Solution Architect

As a Solutions Architect, you will translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure solution architectures that address complex problems and deliver measurable business outcomes. You will act as the primary architecture partner for assigned business areas or service area, helping shape technology and digital transformation roadmaps and ensuring delivery aligns with CAA strategy, enterprise architecture standards, and long-term operational outcomes.

Core Accountabilities

Develop and maintain solution and cloud architectures based on functional and non-functional requirements, ensuring designs address business outcomes and align with organisational strategies, principles and standards. Act as the architecture partner for assigned business areas or service area, building domain understanding and supporting technology roadmap development with Product Managers and business stakeholders. Design end-to-end solution architectures and assure designs produced by internal teams, suppliers or third parties, ensuring compliance with architecture, security, accessibility and service standards. Promote reuse of platforms, services, patterns and capabilities to reduce duplication, technical debt and delivery risk. Participate in architecture governance, including design reviews, decision records, standards development and architecture assurance processes. Contribute to agile product teams where required, providing technical leadership and architectural guidance, defining work packages and guiding architecture decisions. Produce architecture artefacts, models and diagrams using approved EA tooling. Manage technical risks, document key decisions transparently and provide architectural input into procurement and supplier engagement. Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, cloud technologies, architectural patterns and industry trends, assessing their relevance to CAA challenges and opportunities. Design application, cloud and integration architectures where required, including secure integration patterns, API strategies, cloud-native principles and modern development approaches.

Broad architectural knowledge across multiple domains, including solution architecture, cloud architecture and enterprise architecture, with the judgement to draw on specialist expertise where required. Experience translating business and technical requirements into pragmatic, secure and supportable solution architecture designs. Experience working across waterfall, agile, product-centric or service-oriented delivery environments. Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to build trusted relationships, communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences, and influence without direct authority. Understanding of architecture principles, governance and assurance, and how to apply them proportionately in delivery. Experience with Microsoft Azure, Entra ID, Dynamics 365 CRM, Power Platform, web technologies and SQL Server. Knowledge of DevSecOps and CI/CD concepts. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills applied collaboratively and inclusively. Ability to obtain and maintain SC security clearance

Desirable

Experience supporting product operating models, value stream design or business transformation initiatives. Experience working within a regulated environment. Experience with business capability modelling, value stream mapping or enterprise architecture practices. TOGAF certification or practical enterprise architecture experience. Experience using EA tools such as iServer or equivalent architecture repositories. Experience with Azure DevOps tools for source control, CI/CD and backlog management. Experience working to GDS framework and service standards. Experience with modern application development approaches, including .NET, Microsoft Azure services, APIs, microservices and modern web frameworks. Experience with secure data integration, identity, certificate-based trust, cryptographic services or location-based technologies.

Behaviour Expectations

Demonstrates behaviours aligned with organisational values by being outcome-focused, ethical, collaborative, and adaptable. Takes ownership of decisions using evidence-based approaches, delivers value-centred solutions, and prioritises results that support strategic goals. Acts with integrity and self-awareness, continuously developing skills and capabilities. Builds strong relationships through clear, inclusive communication, knowledge sharing, and constructive feedback, while influencing and negotiating effectively. Embraces change with flexible thinking and drives continuous improvement through innovative approaches that enhance productivity and efficiency.