Senior Solutions Architect
Transform
1 month ago
Full-time
Remote friendly (London, England, United Kingdom)
United Kingdom
Solutions Architect
Senior Solutions Architect
Department: Technology: Architecture, Strategy, Testing & Dev Ops
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: London or Manchester UK
Description
About us
We're Transform.
Transform is a fresh alternative to Big Consulting. As an end-to-end transformation partner, we define, design, build and operate systems that solve our clients’ toughest challenges and seize their biggest opportunities. That often means combining strategy, data, AI, technology, and change management. Sometimes we manage and operate the systems we create; other times, we hand it over for the client to run – standing by to make improvements when things change. It all comes down to making an impact: improving lives, supporting citizens, streamlining workflows, and making the world a better place. We specialise in public sector and public-facing organisations—from government agencies and local authorities to energy, utilities, transportation and healthcare. We also work for some of the world’s most dynamic brands across automotive, retail, financial services, and consumer goods. We work closely (often on site) with our clients; to deliver impact you are keen to help us build the workforce of the future, we should talk.
We’re all in! That's what gets us out of bed every day. We hope you feel the same.
The Role: Senior Solutions Architect
We are looking for business-oriented Solution Architects at Senior level to join our consulting firm. In this role, you will shape end-to-end solutions that align technology with business strategy across complex environments in both public and private sector organisations.
This is not a role for a specialist in one software product. We are looking for architects who can work broadly across applications, data, integration, cloud and security, and who can bring pragmatic judgement in large organisations with multiple stakeholders, constraints and legacy considerations.
You will contribute to solution delivery, client advisory and growth, with increasing responsibility at senior level for strategic direction, senior client leadership and development of our architecture capability.
Key Responsibilities
Solution Architecture & Delivery
- Design end-to-end solution architectures aligned to business outcomes, considering application, data, integration, cloud and security perspectives
- Translate business and user needs into pragmatic, scalable and supportable solution designs
- Work across delivery phases from discovery and shaping through to implementation and transition
- Provide design leadership and assurance to delivery teams, ensuring solutions are coherent and achievable in practice
Stakeholder Engagement & Advisory
- Engage business and technology stakeholders to understand organisational challenges and shape solution direction
- Explain architecture options, trade-offs and risks clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and guide decision-making in complex environments
- Operate effectively within large organisations, including public sector bodies, where governance, assurance and change management are critical
Sales Support
- Support early-stage client engagements by shaping solution options, architecture approaches and delivery considerations
- Contribute to proposals, bids, RFP responses and presentations, helping articulate business value as well as technical fit
- Work with account and delivery teams to identify where architecture can help clients solve complex business and technology challenges
- Bring a practical consulting mindset that balances ambition with delivery realism
Governance, Standards & Assurance
- Contribute to or lead architecture governance activities, including design authorities and assurance reviews
- Ensure solutions align with enterprise principles, security requirements, regulatory expectations and delivery standards
- Apply structured thinking across busi