Cloud & Integration Solution Architect

Hybrid Cloud & Integration Solution Architect

Contract Role | Hybrid Working (Warwick - 2 days per week)

6 Month Contract (Extensions Possible)

£615 per day | Inside IR35

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Hybrid Cloud & Integration Solution Architect to join a major transformation programme within the Energy & Utilities sector.Working closely with business and technical stakeholders, you will be responsible for defining end-to-end solution architectures across cloud platforms, SaaS/COTS applications, enterprise integrations, and modern data platforms. This is a highly visible architecture role requiring strong stakeholder engagement and the ability to govern complex technical environments while ensuring alignment to business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Design and own end-to-end solution architectures across complex enterprise environments.

Define architecture roadmaps supporting business transformation initiatives.

Lead solution design across cloud, SaaS, COTS, integration, and data platform domains.

Collaborate with business stakeholders, project teams, delivery leads, engineers, and third-party suppliers.

Provide technical governance throughout the project lifecycle.

Assess technology options and provide recommendations based on business, operational, security, and commercial requirements.

Drive architecture reviews and support design authority processes.

Ensure scalability, resilience, security, maintainability, and operational readiness are incorporated into solution designs.

Support Agile delivery teams through implementation and deployment phases.

Required Skills & Experience

Solution Architecture

Proven experience as a Solution Architect within large-scale enterprise environments.

Strong track record delivering complex business and technology transformation programmes.

Ability to communicate architecture concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Cloud & Enterprise Platforms

Strong cloud architecture experience across hybrid and cloud-native environments.

Experience delivering solutions involving SaaS and COTS platforms.

Understanding of enterprise-scale application landscapes and modern architecture principles.

Data & Analytics Platforms

Experience with one or more of the following:

Snowflake

Data Lakes

Data Fabric Architectures

Databricks

ETL / ELT Frameworks

Modern data integration and transformation solutions

Integration Architecture

Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns.

Experience designing integrations between cloud services, SaaS platforms, legacy applications, and data platforms.

Knowledge of API-led architecture and event-driven design principles.

Stakeholder Management

Ability to engage with senior business stakeholders, programme leadership, engineering teams, and third-party suppliers.

Experience influencing technical decisions within complex organisations.

Architecture Governance

Experience working within architecture review boards and governance frameworks.

Ability to ensure solutions align with enterprise standards, security requirements, and strategic objectives.

Highly Desirable

High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solution design.

Agile delivery methodologies.

DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Large-scale digital transformation programmes.

Energy & Utilities sector experience.

Enterprise integration platforms and middleware technologies.

Ideal Candidate

You will be a senior architect with strong technical depth and excellent stakeholder engagement skills. You will be comfortable shaping architecture across cloud, integration, and data domains while supporting delivery teams within a governed enterprise environment.

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