Solution Architect

  • ARC IT Recruitment
  • 27/07/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Solution Architect

Location: London (Hybrid Working)
Salary: Circa £100k + bonus + benefits

The Opportunity

We're partnering with a leading financial services client to hire a Solution Architect into their London-based Architecture practice within Group IT.

You will curate solution architecture designs across all lines of business, provide hands-on consultancy to project teams delivering cloud, on-premises and hybrid solutions, and act as a trusted technical partner to business relationship managers, product owners and delivery teams throughout the product life cycle.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Curate and own solution architecture designs across multiple lines of business
  • Translate business and technical requirements into clear architectural blueprints
  • Perform threat modelling and author/maintain architecture guidelines and patterns
  • Provide solution architecture consultancy to project teams across cloud, on-premises and hybrid delivery
  • Ensure alignment with enterprise standards, security, regulatory and risk requirements
  • Work closely with BRMs, product owners and product managers to support future business requirements
  • Contribute to a shared community of practice, sharing reusable solutions and lessons learned

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years' experience across at least two IT solution disciplines - technical/infrastructure architecture, network management, application development, Middleware, database management or cloud development
  • Strong Back End skills in one or more of C#, Java, Python, Go or Rust
  • Working knowledge of databases such as SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB or Oracle
  • Broad, hands-on exposure to cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments
  • Experience with architecture modelling approaches such as ArchiMate, UML or equivalent
  • Experience producing solution designs and documentation for governance/design authority sign-off
  • Understanding of SDLC, deployment pipelines and modern engineering/DevOps practices
  • Experience working across both Agile and Waterfall delivery models

Interested to learn more? Apply now or send your CV to (see below)