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# Lead Integration and Cloud Solution Architect

- **Company:** Vanquis View All Jobs
- **Location:** Bradford, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Application Integration Architecture, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, DevOps, High-Level Architecture, OAuth, Anypoint Studio, Openid Connect, JSON Web Token, Salesforce.Com, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Snowflake, Software Security, Multi-Cloud, HybridCloud, Togaf, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Graphql, Restful APIs, Service Stack, Mulesoft
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.co.uk/job/gb39371438dacf2fd1182588595b739ea3/eaa

## About the Role

* Significant experience as a Solution Architect, Integration Architect or Cloud Architect in enterprise-scale environments.
 * A proven track record of delivering large-scale integration and complex end-to-end business and technology solutions.
 * Deep expertise in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, API-led connectivity, REST, SOAP, GraphQL and event-driven architecture.
 * Strong Microsoft Azure and AWS architecture experience across hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud environments.
 * Strong knowledge of API security, cloud networking, identity, resilience, observability, CI/CD and DevOps practices.
 * Confident stakeholder management, influencing, communication and mentoring skills, with experience working within architecture governance frameworks.

Useful, but not essential

 * TOGAF, MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification.
 * Experience in banking or financial services.
 * Knowledge of Salesforce Financial Services Cloud, Data Cloud, Experience Cloud, MuleSoft Composer, Salesforce integrations or Snowflake.

## Description

We've invested heavily in modernising our technology landscape and strengthening our cloud foundations. The next opportunity is to create scalable, secure integration patterns that simplify our estate and accelerate delivery.
As a Lead Integration and Cloud Solution Architect, you'll lead the design of major cross-domain solutions, define reusable integration and cloud patterns, and guide teams towards secure, resilient and scalable outcomes. You'll make a visible impact, influence architecture strategy and help shape what comes next.
There's More to the Story
This role is just one part of a much bigger transformation. Explore our Technology & Change careers page to meet the teams, discover our technology journey and see how you can help share what's next.
Discover Technology & Change at Vanquis:
How you'll make an impact:
You'll…
So that…
Lead the design of major, cross-domain end-to-end solutions
Business and technology change is supported by scalable designs that meet present and future needs
Shape high-level architecture with architects, product owners, technical leads and business analysts
Requirements are translated into clear, consistent and deliverable solution designs
Define and promote reusable API, integration and cloud patterns
Duplication is reduced and teams can deliver secure, resilient solutions more efficiently
Ensure designs meet functional, non-functional, regulatory and security requirements
Solutions align with architecture strategy, governance and industry best practice
Identify and escalate proposed deviations from target architecture
Architecture risks are visible, governed and resolved through the right forums
Coach, mentor and share knowledge across architecture and engineering teams
Capability grows and standards are applied consistently across the technology estate
Why this role matters:
Technology & Change is a strategic priority for Vanquis. This role sits at the heart of our transformation, creating a sustainable integration architecture, enabling cloud change and reducing complexity across the technology estate. Your work will support faster delivery, stronger compliance and better customer and colleague experiences.
You'll work closely with enterprise and domain architects, product owners, technical leads, business analysts, engineering teams, platform specialists and operational teams, seeing how your work contributes to meaningful outcomes.
Our Architecture approach:
We believe in
What that means
Reusable by design
We create shared patterns and APIs that reduce duplication and accelerate delivery
Secure and compliant
Security, resilience and regulatory requirements are built into every design
Collaborative ownership
Architecture, engineering, product and operations work together from discovery through support
Governed with purpose
Standards guide decisions and deviations are made visible through the right forums
Continuous learning
We coach, mentor and share knowledge to strengthen architecture and engineering capability
Technology stack:
Cloud Platforms
Engineering & Automation
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
API-led connectivity and reusable integration patterns
Microsoft Azure and AWS
Hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud architecture
REST, SOAP and GraphQL
OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT and Mutual TLS
Event-driven architecture
Monitoring, observability and operational support models
Containers and Kubernetes concepts
CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices


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