Solutions Architect

Solution Architect – Corporate Functions - Leading Energy Company Location: UK – Hybrid Duration: 6-month rolling contract INSIDE IR35 We're supporting a leading organisation within the UK energy sector looking for an experienced Solution Architect to support technology and transformation initiatives across its Corporate Functions. This is a hands-on architecture role requiring strong technical expertise across Microsoft Azure, AWS, Terraform, Ansible and GitHub, alongside the ability to design scalable, secure and strategically aligned solutions. The successful candidate will work closely with business and technology stakeholders across areas such as Finance, HR, Procurement and other corporate services. Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect end-to-end solutions across Microsoft Azure and AWS environments, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Take a hands-on approach to architecture, working with Terraform, Ansible, GitHub and cloud-native technologies.
• Develop solution options papers, evaluating technical approaches and recommending strategically aligned solutions.
• Define MVPs, technical roadmaps and lean business cases, including the decomposition of epics and technical enablers.
• Provide architecture and design assurance across Corporate Functions, ensuring solutions align with wider technology strategy.
• Produce and maintain architecture documentation, including Product Architecture Designs (PADs) and Living Design Knowledgebases.
• Maintain architectural changes, technology decisions and application dependencies within enterprise architecture tools such as LeanIX.
• Identify reusable architecture patterns and opportunities to improve technology capabilities across the organisation.
• Work closely with stakeholders across Corporate Functions to translate business requirements into practical, deliverable technology solutions. Essential experience needed:
• Proven experience as a Solution Architect within a complex enterprise environment.
• Strong hands-on experience designing solutions across Microsoft Azure and AWS.
• Practical experience with Terraform, Ansible and GitHub, including Infrastructure as Code and automation.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, integration, security and enterprise technology standards
• Experience architecting Microsoft-centric data platforms, including Azure Data Lake, Microsoft Fabric and lakehouse architectures.
• Experience producing solution options papers, technical designs, architecture roadmaps and lean business cases.
• Experience delivering technology solutions supporting Corporate Functions, such as Finance, HR, Procurement or shared services.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage both technical teams and senior business stakeholders. The Ideal Candidate We're looking for a technically strong, hands-on Solution Architect who can operate across both solution design and practical technical delivery. You'll be comfortable working directly with engineering teams, challenging technical decisions and translating complex business requirements into scalable cloud solutions, ideally with experience supporting Corporate Functions within a large enterprise. Apply now for immediate review.