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# Solutions Architect

- **Company:** Lorien
- **Location:** Glasgow, UK
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Applications Architecture, Application Integration Architecture, Software as a Service, Data Integration, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Management of Software Versions, Enterprise Software Applications, HybridCloud, Event Driven Architecture, Restful APIs, Microservices
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-685B9984BB46C796DB/

## About the Role

* Proven experience as a Technical Architect or equivalent specialist architecture role within a large and complex organisation
 * Extensive experience designing, implementing, governing and supporting enterprise end-to-end solutions using COTS, SaaS and in-house developed components
 * Extensive experience designing, implementing, governing and supporting the integration of end-to-end solutions using an integration platform
 * Strong knowledge of application architecture and enterprise application landscapes, including SaaS, COTS and bespoke applications
 * Adept at integrating secure by design principles into architecture work
 * Demonstrable experience defining design standards, reference architectures, design principles and technical roadmaps
 * Strong experience documenting and articulating architectural concepts and architecture designs
 * Experience leading architectural governance activities and providing technical assurance through Architecture Review Boards or equivalent governance forums
 * Proven ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders, suppliers, delivery teams and executive audiences, translating complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes
 * Experience working within Agile and multidisciplinary delivery environments
 * Experience working in large public sector organisations with an understanding of government digital service standards and governance processes
 * Knowledge and practical experience of AWS cloud architecture
 * Demonstrable experience defining and governing API strategies, including:
 + REST APIs
 + Event-driven APIs
 + API life cycle management
 + Security standards
 + Versioning and governance models
 * Strong understanding of integration architecture patterns and their appropriate application, including:
 + Point-to-point integration
 + Hub-and-spoke
 + Event-driven architecture
 + Publish-subscribe
 + Microservices integration
 + Data integration and synchronisation patterns
 + Hybrid cloud integration

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

## Description

One of Lorien's leading Public Sector clients is looking for two Solution Architects to join their team. You'll act as technical lead on your project and produce high-level solution designs across multiple domains, with a focus on integration, APIs and data exchange.