Senior Solutions Architect

Senior Solutions Architect | 6-month contract | Up to £675/day | Hybrid, Swindon A leading UK wealth management firm needs a hands-on Senior Solutions Architect to take defined initiatives in its Platform Value Stream from problem definition through to delivery. The key details Rate: up to £675/day inside IR35, via umbrella Length: 6 months Location: hybrid, Swindon (2 days per week on site) Start: ASAP The role This is a delivery role. It has no people management and no architecture-practice leadership. You''ll own the architecture for specific initiatives end to end: Get up to speed quickly on current state, requirements, constraints and open decisions Assess options and produce proportionate conceptual, logical and physical designs Take designs through governance and into delivery mobilisation Resolve technical decisions and dependencies across Product, Engineering, Data, Security, Infrastructure and third-party teams Hand over cleanly to permanent teams You''ll be judged on what gets delivered and adopted, not on the volume of documentation you produce. What you''ll need Recent solution architecture delivery in regulated financial services Hands-on design ownership, not just assurance or review Experience working within an established governance framework and architecture standards Comfort working with third-party delivery partners Ability to get to grips with an unfamiliar estate quickly Wealth, investment platform or Azure experience is a strong plus ..... full job details .....