Solutions Architect
- St Albans
- Permanent
- Full-time
St Albans (Hybrid)Compensation: Salary +Bonus +EquityMethod Resourcing are proud to be partnering with a fast-growing, international technology business delivering critical services across multiple high-reliability sectors. They're seeking a Solutions Architect to lead the end-to-end technical design of mission-critical platforms and services.The Role:We're seeking an experienced Solution Architect to design scalable, secure, and efficient technology solutions that support a major systems consolidation and migration programme.You will be responsible for planning and documenting the decommissioning of up to 30 disparate systems, and overseeing their seamless migration to a new, unified platform - ensuring zero downtime throughout.In addition, you'll lead the standardisation of tooling, practices, and documentation across development teams, establishing a single source of truth to drive consistency and quality in solution delivery.Key Responsibilities:
- Own and deliver end-to-end architecture across microservices, APIs, message buses, and hybrid-cloud environments.
- Define architecture, processes, and tools to support scalable delivery
- Embed DevOps pipelines, CI/CD workflows, and cloud-native principles into the architecture where applicable.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into cohesive designs
- Review implementations to ensure compliance with technical standards
- Drive innovation through prototyping and evaluation of emerging technologies
- Proven experience in Solution Architecture or Solution Design, ideally in environments involving systems consolidation or major technology transformations
- Proficiency in cloud platforms, API development, message buses, DevOps practices, and languages such as C#, Python, or PHP
- Ability to clearly document and present architecture decisions, trade-offs, and constraints to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strategic thinker with a collaborative mindset and strong attention to technical detail