Migration Solution Architect in Edinburgh

Predominantly Remote (some travel to Edinburgh) £650-750p/d

emagine is a high-end professional services consultancy and solutions firm specialising in providing business and technology services to the financial services sector. We power progress, solve challenges and deliver real results through tailored high-end consulting services and solutions.

We have created a culture of openness and integrity by building genuine and strong relationships and partnerships, enabling us to be uncompromising in our dedication to delivering the optimal service for our clients. Our commitment is not just towards our clients but we aim to foster a positive and equitable working environment with our consultants and colleagues which stems from our core values: Confident, Dedicated, Responsible, Genuine.

We are seeking a Migration Solution Architect for a multiyear programme aimed at migrating policies from legacy systems to a new policy administration system managed by a third-party provider. The role requires not just oversight of the migration process but also the ability to critically assess and validate the integration of the new system with internal corporate applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture & Design Assurance
  • Own the end-to-end solution architecture for migration initiatives.
  • Review, challenge, and assure solution designs proposed by the third-party provider.
  • Ensure designs align with internal enterprise architecture principles and technology roadmap.
  • Produce and maintain internal architectural design documentation.
  • Lead architectural due diligence across platforms, integrations, data flows, and non-functional requirements.
• Third-Party Oversight
  • Act as the primary architectural interface between the business and third party.
  • Challenge third-party proposals constructively and confidently.
  • Validate that integration requirements back into internal systems (finance, digital, corporate platforms) are fully met.
• Stakeholder Management
  • Work closely with the Senior Architect and broader architecture community.
  • Engage confidently with senior stakeholders, delivery leads, and third-party architects.

Essential Experience & Background

• Proven experience as a Senior Solution Architect on complex transformation or migration programmes.
• Strong experience overseeing third-party / BPO-led solution designs.
• Deep understanding of systems integration architecture, particularly in hybrid or multi-vendor environments.
• Confident communicator with the gravitas to challenge suppliers and influence senior stakeholders.
• Background in Insurance, particularly Life & Pensions.
• Experience with policy administration systems and large-scale data or policy migrations.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery in large enterprise programmes.

Our People

The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working. As your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle, from strategy to implementation. This will provide you with a broad base of experience from which to build an outstanding career.

We pride ourselves on:

• Providing our people with a supportive culture, rooted in our values and driven by our purpose.
• Promoting a culture of inclusion, collaboration, well-being, and learning and development.
• Providing increased agility and flexibility within our hybrid working model.
• Investing in employees’ growth through ongoing training and development.
• Autonomy to take ownership of projects, making decisions and demonstrating individual expertise.
• Providing a transparent performance and career management experience.

Our consultants are integral to delivering successful consulting engagements, addressing our clients’ most pressing business challenges, and building lasting value in disciplines such as:

• Solve sophisticated, ambiguous business, change and technology problems, bringing structure and meticulous analysis and planning, acting, and taking decisions with little strategic direction.
• Build, develop and sustain trusted senior client relationships in the C-suite by remaining highly attuned to client needs.
• Drive, enable and support the business, partnering with our leaders, clients, and consultants across our practices to take the best of emagine to our clients through opportunity identification/qualification, solution development/presentation.

Interested?

At emagine, we are committed to building an international and diverse team by embracing our different backgrounds. If you are up to the challenge and would like to find out more, get in touch with us immediately. Our internal recruitment team is always keen to hear from dynamic individuals that are looking to further their career and explore their full potential.

emagine is an equal opportunity employer, and employment practices are based strictly on merit. It is the policy of the Company to give equal opportunity in employment regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, religion or ethnic origin.