Technical/Solutions Architect

ZipRecruiter; England; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Technical/Solutions Architect to oversee a significant application replacement programme. The successful candidate will leverage their technical background and stakeholder engagement skills, working remotely with travel to London once a month. This role requires strong experience in solutions architecture and industry certifications, providing an opportunity to influence the organization's technology landscape.

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing solutions architecture across cloud and legacy systems.
• Proven capability in guiding technical product design and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience in agile or DevOps environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and govern technical architecture across systems and cloud platforms.
• Maintain alignment with the organisation's technology roadmap.
• Lead technical design sessions for delivery teams.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Solution design

Technical architecture

Agile methodologies

DevOps

Education

Industry certifications (eg TOGAF, ITIL)

Job description

Job DescriptionRole: Technical/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 is undertaking a significant application replacement programme (over 250 systems, fluctuating in scale) to ensure the application environment which is critical to how they operate is maintained and is utilised to the highest standards. The successful candidate in this role will have professional solution design experience (eg attended a TDA (Technical Design Authority) in environments with competent experience supporting high-code, low-code and COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) products/systems.

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 (eg 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