At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the design of innovative enterprise solutions and shape technology strategies.
- Company: Established luxury retail organisation with a focus on cutting-edge technology.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working, and potential for permanent position.
- Other info: Opportunity to work with cloud, AI, and advanced technologies.
- Why this job: Make a significant impact in a senior role within a dynamic tech environment.
- Qualifications: Extensive experience in solutions architecture and strong integration skills.
We are supporting an established luxury retail organisation with the appointment of a Lead Solutions Architect for an initial 12 month FTC with the potential to go perm. This is a senior, highly visible architecture role with responsibility for shaping solutions across a complex enterprise technology estate. You will act as a senior technical design authority, combining strategic architecture leadership with hands-on solution design.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Designing scalable, secure and supportable enterprise solutions
- Producing solution architecture designs, technical artefacts and integration patterns
- Translating business requirements into practical technical solutions
- Leading architecture reviews and challenging designs produced by internal teams and external partners
- Defining API, systems integration and architecture standards
- Simplifying the technology estate through platform consolidation, standardisation and reuse
- Evaluating technology decisions against business value, risk and Total Cost of Ownership
- Supporting the development of cloud, data, automation and AI capabilities
- Presenting architecture options and recommendations to senior stakeholders
We are looking for someone with:
- Significant experience as a Lead Solutions Architect, Senior Solutions Architect or Enterprise Solution Architect
- Strong enterprise systems integration and API architecture experience
- Experience across cloud-based and SaaS technology environments
- The ability to combine strategic architecture thinking with detailed technical design
- Experience working with third-party delivery partners and technology suppliers
- Strong commercial awareness and stakeholder management skills
Experience across Microsoft Azure, digital commerce, ERP, finance systems, CRM, customer data platforms, data platforms or AI would be beneficial.
Location: London, hybrid working 2-3 days onsite
Contract: 12 month fixed term contract to perm
Senior Solutions Architect employer: Plan A Digital
Plan A Digital is an exceptional employer located in the vibrant heart of Central London, offering a unique opportunity for growth as you transition from Desktop Support to a Junior Site Reliability Engineer. With a strong emphasis on learning and development in modern infrastructure and cloud technologies, employees benefit from a supportive work culture that values innovation and collaboration, alongside competitive equity and benefits. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking team that prioritises your professional journey and well-being.
