WRK digital
Contract Solutions Architect
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Contract Senior Solution Architect – Immediate Start
📍 Remote First | Must be UK based for occasional travel to London, Macclesfield and client sites
💷 £600 per day Outside IR35
📅 Initial 3-Month Contract
WRK digital are delighted to be working as the exclusive recruitment partner to an award-winning software and technology business as they appoint a Contract Solution Architect to support a number of strategic client integrations.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced solution architect to operate at the heart of product, engineering, delivery and client engagement, helping to shape complex technical solutions whilst influencing key business and technology decisions.
This is a hands-on architecture role requiring a balance of technical expertise, stakeholder management and commercial awareness. Working closely with senior technology leaders, you'll lead architecture discussions with clients, understand business challenges, and translate requirements into scalable, supportable and commercially viable solutions aligned to the organisation's product strategy and technology roadmap.
Key Skills & Experience
We're keen to speak with architects who can demonstrate:
- Previous experience as a Solution Architect, Technical Architect or similar senior technology role.
- Strong knowledge of software architecture principles, integration patterns and cloud technologies.
- Experience delivering solutions within Microsoft Azure environments.
- Understanding of modern application architectures and cloud-native design approaches.
- Experience producing architecture artefacts and leading solution design workshops.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
- Experience working across multiple teams whilst managing competing priorities.
- Confidence engaging directly with customers and representing the business in technical discussions.
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Desirable Experience
- Financial services or other regulated environments.
- Knowledge of SaaS platforms, API-led architectures and cloud-native solutions.
- Experience with Azure integration services, identity management and security best practices.
- Exposure to data and analytics platforms.
- Familiarity with modern software engineering practices, DevOps and continuous delivery.
What You'll Be Doing
- Acting as the architecture lead across strategic client programmes and technology initiatives.
- Building trusted relationships with business, delivery and technology stakeholders.
- Leading architecture workshops, discovery sessions and solution reviews.
- Producing and maintaining solution designs, architectural documentation and technical decision records.
- Providing architectural oversight across application, integration, infrastructure and data domains.
- Supporting Product and Engineering teams in balancing customer requirements with long-term product strategy.
- Identifying technical risks, dependencies and mitigation plans alongside Delivery teams.
- Supporting onboarding, migration and transformation programmes.
- Reviewing solutions to ensure they meet security, scalability, resilience and supportability requirements.
- Contributing to architecture governance, technical standards and best practice.
- Supporting client demonstrations, technical due diligence and pre-sales activities where required.
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Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to join a highly regarded technology organisation where architecture plays a critical role in shaping both customer outcomes and future product direction. You'll have the opportunity to work on complex, business-critical programmes whilst collaborating with senior stakeholders across technology and product teams.
Please note: Occasional travel will be required at the request of the client.
For a confidential discussion, or to learn more, please contact James Westwood at WRK digital on james@wrkdigital.co.uk or apply today.
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