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Solutions Architect – Manufacturing / Divestment
We’re looking for a Solutions Architect for a leading client based in London, who has experience within the Manufacturing industry, to define and assure end-to-end technology solutions that align with business goals. You'll act as the bridge between business stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, operable, and sustainable-with a strong focus on divestment / merger / separations.
The salary on offer is £80,000 plus benefits
This is a hybrid role with 2 days a week on site in London
What you’ll bring
- Strong experience in solution architecture, technical design leadership or a closely related role.
- Experience within the Manufacturing sector
- Experience working on a divestment / separation or merger
- Proven track record designing and delivering complex, multi-system solutions in enterprise environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft technologies including Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform and Microsoft integration services.
- Experience in Manufacturing & Operations and/or Supply Chain & Logistics environments (multi-site or business-critical systems preferred).
- Strong background in systems integration (APIs, messaging and event-driven architectures).
- Experience with enterprise architecture modelling tools and repositories (LeanIX experience is an advantage).
- Relevant certifications such as TOGAF and/or Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect are highly desirable.
Skills & competencies
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
- Knowledge of Microsoft-centric cloud and hybrid architectures.
- Ability to design integration-led solutions across enterprise and operational systems.
- Comfortable modelling and communicating complex systems using tools such as ArchiMate, UML or Visio.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, including assessing risk, constraints and architectural trade-offs.
Nice to have
- Experience with LeanIX (or similar EA repository tooling).
- Exposure to operational technology (OT) and shop-floor/plant integration patterns.
- Hands-on delivery experience in Agile/DevOps environments.
What you’ll do
- Partner with business and IT stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into clear, fit-for-purpose solution designs.
- Define end-to-end solution architectures, from high-level blueprints through to detailed designs across application, integration, data and technology layers.
- Select and shape appropriate technologies, platforms and patterns in line with enterprise standards, reference architectures and roadmaps.
- Ensure designs meet enterprise architecture principles, security policies and non-functional requirements (performance, availability, resilience, supportability).
- Provide technical leadership through design workshops, design reviews and ongoing engagement with delivery, infrastructure and platform teams.
- Support delivery through architecture governance, including design assurance, risk assessment and clear articulation of architectural trade-offs and impacts.
- Document architecture decisions, standards and patterns, maintaining solution artefacts in agreed repositories.
- Enable delivery teams with pragmatic architectural guidance that supports effective, timely implementation.
- Stay current with Microsoft platform capabilities and emerging technologies, assessing their relevance and value to the organisation.
Interested?! Send your up-to-date CV to Claire Ingram at Harvey Nash for review
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Location: London
Job Description:
Solutions Architect – Manufacturing / Divestment
We’re looking for a Solutions Architect for a leading client based in London, who has experience within the Manufacturing industry, to define and assure end-to-end technology solutions that align with business goals. You’ll act as the bridge between business stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, operable, and sustainable-with a strong focus on divestment / merger / separations.
The salary on offer is £80,000 plus benefits
This is a hybrid role with 2 days a week on site in London
What you’ll bring
- Strong experience in solution architecture, technical design leadership or a closely related role.
- Experience within the Manufacturing sector
- Experience working on a divestment / separation or merger
- Proven track record designing and delivering complex, multi-system solutions in enterprise environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft technologies including Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform and Microsoft integration services.
- Experience in Manufacturing & Operations and/or Supply Chain & Logistics environments (multi-site or business-critical systems preferred).
- Strong background in systems integration (APIs, messaging and event-driven architectures).
- Experience with enterprise architecture modelling tools and repositories (LeanIX experience is an advantage).
- Relevant certifications such as TOGAF and/or Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect are highly desirable.
Skills & competencies
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
- Knowledge of Microsoft-centric cloud and hybrid architectures.
- Ability to design integration-led solutions across enterprise and operational systems.
- Comfortable modelling and communicating complex systems using tools such as ArchiMate, UML or Visio.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, including assessing risk, constraints and architectural trade-offs.
Nice to have
- Experience with LeanIX (or similar EA repository tooling).
- Exposure to operational technology (OT) and shop-floor/plant integration patterns.
- Hands-on delivery experience in Agile/DevOps environments.
What you’ll do
- Partner with business and IT stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into clear, fit-for-purpose solution designs.
- Define end-to-end solution architectures, from high-level blueprints through to detailed designs across application, integration, data and technology layers.
- Select and shape appropriate technologies, platforms and patterns in line with enterprise standards, reference architectures and roadmaps.
- Ensure designs meet enterprise architecture principles, security policies and non-functional requirements (performance, availability, resilience, supportability).
- Provide technical leadership through design workshops, design reviews and ongoing engagement with delivery, infrastructure and platform teams.
- Support delivery through architecture governance, including design assurance, risk assessment and clear articulation of architectural trade-offs and impacts.
- Document architecture decisions, standards and patterns, maintaining solution artefacts in agreed repositories.
- Enable delivery teams with pragmatic architectural guidance that supports effective, timely implementation.
- Stay current with Microsoft platform capabilities and emerging technologies, assessing their relevance and value to the organisation.
Interested?! Send your up-to-date CV to Claire Ingram at Harvey Nash for review
#J-18808-Ljbffr…
Posted: May 15th, 2026