Application Solution Architect
Posted Today by ARM (Advanced Resource Managers)
£575 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London, UK
Summary: The Application Solution Architect role is a hands-on leadership position focused on enterprise application modernization within the finance sector. The successful candidate will define target architectures, lead application transformation programs, and establish architectural standards. This role emphasizes application modernization over infrastructure or enterprise architecture. The position requires extensive experience in solution architecture and a strong background in modern technology adoption.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the assessment and modernization of Legacy and monolithic applications.
- Develop application modernization strategies, roadmaps, and target-state architectures.
- Drive the decomposition of monolithic applications into modular, service-oriented, or microservices-based architectures.
- Define migration approaches that balance business continuity, risk, cost, and delivery timelines.
- Identify and reduce technical debt through strategic architecture decisions.
- Own end-to-end solution architecture for application transformation programmes.
- Produce solution designs, architecture artefacts, reference architectures, and technical standards.
- Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, maintainable, and aligned with business objectives.
- Provide architectural oversight throughout the delivery life cycle.
- Lead migration from traditional Microsoft technology stacks to modern architectures and development approaches.
- Drive adoption of microservices architecture, API-first design, event-driven architecture, cloud-native development patterns, and modern Front End development using React.
- Support modernization of application integration and data access patterns.
- Establish and govern common application design principles and standards.
- Champion architectural approaches including Clean Architecture, Strangler Fig Pattern, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), SOLID Principles, Separation of Concerns, and Twelve-Factor Application principles.
- Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical assurance.
- Provide leadership and guidance to development teams and technical leads.
- Mentor engineers on modern architecture patterns and best practices.
- Facilitate architecture workshops and technical design sessions.
- Act as the primary architecture authority for application modernization initiatives.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, programme managers, product owners, and engineering teams.
- Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Communicate architectural vision and transformation strategies to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience as a Solution Architect with a strong focus on application architecture and modernization.
- Proven track record delivering large-scale application transformation programmes.
- Experience modernizing Legacy Microsoft-based applications.
- Strong experience designing and implementing microservices architectures.
- Demonstrable experience defining application modernization strategies and migration roadmaps.
- Experience working across the full software development life cycle.
- Strong background in C#, .NET Framework, .NET Core/.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server, and REST APIs.
- Experience transitioning traditional Microsoft applications to modern architectures.
- Strong understanding of modern Front End architecture.
- Experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, and component-based UI design.
Salary: £575 per day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Application Solution Architect
6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - up to £575 per day
London based - hybrid working - 2 days a week on site
Finance sector - previous experience in this sector required
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Application Solution Architect to lead enterprise application modernisation initiatives. This is a hands-on architecture leadership role.
The successful candidate will be responsible for defining target architectures, leading application transformation programmes, and establishing architectural standards and design principles across the organisation. This is an out-and-out Solution Architect role, with a strong emphasis on application modernisation rather than infrastructure or enterprise architecture.
Key Responsibilities
Application Modernisation Leadership
- Lead the assessment and modernisation of Legacy and monolithic applications.
- Develop application modernisation strategies, roadmaps, and target-state architectures.
- Drive the decomposition of monolithic applications into modular, service-oriented, or microservices-based architectures.
- Define migration approaches that balance business continuity, risk, cost, and delivery timelines.
- Identify and reduce technical debt through strategic architecture decisions.
Solution Architecture
- Own end-to-end solution architecture for application transformation programmes.
- Produce solution designs, architecture artefacts, reference architectures, and technical standards.
- Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, maintainable, and aligned with business objectives.
- Provide architectural oversight throughout the delivery life cycle.
Modern Technology Adoption
- Lead migration from traditional Microsoft technology stacks to modern architectures and development approaches.
- Drive adoption of:
- Microservices architecture
- API-first design
- Event-driven architecture
- Cloud-native development patterns
- Modern Front End development using React
- Support modernisation of application integration and data access patterns.
Architecture Standards & Best Practices
- Establish and govern common application design principles and standards.
- Champion architectural approaches including:
- Clean Architecture
- Strangler Fig Pattern
- Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
- SOLID Principles
- Separation of Concerns
- Twelve-Factor Application principles
- Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical assurance.
Technical Leadership
- Provide leadership and guidance to development teams and technical leads.
- Mentor engineers on modern architecture patterns and best practices.
- Facilitate architecture workshops and technical design sessions.
- Act as the primary architecture authority for application modernisation initiatives.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, programme managers, product owners, and engineering teams.
- Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Communicate architectural vision and transformation strategies to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Required Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as a Solution Architect with a strong focus on application architecture and modernisation.
- Proven track record delivering large-scale application transformation programmes.
- Experience modernising Legacy Microsoft-based applications.
- Strong experience designing and implementing microservices architectures.
- Demonstrable experience defining application modernisation strategies and migration roadmaps.
- Experience working across the full software development life cycle.
Microsoft Technology Expertise
- Strong background in:
- C#
- .NET Framework
- .NET Core/.NET
- ASP.NET
- SQL Server
- REST APIs
- Experience transitioning traditional Microsoft applications to modern architectures.
Front End Experience
- Strong understanding of modern Front End architecture.
- Experience with:
- React
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Component-based UI design
Disclaimer:
This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.