Solution Architect

Summary: The role of Solution Architect involves joining a high-impact team focused on creating a seamless travel experience. This 6-month contract requires bridging vertical autonomy with global platform adoption, guiding various verticals through migrations, and enhancing architectural strategies. The position emphasizes hands-on guidance within an AWS ecosystem and practical innovation through AI applications. The role is hybrid, requiring three days per month onsite in Manchester.

Key Responsibilities:

• Guide diverse verticals (Flights, Cars, Insurance, etc.) through critical migrations onto company-wide order management and payment platforms.
• Identify common patterns across the ecosystem to reduce divergence and help engineering teams learn from one another.
• Act as a hands-on guide within an advanced AWS ecosystem, helping teams make the right service selections and infrastructure decisions.
• Explore how AI can tangibly improve developer productivity and workflow automation-moving past the hype into real-world application.

Key Skills:

• Experience in solution architecture and cloud navigation, particularly with AWS.
• Strong understanding of order management and payment platforms.
• Ability to identify and implement architectural strategies across diverse verticals.
• Knowledge of AI applications in improving developer productivity.

Salary (Rate): £900.00 Daily

City: Manchester

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Solution Architect (Contract) - Manchester

We are looking for a Solution Architect to join a high-impact team dedicated to building a seamless, all-in-one travel experience.

In this 6-month engagement, you won't just be drawing diagrams; you'll be the bridge between vertical autonomy and global platform adoption.

The Mission

• Platform Evolution: Guide diverse verticals (Flights, Cars, Insurance, etc.) through critical migrations onto company-wide order management and payment platforms.

• Architectural Strategy: Identify common patterns across the ecosystem to reduce divergence and help engineering teams learn from one another.

• Cloud Navigation: Act as a hands-on guide within an advanced AWS ecosystem, helping teams make the right service selections and infrastructure decisions.

• Practical Innovation: Explore how AI can tangibly improve developer productivity and workflow automation-moving past the hype into real-world application.

The Details

• Duration: 6-Month Contract.

• Location: Manchester Hybrid (3 days per month onsite).

• Impact: You'll join a small, elite architecture team working across a full portfolio of travel services.

If interested, please apply here or share your updated CV to

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