IDPP have working exclusively with a leading Oxford energy organisation who are recruiting for a Solutions Architect working in an architectural capacity on projects and ongoing maintenance of our enterprise systems landscape. You will be part of the architecture function and liaise with internal teams and third parties to ensure systems integrate effectively, and input to processes and practices to ensure they are scalable, secure and robust. You will be workingon several strategic business programmes currently to refine/change our tier 1 systems, in your role you will be aligned to at least 1 of these strategic programmes with overall architectural responsibility, escalating where required, to the Head of Architecture and Engineering, or the Head of Internal Technology.
The successful applicant will have a passion for solving business problems with technology and combine exceptional technical capabilities with great communication skills and understanding of how the business operates.
You will enjoy autonomy, and the opportunity to have a significant impact on Aurora’s digital strategy, ensuring that our enterprise systems are highly effective and meet the needs of this very fast growing, data heavy business.
Key responsibilities
- Lead as the Enterprise Solutions Architect for at least 1 of the strategic business programmes focused on our tier 1 systems (Microsoft Dynamics F&O, Salesforce, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, SAP Success Factors)
- Champion enterprise architecture principles and governance whilst being hands-on in delivery where required
- Be a confident technical liaison for 3rd party partners and internal stakeholders
- Ensure solutions are embedded through the engineering functions into operational readiness
- Make key decisions on how systems integrate, where and how data is mastered and how data flows between the systems, ensuring both the velocity and stability required
- Assure configuration, workflows and automation aligns with technology best practice and architectural standards within the organisation
- Ensure effective governance and integrity of system boundaries; be aware of and mitigate the risk of boundary creep
- Contribute to policies and practices to ensure our enterprise systems remain scalable, secure, and robust and that third‑party software across the business is appropriately managed
- Be a key resource for our Systems Managers (business partners with internal departments), providing architectural input to stakeholder requirements, guiding senior stakeholders as required, identifying and delivering scalable solutions
Skills & Responsibilities
- Proven experience operating as an Enterprise Architect across multiple domains and delivery streams, with demonstrable impact through roadmaps, standards and governance
- Deep experience working with and governing 3rd Party integration partners, holding them to account and ensuring delivery and architectural alignment
- Strong understanding of EA disciplines (business/data/application/technology) and ability to connect them to portfolio and operating‑model decisions
- Track record defining and executing target‑state architectures and transition roadmaps (incremental, time to value‑led, dependency‑aware)
- Hands‑on experience implementing architecture governance: principles, standards, architecture reviews, exception management and decision records
- Microsoft ecosystem architecture depth relevant to the organisation’s stack, including:
- Dynamics 365 F&O integration approaches and guidance
- Salesforce integration approaches and guidance
- SAP SuccessFactors integration and guidance
- Power Platform/Dataverse governance and ALM best practice; environment strategy and DLP controls
- Data Foundation expertise leveraging Microsoft data technologies with particular focus on Microsoft Fabric (or equivalent modern Lakehouse patterns), including governance/lineage and enabling self‑service analytics safely
- Enterprise SaaS integration across domains with Salesforce CRM, Dynamics 365 F&O & SAP Success Factors
- Strong integration design capability: Domain Driven Design, event‑based integration, API design principles, resilience patterns, operational considerations (SLAs, observability, incident readiness)
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication: can influence at exec level, simplify complex trade‑offs, and align diverse teams behind common patterns and outcomes
- TOGAF certification or equivalent applied EA practice
- Experience establishing EA repositories/tooling, platform guardrails, and measurable architecture outcomes (reuse, risk reduction, simplification)
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Solutions Architect in Oxford employer: iDPP
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