Overview:
We are seeking two experienced Solution Architects with strong domain expertise in either eCommerce or Financial Services to join the central architecture team. The role is hands-on, requiring end-to-end SDLC involvement, strong integration architecture experience, and close collaboration with business and delivery teams.
Responsibilities:
Solution Design & Delivery:
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Understand business strategy, priorities, and processes to design technology solutions that deliver business outcomes.
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Lead end-to-end solution design across multiple applications and services.
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Define conceptual and logical architectures, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and reliability.
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Provide hands-on architectural leadership throughout the SDLC (Discovery, Design, Build, Test, Go-Live).
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Perform design reviews, code reviews, testing guidance, and go-live support.
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Ensure compliance with governance, legislative, and risk requirements.
Architecture & Technology Leadership:
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Participate in selecting appropriate platforms, tech stacks, and frameworks.
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Contribute to enterprise architecture roadmaps, conceptual models, and frameworks.
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Identify opportunities for modernisation, optimisation, and innovation.
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Drive integration architecture across complex systems.
Business & Stakeholder Engagement:
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Build strong relationships with business and technical stakeholders.
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Provide technical thought leadership and influence strategic decision-making.
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Ensure continuous alignment between business needs and technology delivery.
Team Enablement:
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Mentor and coach developers and engineers.
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Share best practices and architectural standards.
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Support capability development within delivery teams.
Qualifications:
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Information Systems
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Certifications beneficial: TOGAF, AWS/Azure, platform-specific (ServiceNow, Salesforce)
Essential skills:
eCommerce Solution Architect:
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Experience across the full eCommerce value chain including front-end platforms, integrations, OMS, fulfilment, and PIM.
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Industry experience in Retail, Omnichannel, FMCG, or Wholesale.
Financial Services Solution Architect:
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Experience in account origination, account management, collections, telco and insurance processes.
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Understanding of financial systems integration and financial principles.
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Medium to high regulatory and compliance exposure.
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Experience in legacy-to-modern platform migration projects.
Desired skills:
Technology Environment (Preferred):
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eCommerce: Adobe Commerce, Oracle Order Management, Amplience, Oracle PIM, payment platforms.
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Financial Services: Core credit platforms and COTS financial systems.
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Cloud: SaaS / PaaS-first architecture.
Experience:
- 5 or more years’ experience in IT solutions development and 3-5 years’ experience in solutions architecture
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Advantageous skills: time & project management, experience developing models
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Proven experience as a Solution Architect.
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Strong domain expertise in either eCommerce or Financial Services.
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Strong experience in complex systems integration.
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Hands-on architecture and delivery involvement.
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End-to-end SDLC ownership.
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Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills.
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Ability to operate in a matrix organisational structure.
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High attention to detail, curiosity, and problem-solving mindset.
