Solution Architect--- Real-Time Data Platform
Posted Today by Red Global
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London, United Kingdom
Summary: RED is seeking a Solution Architect for a contract role focused on designing and delivering a large-scale, real-time data platform. The position requires collaboration with various teams to create scalable and secure architecture for event-driven systems and cloud-native platforms. The role is hybrid, requiring three days onsite in West London, with potential for contract extension. Candidates should have extensive experience in complex distributed systems and relevant technologies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own solution architecture for real-time event capture, processing and propagation.
- Design scalable, resilient and secure distributed systems.
- Define system architecture, data flows, API integrations and event-driven patterns.
- Work with engineering teams to ensure designs are feasible and implemented correctly.
- Support architecture reviews, technical decision-making and design governance.
- Identify technical risks, trade-offs and dependencies early.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, data science and platform teams.
- Create clear architecture documentation including HLDs, LLDs and system flow diagrams.
- Ensure solutions support performance, reliability, operability and future scalability.
- Support data infrastructure that enables analytics and AI/ML-driven use cases.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience as a Solution Architect / Technical Architect in complex distributed systems.
- Experience with Kafka, Pub/Sub, SNS/SQS or similar messaging technologies.
- Strong API design experience.
- Experience with high-volume, low-latency data processing platforms.
- Good understanding of distributed data stores such as DynamoDB, Bigtable, Cassandra, MongoDB or similar.
- Cloud experience across AWS and/or GCP.
- Strong understanding of scalability, resilience, fault tolerance, security and performance optimisation.
- Ability to work closely with engineering teams and influence technical delivery.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex architecture clearly.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
**Solution Architect - Real-Time Data Platforms-Contract role**
RED is looking for an experienced Solution Architect to support the design and delivery of a large-scale, real-time data platform. The role will focus on defining scalable, resilient and secure architecture across event-driven systems, API-led integrations, distributed data stores and cloud-native platforms.
The consultant will work closely with engineering, product, data and platform teams to translate business and product objectives into clear technical solution designs.
This is a 6-month contract with extension possibilities and 3 days onsite presence in West London, hybrid working.
Key Responsibilities
- Own solution architecture for real-time event capture, processing and propagation.
- Design scalable, resilient and secure distributed systems.
- Define system architecture, data flows, API integrations and event-driven patterns.
- Work with engineering teams to ensure designs are feasible and implemented correctly.
- Support architecture reviews, technical decision-making and design governance.
- Identify technical risks, trade-offs and dependencies early.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, data science and platform teams.
- Create clear architecture documentation including HLDs, LLDs and system flow diagrams.
- Ensure solutions support performance, reliability, operability and future scalability.
- Support data infrastructure that enables analytics and AI/ML-driven use cases.
Required Skills
- Strong experience as a Solution Architect / Technical Architect in complex distributed systems.
- Experience with Kafka, Pub/Sub, SNS/SQS or similar messaging technologies.
- Strong API design experience
- Experience with high-volume, low-latency data processing platforms.
- Good understanding of distributed data stores such as DynamoDB, Bigtable, Cassandra, MongoDB or similar.
- Cloud experience across AWS and/or GCP.
- Strong understanding of scalability, resilience, fault tolerance, security and performance optimisation.
- Ability to work closely with engineering teams and influence technical delivery.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex architecture clearly.
If you are interested in this position, please apply or send your updated CV to Nisha Sharma, nisharma@redglobal.com for immediate consideration
Reference
CR/135494_1783523357
Date
8 Jul 2026