Solutions Architect - #2192809

Solution Architect

Location: Birmingham

Working Model: Hybrid, 2 days a week on-site

Contract Length: 6-month initial contract

Rate: Competitive market day rate

Immediacy of Hire: Immediate / ASAP

About the Opportunity

An experienced Solution Architect is required to support a transformation programme focusing on architecting solutions across application, integration, data, technology, and security domains, supporting discovery through to target-state delivery.

Summary of the Role:

• Develop and maintain target and transitional architecture states for the core savings transformation programme.
• Perform detailed technical impact analysis on current legacy applications, infrastructure, and downstream dependencies.
• Define integration specifications, interfaces, API models, event architectures, and batch data flows across the wider estate.
• Support analysis of data migration requirements from legacy systems into modern target platforms.
• Evaluate vendor solution capabilities, collaborating with technical suppliers and contributing to RFI/RFP activities.
• Produce architecture artefacts, options appraisals, and governance papers to support programme decision-making.

Requirements to Be Successful:

• Minimum 5 years of Solution Architecture experience within the Financial Services sector (retail banking, building societies, or core savings transformations).
• Demonstrated experience developing as-is, transitional, and target architectures across multi-tier enterprise systems.
• Deep understanding of modern integration patterns (REST APIs, microservices, messaging, batch data processing).
• Experience with large-scale platform migrations and legacy modernisation initiatives.
• Strong analytical capability to translate complex business capabilities into clear technical designs and interface specifications.
• Collaborative communication approach, with the ability to articulate technical risk and architecture options to non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture governance, design authority processes, and security standards.

To apply or register your interest, please submit your CV for immediate consideration.