Solutions Architect, Digital

At ICAEW, you'll be part of an organisation that's shaping the future of business, finance and the accountancy profession on a global scale. Our bold 2030 Strategy puts members, innovation, sustainability and trust at the heart of everything we do-creating an exciting, forward-looking environment where your work has real impact. We invest in our people through our benefits package, continuous development and a supportive, inclusive culture that empowers you to grow and thrive. If you're looking for a role with purpose, influence and opportunity, ICAEW is a place where your future can truly take shape.

Role Profile

To design and support the delivery of modern, user-centred digital platforms and services that align with ICAEW's strategic objectives. This role is central to shaping a secure, accessible, and scalable digital ecosystem by aligning technical solutions to business needs, regulatory requirements, and best practices in design and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, modular, and high-performing digital solutions, optimised for usability, accessibility, and maintainability.
• Champion a configuration-led, API-first approach that aligns with ICAEW's enterprise architecture guiderails.
• Provide architectural oversight throughout delivery, acting as a technical lead during design, development, testing, and go-live.
• Design cloud-native solutions on Azure that leverage platform services, DevOps tooling, and scalable architectures.
• Collaborate effectively with product owners, service teams, delivery partners, and governance boards to ensure alignment between architecture and business strategy.
• Contribute to the evolution of ICAEW's architecture practice by refining design principles, maintaining reusable pattern libraries, and standardising delivery approaches.

Candidate Profile

Requirements include:

• Extensive experience designing and delivering digital platforms, ideally using enterprise CMS platforms such as Sitecore, Adobe Experience Manager, or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of API-first, secure, and cloud-native architectures (preferably Azure).
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of service design, accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG), and inclusive technology delivery.
• Experience working in agile, cross-functional, and multi-vendor teams.
• Demonstrate deep expertise in digital platforms, particularly enterprise CMS (e.g., Sitecore), including content modelling, personalisation, and multilingual support.

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Why work for us?

We want you to enjoy your work and flourish in your role.

Our working environment is friendly and supportive, and we encourage everyone to understand personal differences and treat each other with respect.

We are a diverse organisation, employing skilled and motivated people from all backgrounds and helping them to reach their full potential, through training and development.

Sustainability is important to us, and we work hard to reduce our carbon footprint, whether that’s in our buildings through lighting and heating, or encouraging staff to recycle and reduce paper consumption.

Our employee benefits include:

• A substantial suite of training and development
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous benefits package which includes gym discounts, pension plan, season ticket travel loans and health and dental plans

We are a disability confident employer.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should we receive enough suitable applications.