Senior / Solutions Architect - Protection
1 week ago
Job Title: Senior / Solution Architects - Protection
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Edge / Haymarket
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 31st October 2025
At Royal London Group, we're building technology that makes a difference. Reporting into the Lead Domain Architects & aligned to our Protections Business Value Stream, our Solutions Architects lead the design of innovative, secure, and scalable solutions that support millions of customers across pensions, protection, and savings.
We're looking for Snr & Solutions Architects - strategic thinkers and hands-on technologists who thrive in collaborative, inclusive environments. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders, influence enterprise direction, and mentor others—all while delivering impactful solutions across cloud, AI, digital experiences, and modern architecture.
Responsibilities
- Interpret Business Needs: Translate business and technical requirements into clear architectural designs that support long-term product evolution and strategic goals.
- Assess Technology: Evaluate current systems for gaps and opportunities, guide end-of-life decisions, and recommend improvements to reduce technical debt and enhance efficiency.
- Apply Technology: Lead solution design across platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security, and performance. Collaborate across teams to deliver robust, integrated solutions that drive business outcomes.
What you'll bring
- Proven experience in solution architecture within complex, regulated environments (Protections / Assurance experience preferred)
- Strong grasp of modern architecture patterns (e.g. MACH, event-driven, DDD)
- Hands-on skills in C4, ArchiMate, and tools like Ardoq, LeanIX, or Orbus
- Engineering background in .NET, Java, Python, Azure, CI/CD, APIs, and data platforms
- Ability to translate business goals into executable, scalable designs
- Passion for mentoring, continuous learning, and inclusive collaboration
We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits
Inclusion, diversity and belonging
We're an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.
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