Solution Architect

Solution Architect – Application

Rate – £725 Inside IR35

Location – Southampton – once a week minimum on site

Duration – 6 month initial contract

This assignment is required to operate through an Umbrella company and all employer, employee tax and NI will be deducted from the rate.

Overview:
We are seeking a skilled Solution Architect to join one of our clients’ growing teams. This is an exciting opportunity for a technology leader to play a pivotal role in shaping, designing, and delivering robust, scalable application architectures across a range of complex enterprise solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end solution design for business-critical applications.
• Translate business and technical requirements into coherent architectural designs.
• Define application architectures in alignment with enterprise strategy, governance, and standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders including business analysts, developers, testers, and project managers to ensure delivery success.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and platforms to support solution needs.
• Ensure non-functional requirements (performance, security, scalability, maintainability) are met.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect in enterprise-scale application environments.
• Strong background in software development and application design.
• Familiarity with modern architectural patterns (e.g. microservices, event-driven, API-first).
• Knowledge of integration technologies and platforms (REST, SOAP, message queues).
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP) is highly desirable.

Desirable:

• TOGAF or equivalent architectural certification.
• Background in Agile/DevOps environments.
• Sector experience in [insurance / finance / public sector / retail – adjust as needed].

Reasonable Adjustments: We understand that there are a wide range of reasons that you may require reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process- please let us know in your application how we can best support you.