Lead Solution Architect
Summary
Lead Solution Architect designs enterprise-scale HR tech systems on Azure, defining high-level designs, data models, and governance for regulatory compliance and stakeholder alignment.
Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year
Requirements:- Azure capability across ADLS, Databricks, App Services, Purview, identity and integration patterns.
- Proven experience shaping enterprise architecture artefacts including HLDs, blueprints, options and phased roadmaps.
- Advanced data-collection and modelling capability, including regulatory standards such as XBRL and XML.
- Ability to drive architectural governance, influence senior stakeholders and ensure alignment to strategic direction.
- Experience designing cloud-native platforms, high-volume ingestion pipelines and workflow orchestration.
- Experience within regulated environments or large-scale financial services architecture (desirable).
- Familiarity with EA frameworks including TOGAF, SAFe or Zachman (desirable).
- Exposure to UX, service design or user-facing workflow optimisation (desirable).
- Background in operational resilience, service continuity or hybrid architecture patterns (desirable).
- Integration with enterprise data platforms, analytics tooling or data-governance systems (desirable).
- Develop technology strategies, roadmaps and architectural artefacts (HLDs, blueprints, target states) that guide enterprise and regulatory platforms.
- Lead architectural governance, presenting at design forums and ensuring alignment with Bank-wide standards.
- Shape secure data architectures across Azure services, including ingestion, validation, modelling and metadata design.
- Partner with stakeholders across Technology, Data, Policy and Delivery to influence decisions and provide thought leadership.
- Support procurement processes, vendor assessments and technical requirements across key programmes.
- Azure
- Cloud
- Databricks
- Support
- TOGAF
- XML
- UX UI Design
- Architect
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We are the Bank of England, dedicated to safeguarding the nations financial system. Our team operates in an inclusive culture that values diversity, wellbeing, and career development, providing a flexible working environment with hybrid options. This position is based in Leeds on a 21-month FTC, offering a competitive salary, an 8% cash benefits allowance, discretionary annual bonus, private medical insurance, and a non-contributory pension. If you want to deliver technology that strengthens the UKs financial stability, we would love to hear from you.
last updated 32 week of 2026