Solutions Architect

Salary: £50,000 - 65,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong experience across enterprise architecture domains including cloud, data, applications, infrastructure and security.
• Deep knowledge of modern enterprise patterns, SaaS adoption, API and event based integrations and resilience approaches.
• Experience establishing and governing architecture standards and principles.
• Ability to balance cost, complexity, scalability and security to support confident decision making.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to bring clarity to complex topics.
• Architecture framework experience such as TOGAF, SAFe Architect or BCS, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain our enterprise and target state architecture across applications, cloud, integrations, infrastructure, data and security.
• Produce high quality solution designs for new products, enhancements and integrations, including Evolve.
• Provide architectural leadership, ensuring designs are scalable, supportable, resilient and operationally sound.
• Lead our Technical Design Authority, ensuring governance is fair, consistent and enabling.
• Maintain architectural standards, principles, patterns and decision records.
• Provide guidance and assurance throughout delivery, helping teams interpret and apply architecture best practice.
• Shape integration architecture and patterns, ensuring secure and reliable data flows across internal and external systems.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders, simplifying complex concepts and supporting business case development.
• Identify architectural risks early and work with Cyber, GRC and Data teams to embed security and compliance by design.

Technologies

• API
• Architect
• Cloud
• Support
• Security
• TOGAF

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We are Solus, part of the Aviva family, and we are continuing to modernise, simplify and strengthen our technology landscape. We are one of the UK leaders in vehicle repairs, returning cars to the road in just 11 days on average and holding a 4.6/5 star customer rating. We are proud of our award-winning apprenticeship programme and other recognised industry awards as we shape the future of vehicle repair. This is a fully remote role for UK-based candidates. We offer a competitive salary based on location, skills, experience and qualifications, bonus opportunity, company pension contributions, 33 days holiday including bank holidays with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days, up to 40% discount on Aviva products and other retailer discounts, Share as You Earn, supportive parental and carers leave policies, and wellbeing support including Group Income Protection and 24/7 GP access. We value inclusivity and welcome all applicants, and we guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria.

last updated 28 week of 2026