Solutions Architect

Location: Manchester (Hybrid – Client Site & Home)

Working Arrangement: Hybrid

Remuneration: Up to £95,000 + car + bonus + benefits

Entasis Partners are partnering with a specialist architecture consultancy to expand their expert team delivering strategic transformation across Government and Financial Services sectors. Are you an experienced Solution Architect with a proven track record of leading architecture initiatives across complex programmes? Are you passionate about shaping high-impact solutions across cloud, digital and enterprise platforms? This could be your next big move.

About the Client

Our client is a niche, architecture-led advisory firm at the forefront of complex enterprise transformation. With a strong presence in public and financial services sectors, they specialise in solving real-world challenges through practical, scalable, and modern technology architectures.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the design and delivery of robust, scalable architectures across business, application and integration domains.
• Engage with clients to understand requirements, constraints, and strategic goals.
• Guide architectural decisions around cloud adoption, modernisation, and integration approaches.
• Provide hands-on leadership to development teams, often in an Agile environment.
• Shape technology roadmaps and influence senior decision-makers through technical leadership.
• Balance trade-offs between packaged solutions vs microservices, cloud vs on-premise, and product vs custom builds.

What We’re Looking For From a Solution Architect:

We’re looking for Solution Architects who bring a balance of deep technical insight, delivery experience, and stakeholder-facing gravitas. Key skills and experience include:

• Strong background in architecture leadership – ideally within large-scale or £MM programmes.
• Expertise in one or more of the following: architecture domains (application/integration), business domains (CRM, eCommerce), sectors, or vendor technologies (e.g. Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, IBM).
• Experience across modern architectural approaches such as: Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Agile delivery and DevOps, Digital transformation enablement, Internet of Things (IoT).
• Familiarity with architecture modelling tools and frameworks (e.g. ArchiMate, UML, TOGAF).
• Ability to clearly articulate technical solutions, trade-offs, and business value to stakeholders.
• Strong appreciation for the people, process, and commercial aspects of architecture.

What You’ll Gain as a Solution Architect:

• The chance to work across varied and high-impact client engagements.
• A boutique consultancy environment where your voice and ideas matter.
• Exposure to the latest technologies and enterprise-scale programmes.
• Competitive base salary (up to £95,000) + car + bonus + benefits.
• A supportive, agile team culture that values autonomy and continuous learning.

If this Solution Architect opportunity sounds like the right step in your career, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today for a confidential discussion.

Our Commitment:

Entasis Partners is committed to helping clients create diverse environments and is proud to support equal-opportunity employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.