Hybrid Solution Architect

at Expleo Group

• Job title: Solution Architect
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Sunderland, United Kingdom

About the role

• Solution Architect developing technology solutions that align with business objectives at Expleo. Collaborating with stakeholders and ensuring compliance with enterprise architecture standards.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end technology solutions that meet business requirements and align with enterprise architecture principles and standards.
• Translate business objectives and requirements into solution architectures, ensuring scalability, interoperability, and compliance with governance, security, and regulatory frameworks.
• Develop and maintain solution design artefacts (e.g., architecture diagrams, integration patterns, high-level design documents) to support project delivery and ongoing operations.
• Engage with third-party vendors to assess product capabilities and constraints.
• Collaborate with business partners, project managers, developers, and other architects to ensure consistent implementation of solution designs.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the solution delivery lifecycle, from requirements analysis to deployment and support.
• Participate in architectural review boards and governance processes to ensure solution quality and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Advise on the integration of new systems, platforms, and technologies, ensuring seamless interoperability with existing solutions and alignment with data and security requirements.
• Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies, evaluating their applicability to the organisation’s business and technology landscape.
• Support portfolio management by providing estimates (duration and financial) for demand items and ensuring solutions are prioritised and delivered in alignment with business value objectives.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing within the IT function.

Requirements

• Strong technical knowledge across infrastructure, applications, data, integration, cloud, and security domains.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and influencing skills across both business and technical domains.
• Ability to provide solution assurance and governance across multiple projects and programmes.
• Familiarity with portfolio management, technology investment planning, and value realisation aligned to business strategy.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strategic thinker with strong business orientation.
• Collaborative and able to work across boundaries to achieve results.
• Committed to continuous improvement, innovation, and professional development.
• Demonstrated experience translating business requirements into actionable solution designs and roadmaps.
• Experience with creation and maintenance of solution design artefacts and standards.
• Proven track record of delivering technology solutions aligned with business goals.
• Experience in transportation, mobility, or related industries (advantageous).
• Significant experience in solution architecture or related roles within complex, multi-business-unit organisations.
• Proven ability to design and deliver solutions that achieve business alignment, scalability, interoperability, and compliance with industry frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman).
• Experience using ArchiMate modelling framework and Enterprise Architecture tools such as BizzDesign, Orbus Infinity, or similar.

Benefits

• Competitive company benefits
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses.
• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges.
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects.