, data, POS and cloud.
• Develop and maintain architecture standards, principles and design patterns that enable scalable, sustainable solutions.
• Produce key architecture artefacts, including solution designs, ADRs, integration maps and data flows.
• Identify technical debt, assess risks and deliver prioritised remediation roadmaps.
• Provide architecture leadership across the IT change portfolio, from concept through to delivery.

Skills

Solution architecture

Architecture governance

Cloud & data

Stakeholder leadership

Education

Degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure

Power BI

Snowflake

Microsoft 365

POS systems

Job description

Aramark UK is seeking a Solution Architect to shape our UK IT architecture, partnering with senior IT leaders to design scalable, secure solutions across infrastructure, data, POS and cloud. You will help build architecture standards and governance that guide technology decisions across the organisation.

The role offers hybrid working, involvement in major transformation programmes, and the chance to influence key technology choices within Aramark UK.