Hybrid Lead Solution Architect

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About the role

  • Lead Solution Architect shaping digital product solutions for AQA and guiding best architectural practices. Manage and support a team to deliver scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Defining and maintaining solution architecture standards, principles, and frameworks.
  • Leading and managing a team of Solution Architects, supporting their development and embedding best practice.
  • Collaborating across product, technology, and business domains to evaluate solution options and shape clear recommendations.
  • Providing architectural oversight and governance across initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, data strategy, and security policies.

Requirements

  • Bring solution architecture experience across complex or multi‑domain environments.
  • Are confident engaging with senior stakeholders and translating architectural thinking for non‑technical audiences.
  • Have a strong technical background and understanding of modern architectural practices, especially cloud-native approaches.
  • Are collaborative, inquisitive, and comfortable challenging thinking constructively.
  • Can lead, mentor, and inspire a team—even if you’ve not had formal line management responsibilities before.

Benefits

  • 25 days' annual leave, rising to 30 with service, plus bank holidays and extra closure days at Christmas
  • a 35-hour working week with flexible working arrangements
  • an excellent contributory pension scheme (6%–11.5% depending on your contribution)
  • life assurance, BUPA PMI, and health cash plan

Job title

Lead Solution Architect

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

£73,600 - £89,700 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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