Role: Solutions Architect
Location: Leeds (Hybrid)
Salary: £75,000
Take ownership of Application Architecture Modernisation and Cloud Adoption for a leading Financial Services Organisation.
We're supporting a leading Financial Services organisation on a multi-year evolution of its core platforms and technology landscape. This role offers a rare opportunity to step in as the Architect, taking full ownership of architectural direction, governance, and process across the business.
You’ll operate across both technical depth and enterprise-level thinking, helping the organisation move from a predominantly on-prem Microsoft estate towards a more modern, API-led and cloud‑ready architecture, at a pace that aligns with business risk and regulatory requirements.
What You'll Be Doing
This is a broad, high-impact role where you’ll combine hands‑on technical decision‑making with strategic architectural leadership:
- Own the Architecture Function Act as the organisation’s primary Architect, establishing architecture practices, governance, and processes, including involvement in and shaping of Technical Design Authority (TDA).
- Technical Leadership & Decision‑Making Work closely with Engineers and senior stakeholders to drive key decisions across areas such as APIs, authentication, integration patterns, and application design.
- Application & Platform Architecture Lead the evolution of a core Microsoft‑based platform, currently on‑prem, introducing scalable, modern architectural patterns.
- API & Integration Strategy Play a key role in shaping a more API‑led ecosystem, including the potential introduction of an API Gateway and improved service‑to‑service communication.
- Cloud Readiness & Transformation Support early‑stage cloud adoption, helping define a pragmatic, low‑risk path to Azure, balancing innovation with regulatory and operational considerations.
- Collaboration Across Technology Partner closely with an established Infrastructure SME, ensuring a clear separation and alignment between infrastructure and application architecture.
- Governance & Standards Introduce structure, best practices, and architectural governance across the technology landscape, ensuring consistency, scalability, and security.
What You’ll Bring
- Strong Engineering Background Previous hands‑on development experience (ideally within the Microsoft stack), with the credibility to engage deeply with engineering teams.
- Architectural Experience (Solution or Enterprise) Able to operate both tactically and strategically, with a clear understanding of how solutions fit within a wider enterprise context.
- Microsoft-Centric Expertise Strong knowledge of .NET, C#, SQL Server, and designing within Microsoft‑based environments.
- API & Integration Knowledge Experience designing or working with API‑driven architectures, authentication models, and modern integration patterns.
- Cloud Awareness (Azure Preferred) Exposure to cloud architecture and migration concepts, even if the majority of experience to date is within on‑prem environments.
- Governance & Stakeholder Engagement Comfortable setting up architectural processes, contributing to design authorities, and influencing both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Why Apply
- Be THE Architect Take true ownership of architecture within the organisation, with the autonomy to define standards and direction.
- Make a Visible Impact Play a central role in shaping how technology evolves across a key, business‑critical platform.
- Blend Strategy and Hands‑On Influence Stay close to engineering while influencing enterprise‑wide decisions.
- Transformation Without Chaos Join a business that is committed to modernisation, but taking a considered, pragmatic approach to cloud and change.
This role is ideal for an experienced Solutions Architect who wants to step into a lead, high‑ownership position, balancing hands‑on technical influence with the opportunity to build and mature an architecture function from the ground up.
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Location: Leeds (Hybrid)
Salary: £75,000
Take ownership of Application Architecture Modernisation and Cloud Adoption for a leading Financial Services Organisation.
We’re supporting a leading Financial Services organisation on a multi-year evolution of its core platforms and technology landscape. This role offers a rare opportunity to step in as the Architect, taking full ownership of architectural direction, governance, and process across the business.
You’ll operate across both technical depth and enterprise-level thinking, helping the organisation move from a predominantly on-prem Microsoft estate towards a more modern, API-led and cloud‑ready architecture, at a pace that aligns with business risk and regulatory requirements.
What You’ll Be Doing
This is a broad, high-impact role where you’ll combine hands‑on technical decision‑making with strategic architectural leadership:
- Own the Architecture Function Act as the organisation’s primary Architect, establishing architecture practices, governance, and processes, including involvement in and shaping of Technical Design Authority (TDA).
- Technical Leadership & Decision‑Making Work closely with Engineers and senior stakeholders to drive key decisions across areas such as APIs, authentication, integration patterns, and application design.
- Application & Platform Architecture Lead the evolution of a core Microsoft‑based platform, currently on‑prem, introducing scalable, modern architectural patterns.
- API & Integration Strategy Play a key role in shaping a more API‑led ecosystem, including the potential introduction of an API Gateway and improved service‑to‑service communication.
- Cloud Readiness & Transformation Support early‑stage cloud adoption, helping define a pragmatic, low‑risk path to Azure, balancing innovation with regulatory and operational considerations.
- Collaboration Across Technology Partner closely with an established Infrastructure SME, ensuring a clear separation and alignment between infrastructure and application architecture.
- Governance & Standards Introduce structure, best practices, and architectural governance across the technology landscape, ensuring consistency, scalability, and security.
What You’ll Bring
- Strong Engineering Background Previous hands‑on development experience (ideally within the Microsoft stack), with the credibility to engage deeply with engineering teams.
- Architectural Experience (Solution or Enterprise) Able to operate both tactically and strategically, with a clear understanding of how solutions fit within a wider enterprise context.
- Microsoft-Centric Expertise Strong knowledge of .NET, C#, SQL Server, and designing within Microsoft‑based environments.
- API & Integration Knowledge Experience designing or working with API‑driven architectures, authentication models, and modern integration patterns.
- Cloud Awareness (Azure Preferred) Exposure to cloud architecture and migration concepts, even if the majority of experience to date is within on‑prem environments.
- Governance & Stakeholder Engagement Comfortable setting up architectural processes, contributing to design authorities, and influencing both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Why Apply
- Be THE Architect Take true ownership of architecture within the organisation, with the autonomy to define standards and direction.
- Make a Visible Impact Play a central role in shaping how technology evolves across a key, business‑critical platform.
- Blend Strategy and Hands‑On Influence Stay close to engineering while influencing enterprise‑wide decisions.
- Transformation Without Chaos Join a business that is committed to modernisation, but taking a considered, pragmatic approach to cloud and change.
This role is ideal for an experienced Solutions Architect who wants to step into a lead, high‑ownership position, balancing hands‑on technical influence with the opportunity to build and mature an architecture function from the ground up.
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