Solution Architect - Active SC - Remote - 6 months at Stealth IT Consulting, United Kingdom, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

Job Title: Solution Architect
Rate: £650 (Outside IR35)
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Remote
Clearance: Active SC
Stages: 1 Stage

Key responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of end-to-end solution architectures for digital services and transformation programmes.

• Translate complex business requirements into scalable, secure and cost-effective technical solutions.

• Produce high-level and low-level solution architecture designs, technical specifications, architecture diagrams and implementation roadmaps.

• Design cloud-based solutions using AWS and Azure, ensuring scalability, availability, resilience and security.

• Define application architecture, integration patterns, APIs, microservices and data flows across multiple systems.

• Work closely with development teams using Java, Spring Boot, React, Node.js, .NET and other enterprise technologies.

• Support Legacy application modernisation, system migration and cloud transformation initiatives.

• Ensure solutions follow organisational architectural principles, enterprise standards, security policies and technology guidelines.

• Assess technical risks, identify dependencies and recommend appropriate architectural patterns and technologies.

• Work with security, infrastructure, DevOps and data teams to ensure solutions meet operational and compliance requirements.

• Participate in architecture governance and technical design reviews.

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to software engineers, technical leads and delivery teams.

• Collaborate with product owners, business analysts and senior stakeholders to ensure solutions meet business objectives.

• Support Agile delivery teams throughout the software development lifecycle, from discovery and design through to implementation and production support.

Essential technical skills and experience

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect within large-scale enterprise or public-sector environments.

• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, application architecture and solution design principles.