Solution Architect (Cloud and AI)
Hastings Direct
In this role, you design cloud-first solutions and govern the technology estate to enable scalable, customer-focused outcomes. You’ll work closely with business and engineering stakeholders to translate opportunities into pragmatic architectures, guiding patterns and integration approaches. The position sits in the Solution Architecture team within a CIO-focused, collaborative environment, supporting AI delivery from PoC to production. You will influence design decisions and promote reusable components to drive strategic cloud initiatives.
Pay / Benefits- salary plus car allowance
- flexible and hybrid working
- annual performance bonus
- private medical insurance ( PMI )
- pension contribution match up to 10%
- wellbeing and financial benefits (discounts, mortgage advice)
- Design and govern cloud-first solutions across platforms and services
- Lead architecture assessments and decision-making, defining patterns and integration approaches
- Evolve roadmaps, promote reuse, and ensure alignment with architecture principles
- Translate business opportunities and challenges into pragmatic target solutions
- Support the AI delivery cycle from PoC to production rollout
- Build trusted-adviser relationships and influence flexible design elements to achieve best outcomes
- Collaborate with business and engineering stakeholders to land aligned architectures
- Strong hands-on experience designing and governing solutions on Microsoft Azure (security, resiliency, cost)
- Proven ability to modernise application landscapes using contemporary architecture patterns
- Practical AI capability experience—identifying use cases and enabling/building AI solutions
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management—clear storytelling and alignment across business and tech
- communication
- stakeholder management
- collaboration
- Microsoft Azure (security, resiliency, cost)
- modern architecture patterns
- practical AI capability and tooling
Reference: WJ-747_30141562