Solution Architect

Solution Architect Location: Durrington, Worthing (Hybrid working arrangements, on site presence will be required)Rate: £800 per day (Inside IR35)Contract Length: Initial 6 months (expected to extend to 12 months), We are recruiting an experienced Solution Architect on behalf of our leading utilities client to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale Case Management solutions across critical operational areas. This role will play a key part in modernising and automating complex business processes, ensuring systems are scalable, efficient, and aligned with wider organisational architecture., Architecture & Solution Design

• Design end-to-end architectures for case-driven processes, including intake, triage, investigation, resolution, and reporting.
• Translate business requirements into conceptual, logical, and physical solution designs.
• Define data models, workflow structures, and orchestration patterns to ensure scalability and maintainability.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, security frameworks, and regulatory obligations.

Case Management Platform Expertise

• Lead configuration and extension of enterprise case management platforms, including:

• Case data structures and relationships

• Workflow automation, rules engines, and decision logic

• Forms, portals, dashboards, and user experience components

• Integration capabilities (APIs, event frameworks, connectors)

Provide technical leadership to delivery teams, ensuring best practice and governance adherence.

Stakeholder Engagement & Delivery Leadership

• Facilitate workshops to define case types, workflow variations, SLAs, and reporting needs.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to validate designs and ensure operational alignment.
• Produce architectural artefacts including solution blueprints, integration maps, sequence diagrams, and data flow diagrams.
• Support delivery planning, estimation, and risk management activities.

Governance, Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Establish architectural guardrails and governance models.
• Conduct design assurance reviews to ensure solutions are secure, robust, and performance-optimised.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, platform enhancements, and process optimisation.
• Promote reuse of architectural patterns and components across implementations.

Technical Skills

• Strong experience designing and delivering solutions using enterprise case management or workflow automation platforms.

• Deep knowledge of:

• Case lifecycle management and workflow orchestration

• Rules-based decisioning and dynamic routing

• Data modelling and auditability

• Integration patterns (REST, SOAP, event-driven messaging, identity integration)

Azure background and familiarity with cloud security best practices.Strong design and governance experience (not purely delivery-focused).

Professional Skills

• Ability to translate complex business problems into scalable technical architectures.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working in Agile or hybrid delivery environments.
• Proven leadership guiding technical teams and architectural decision-making.

Preferred

• Certifications in enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, SAFe Architect).
• Experience in public sector, utilities, financial services, or healthcare environments.
• Exposure to operational transformation, service design, or process optimisation initiatives.
• Candidates with varied technology experience (not cloud-migration-only focussed).

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