Solutions Architect

Role: Lead Solution Architect – Oracle Fusion Cloud

Location: UK – Remote / Hybrid, with occasional travel to Reading and client sites as required.

Job Type: Long-term contract outside IR35

Clearance: SC Clearance is essential for this role.

About the Role

Akoni Technologies is seeking an experienced Lead Solution Architect – Oracle Fusion Cloud to support the delivery of a major digital transformation programme for one of our UK public sector clients.

The successful candidate will provide strategic solution and technical architecture leadership across a complex Oracle Fusion Cloud environment covering ERP, HCM, EPM, integrations, automation and associated cloud services.

You will work closely with the client, lead delivery partner and multiple third‑party suppliers to ensure that solutions are appropriately designed, assured, implemented and transitioned into live service in accordance with the client's digital, architectural, security and governance principles.

This is a senior architecture role requiring strong experience of enterprise‑scale Oracle Fusion Cloud programmes, multi‑supplier environments and complex public sector or regulated organisations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end solution architecture for Oracle Fusion Cloud solutions across ERP, HCM, EPM and associated services.
• Define and maintain strategic architecture, solution roadmaps, High‑Level Designs (HLDs), technical designs and supporting architecture artefacts.
• Ensure proposed solutions align with client digital principles, enterprise architecture standards, security requirements and governance frameworks.
• Provide architecture assurance for solutions proposed and delivered by third‑party suppliers.
• Review and challenge supplier designs to ensure the correct architecture, technologies and integration patterns are being purchased and deployed.
• Provide strategic direction across Oracle SaaS, PaaS and IaaS capabilities.
• Lead architectural decision‑making across functional and technical workstreams.
• Define integration approaches between Oracle Fusion and internal or external enterprise systems.
• Support the design of enterprise‑grade integrations using APIs, middleware and Oracle integration technologies.
• Support architecture relating to workforce management, workforce planning, rostering and HCM integrations.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, supportable and suitable for live service.
• Support cutover planning, service transition, hypercare, knowledge transfer and handover into BAU operations.
• Provide architectural oversight for Oracle quarterly releases, patches, platform upgrades and technical debt remediation.
• Support the implementation of automated regression testing and release assurance processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency using automation, digital workflows, RPA, analytics and AI‑enabled tooling.
• Work with security teams to ensure appropriate security architecture, protective monitoring, access controls and compliance evidence are incorporated into solutions.
• Support incident, problem and technical risk management where architectural input is required.
• Maintain architecture decision records, technical risks, dependencies and design documentation.
• Participate in programme governance, architecture boards, design reviews, retrospectives and continuous improvement activities.
• Build strong working relationships with client stakeholders, delivery partners and third‑party vendors.

Candidates should have substantial experience in the following areas:

• Proven experience as a Lead Solution Architect, Principal Solution Architect or Senior Solution Architect on large‑scale enterprise transformation programmes.
• Strong hands‑on architecture experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle Fusion applications, particularly:
• Oracle ERP Cloud
• Oracle HCM Cloud
• Oracle EPM Cloud
• Experience architecting solutions across Oracle SaaS, PaaS and cloud integration services.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture and end‑to‑end solution design.
• Experience developing and assuring:
• High‑Level Designs
• Experience working within complex multi‑supplier / multi‑vendor environments.
• Demonstrable experience providing architecture assurance and challenging supplier technical designs.
• Strong experience with enterprise integrations, APIs and integration platforms.
• Understanding of Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) or equivalent enterprise integration technologies.
• Experience integrating Oracle Fusion with third‑party applications and enterprise platforms.
• Experience delivering systems through development, testing, cutover, hypercare and transition into live service.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, identity, access management, monitoring, resilience and non‑functional requirements.
• Experience supporting major application releases, platform upgrades, patches and technical debt remediation.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into practical architectural solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including engagement with senior technical and business stakeholders.
• Previous delivery experience within UK Central Government, wider public sector or highly regulated organisations.
• Experience working with Government Digital and Data standards or equivalent public‑sector architecture principles.
• Knowledge of workforce management, rostering and workforce planning solutions.
• Experience with Oracle HCM integrations and workforce‑related data flows.
• Experience with automation technologies, RPA, AI‑enabled tooling or intelligent workflow automation.
• Experience establishing automated testing or regression‑testing approaches for Oracle Fusion.
• Understanding of ITIL‑based live‑service and service‑transition environments.
• Experience working in Agile and multidisciplinary digital delivery teams.
• Familiarity with SFIA‑aligned capability frameworks.
• Oracle Cloud or architecture certifications would be advantageous.