Role Responsibilities

Architecture Design and Solution Ownership

• Develop high-level blueprints and detailed architecture specifications that address business requirements, technical constraints, and platform interoperability — including integration patterns, data flows, and system boundaries
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and platforms appropriate to the solution context, ensuring alignment with EA-approved standards and the organisation's target architecture. Document all material trade-offs.
• Produce and keep current comprehensive documentation — including architecture decision records (ADRs), C4 model diagrams, integration guides, and design specifications — as the authoritative source of truth for the vertical.
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Governance, Standards and Risk Management

• Apply and advocate for architecture standards, patterns, and guardrails defined by the Enterprise Architect. Escalate deviations, exceptions, and cross-vertical dependencies to the ARB for resolution.
• Ensure all solution designs incorporate relevant regulatory, data governance, and security requirements from inception. Proactively identify and remediate architectural risk, technical debt, and compliance gaps.
• Present designs, review peer submissions, and contribute to binding technology decisions. Co-own the evolution of organisation-wide architecture standards within the ARB forum.
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Engineering Enablement and Implementation Oversight

• Provide architectural direction and hands-on guidance to engineering squads throughout the delivery lifecycle — from design review and sprint planning through to production readiness — ensuring implementation fidelity to the approved design.
• Lead structured design reviews at key delivery milestones, validating adherence to standards, identifying risks, and ensuring non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, reliability) are addressed before release.
• Assess live solutions against performance benchmarks and reliability targets. Identify and prioritise optimisation opportunities, technical debt reduction, and platform evolution — feeding findings back into the architecture roadmap.
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Stakeholder Engagement and Architecture Knowledge

• Translate complex architectural decisions and trade-offs clearly for both technical and non-technical stakeholders — including product, engineering, and executive levels — ensuring shared understanding and informed decision-making.
• Work closely with peer Solution Architects, the Enterprise Architect, and third-party vendors to ensure cross-cutting concerns (integrations, shared services, security) are resolved cohesively and without duplication.
• Champion a knowledge-sharing culture within the engineering organisation through brown-bag sessions, architecture playbooks, and mentoring. Contribute to elevating architectural thinking and standards across teams.
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Role Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
• Industry certification relevant to vertical (e.g. AWS/Azure/GCP Solutions Architect, TOGAF, or equivalent) — preferred
• 5+ years experience in a solutions architect or equivalent senior technical design role
• 10+ years experience in leadership of complex software designs
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering complex, enterprise-scale solutions
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native architectures
• Experience in communicating across technical and non-technical audiences including executive stakeholder levels
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