Solutions Architect

September Consulting Ltd; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services organization is seeking a skilled Solutions Architect to ensure that architectures are secure-by-design and compliant in a highly regulated environment. The role involves designing solutions in both on-prem and cloud environments, working with development teams, and aligning with enterprise architecture standards. Candidates must have experience as a Solutions Architect, strong communication skills, and familiarity with Microsoft technologies. Join an established team to influence architecture practices across enterprise-scale projects.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience working as a Solutions Architect.
• Experience working in regulated or governance-heavy environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with development and operations teams to design solutions.
• Define architecture standards, patterns and best practices.
• Support IT strategy and future architecture roadmap.

Skills

Experience designing solutions in on-prem environments

Strong stakeholder and communication skills

Experience with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 or Azure

Experience with API and event-based integration

Education

Architecture certification such as TOGAF

Job description

We are currently working with a leading financial services organisation who are looking to hire aSolutions Architect to join their IT Architecture team.

The role will be responsible for ensuring solution architectures are secure-by-design, resilient, DORA compliant and aligned to our clients target enterprise and application architecture.

You will join an established architecture team consisting of a Head of IT Architecture, Infrastructure Architect, Data Architect and Solution Architects, working on enterprise-scale projects across the organisation.

The Role

• Work closely with development and operations teams to design solutions
• Ensure solutions are secure by design, resilient and compliant
• Align solutions with enterprise architecture and integration strategy
• Present designs to architecture governance and design authority
• Define architecture standards, patterns and best practices
• Support IT strategy and future architecture roadmap
• Work in a highly regulated environment with strong governance and change controls

This role ishands-on architecture, but not hands-on coding or system changes.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience working as aSolutions Architect(non-negotiable)
• Strong experience designing solutions in on-prem environments with SaaS integrations
• Experience with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 or Azure environments
• Experience with API and event-based integration
• Experience working in regulated or governance-heavy environments preferred
• Architecture certification such as TOGAF beneficial
• Strong stakeholder and communication skills

This organisation operates in ahighly regulated environment, so candidates must be comfortable working in structured environments with governance, controls and slower change processes compared to consulting or startup environments.