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# Solutions Architect

- **Company:** It Ltd
- **Location:** Ferndown, UK
- **Salary:** £60,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Business Software, Business Process Modeling, Data Architecture, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Architecture Framework, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle (Applications), Cloud Services, SAP (Applications), Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Web Platforms, Enterprise Software Applications
- **Published:** October 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5937788926

## About the Role

* Experience delivering enterprise technology projects with proven business process modelling and improvement expertise.
 * Demonstrated experience leading analysis activities within complex programmes.
 * Experience supporting digital transformation programmes and working within Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery models.
 * ERP implementation or enhancement experience (IFS, SAP, Oracle, Dynamics).
 * Exposure to business architecture or enterprise architecture frameworks.

## Description

The Solutions Architect is responsible for designing solution architecture, governing, and assuring end-to-end technology solutions that enable business objectives and deliver measurable value. Acting as the design authority bridges between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams, the Solutions Architect translates business requirements into scalable, secure, maintainable, and cost-effective solution architectures.

The role provides architectural leadership across business applications, data, integrations, cloud services, and digital platforms, ensuring solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, technology standards, and strategic objectives. The Solutions Architect works closely with Business Analysts, Business Stakeholders, Project Managers, Solution Delivery teams, and third-party partners to ensure successful solution delivery from concept through implementation., * Design end-to-end solution architectures that address business needs and strategic objectives.

 * Produce architectural artefacts including solution designs, architecture diagrams, integration designs, data flows, and technical specifications.
 * Define integration approaches between enterprise applications, cloud services, and third-party platforms, ensuring data architecture supports business reporting, analytics, and operational requirements.
 * Ensure solutions are aligned to strategic and enterprise architecture principles and are scalable, secure, resilient, maintainable, and aligned to enterprise standards.
 * Evaluate solution options and provide recommendations based on business value, risk, cost, and technical fit.
 * Define architecture patterns, standards, and best practices for technology solutions.
 * Ensure solution designs consider operational support, monitoring, disaster recovery, and business continuity requirements.
 * Partner with business analysts and business stakeholders to understand processes, challenges, and opportunities.

 2. Solution Design & Delivery

 * Work alongside Solution Architects, Developers, Integration Engineers, Data Teams, and Vendors to define solutions.
 * Provide leadership during solution assessment and option evaluation activities.
 * Support estimation, planning, budgeting, and resource prioritisation.
 * Review solution designs to ensure business requirements have been fully addressed and align with architectural principles, security standards, and business objectives.

 3. Project & Change Support

 * Support digital transformation projects from concept through to implementation, acting as Lead Business Analyst across complex programmes and portfolios.