Solutions Architect

Company: Expleo
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Location: Luton
Job Description:

Responsibilities

  • Have expertise in solution architecture and at least one IT Architecture domain (Business, Application, Information, Technology, Security).
  • Lead software / product evaluation and selection according to Software Requirement Process requirements.
  • Use Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Solution Architecture (SA) Tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect and LeanIX
  • Write and present clear technical proposals with objectives, costs, and benefits.
  • Design large or complex systems with enterprise integration patterns, interface design, messaging models, APIs and Loose Coupling architectures.
  • Define and develop Agile Architecture within a Product Team and an Agile Release Train
  • Collaborate with the Enterprise Architecture Team on Architecture Runways for Sprints and Enabler Epics
  • Review other system designs for technology selection, resource efficiency, and system integration.
  • Develop solution design within frameworks and tooling and get approval from the Architecture Review Board
  • Evaluate and analyze major design options and manage risks.
  • Support the Application Architecture manager in setting the principles, standards, and technology strategy to align with the business strategy.
  • Follow UK Architecture principles, guidelines and reference architectures in your high-level designs and feasibility papers.
  • Ensure that the system design balances functional, service quality and systems management options.
  • Be a part of and contribute to the architecture community of practice.
  • Ability to design integrated digital solutions.
  • Qualifications

  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
  • TOGAF
  • CISSP or Cyber Essentials an advantage
  • Cloud certifications an advantage
  • Essential skills

  • Good Client-facing and communication skills
  • Proven capability to clearly and persuasively present complex information to senior stakeholders(Including C-Suite)
  • People management skills – introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other, encouraging mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering learning interventions
  • Team work and emotional intelligence
  • Good self-management – continuous performance is both an objective and a mind-set
  • High value on openness and transparenc
  • Atlassian toolset
  • Familiarity with the Enterprise Architecture Repository (LeanIX), Planning IT and Sparx Enterprise Architect 
  • Cloud platforms & Infrastructure 
  • APIs and Loosely Coupled architectures 
  • API Management tools including IBM API Connect and AWS API Gateway 
  • Understanding of Canonical messaging, Corporate Information modelling and general data modelling techniques (3NF, Star schema, Extended Star Schema, Data Vault and relational database design) 
  • Understanding and application of different development styles, eg agile (XP, TDD, SCRUM), iterative, spiral, waterfall.
  • Service Orchestration and Message oriented middleware solutions and/or integration platforms, including AMQP, AWS SQS, IBM DataPower and Microsoft Azure Service Bus 
  • Web services – JSON, SOAP/XML/WS* 
  • DevOps Toolchains – Concourse, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Ansible, TeamCity etc 
  • Understanding of networking protocols – transport (TCP/IP) and application (HTTP) level 
  • BI and Data Warehousing Techniques including Informatica and SAP Business Objects
  • Experience

  • Experience of leading a team.
  • Benefits

  • Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
  • We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
  • Expleo Academy – enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
  • Competitive company benefits
  • Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 
  • Posted: April 4th, 2026