Solutions Architect

We are currently hiring for a Solutions Architect in our London office to play a key role in designing and shaping enterprise-level solutions, ensuring alignment between technology and business outcomes while supporting delivery across multiple projects and teams.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Solution design ownership: Lead the creation, maintenance and communication of solution designs across projects, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.

Technical leadership: Provide guidance to development teams, supporting implementation, overcoming delivery challenges and promoting best practice.

Stakeholder collaboration: Work closely with architects, delivery teams and business stakeholders to ensure architectural alignment and successful delivery outcomes.

Architecture governance: Ensure adherence to technical standards, guardrails and architectural frameworks across all solutions.

Continuous improvement & planning: Contribute to planning ceremonies, influence technology roadmaps and drive improvements to systems, frameworks and delivery pipelines.

Enterprise architecture expertise: Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise, distributed and web-based architectures.

SDLC & delivery knowledge: Deep understanding of Agile and Waterfall methodologies, with experience across full system development lifecycles.

Technical breadth: Solid knowledge of modern architecture approaches, including service-based and cloud-based systems.

Stakeholder engagement: Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence, guide and collaborate across technical and business teams.

Problem solving & leadership: Strong analytical skills with the ability to balance technical excellence with business outcomes and mentor others.

Our employees and their families are important to us. That’s why we offer flexible hybrid working and a competitive compensation and benefits package. We also invest in your growth through learning, mentoring, and clear development pathways, recognising and rewarding performance and the behaviours that drive success. We recognise that the development of skills and experiences is crucial for our people to achieve their aspirations and reach their full potential.

At CNA Hardy, great people don’t just join us - they grow with us, lead with purpose, and help shape the future of our business and the industry.

We exist to help businesses navigate an unpredictable world and we do that through the expertise, integrity and commitment of our people. Every role contributes to protecting businesses, livelihoods and communities, giving our people the opportunity to make a meaningful and visible impact., Why Join CNA Hardy?

Our workplace is dynamic, challenging and ever evolving, here your voice matters and you can make a difference. We celebrate individuality and inclusivity, ensuring everyone feels valued, respected, and supported to share ideas and perspectives., CNA Hardy is a leading specialist commercial insurance provider for clients within the Lloyd’s and company markets. We offer a highly specialised and comprehensive portfolio of innovative and market leading products. Coverage is available to businesses of all sizes for domestic, international and global exposures.