Expleo Group

Solution Architect

Expleo Group

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Sunderland • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

Cloud

About the role

  • Design end-to-end technology solutions that meet business requirements and align with enterprise architecture principles and standards.
  • Translate business objectives and requirements into solution architectures, ensuring scalability, interoperability, and compliance with governance, security, and regulatory frameworks.
  • Develop and maintain solution design artefacts (e.g., architecture diagrams, integration patterns, high-level design documents) to support project delivery and ongoing operations.
  • Engage with third-party vendors to assess product capabilities and constraints.
  • Collaborate with business partners, project managers, developers, and other architects to ensure consistent implementation of solution designs.
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the solution delivery lifecycle, from requirements analysis to deployment and support.
  • Participate in architectural review boards and governance processes to ensure solution quality and alignment with enterprise standards.
  • Advise on the integration of new systems, platforms, and technologies, ensuring seamless interoperability with existing solutions and alignment with data and security requirements.
  • Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies, evaluating their applicability to the organisation’s business and technology landscape.
  • Support portfolio management by providing estimates (duration and financial) for demand items and ensuring solutions are prioritised and delivered in alignment with business value objectives.
  • Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing within the IT function.

Requirements

  • Strong technical knowledge across infrastructure, applications, data, integration, cloud, and security domains.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and influencing skills across both business and technical domains.
  • Ability to provide solution assurance and governance across multiple projects and programmes.
  • Familiarity with portfolio management, technology investment planning, and value realisation aligned to business strategy.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strategic thinker with strong business orientation.
  • Collaborative and able to work across boundaries to achieve results.
  • Committed to continuous improvement, innovation, and professional development.
  • Demonstrated experience translating business requirements into actionable solution designs and roadmaps.
  • Experience with creation and maintenance of solution design artefacts and standards.
  • Proven track record of delivering technology solutions aligned with business goals.
  • Experience in transportation, mobility, or related industries (advantageous).
  • Significant experience in solution architecture or related roles within complex, multi-business-unit organisations.
  • Proven ability to design and deliver solutions that achieve business alignment, scalability, interoperability, and compliance with industry frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman).
  • Experience using ArchiMate modelling framework and Enterprise Architecture tools such as BizzDesign, Orbus Infinity, or similar.
Benefits
  • Competitive company benefits
  • Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses.
  • Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges.
  • We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
solution architectureintegration patternsarchitecture diagramscloud technologiesdata integrationsecurity complianceportfolio managementsolution design artefactsbusiness requirements analysistechnology investment planning
Soft skills
stakeholder engagementfacilitation skillsinfluencing skillscommunication skillspresentation skillsstrategic thinkingcollaborationcontinuous improvementinnovationknowledge sharing
Certifications
TOGAFZachman