Lead Solution Architect (SAM / BEEDS)

Salary: £81,360 - 81,360 per year

• Strong end-to-end solution architecture experience, including requirements analysis, technical options assessment, solution design and delivery
• Experience developing architectural artefacts, including high-level designs, solution options, blueprints, technology strategies and roadmaps
• Proven architectural governance experience, including presenting and defending solution designs through Design Authority or Architecture Review Boards
• Strong cloud architecture experience
• Experience designing integration architectures, including APIs, cloud technologies and data pipelines
• Experience working with data and analytics platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Databricks or equivalent technologies
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders and gain agreement on architectural decisions
• Experience in financial services, regulatory or other highly regulated environments is desirable
• Knowledge of regulatory data collection, submission and validation processes is desirable
• Familiarity with data formats and reporting standards such as XBRL, XML and JSON is desirable
• Experience with Azure data services, including Azure Data Lake Storage, Databricks or Azure Data Factory, is desirable
• Understanding of data governance, quality, security and data lifecycle management is desirable
• Experience supporting technology procurement, supplier assessments or large-scale platform modernisation is desirable

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture, from requirements gathering and technical options analysis through design, governance and delivery
• Develop technology strategies, roadmaps and architectural artefacts, including high-level designs, blueprints, solution options and target-state designs
• Design scalable, secure cloud-based solutions incorporating APIs, integrations, data pipelines and analytics platforms
• Lead solutions through architectural governance and Design Authority, presenting designs, addressing challenges and securing approvals
• Work with business stakeholders, engineers, security teams, Data Architects and suppliers to ensure solutions meet business and technical requirements
• Evaluate technology options, assess trade-offs and recommend solutions that support our strategic objectives
• Support design assurance throughout delivery, ensuring solutions remain aligned with approved architecture and standards

• Azure
• Cloud
• Databricks
• Fabric
• Support
• JSON
• Security
• XML
• Architect

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We at the Bank of England play a vital role in maintaining the UKs monetary and financial stability. In partnership with Inspire People, we are recruiting experienced Lead Solution Architects to support technology modernisation across our regulatory data services. Our programmes include modernising regulatory submissions from banks and insurers and developing internal data and analytics capabilities for supervisory teams. This influential senior architecture role contributes to major transformation programmes and the delivery of secure, resilient platforms supporting our regulatory and supervisory functions. The position is a 21-month fixed-term contract, with a view to becoming permanent, and offers hybrid working from London or Leeds. Base salary ranges are £80,320–£90,360 in London and £72,320–£81,360 in Leeds, plus an 8% benefits allowance and a discretionary annual performance award of 10–25%. Benefits include a non-contributory career-average pension, 26 days of annual leave with the option to buy up to 12 additional days, hybrid working typically involving 50% office attendance and at least 40% per month, flexible hours and working patterns, an abroad-working policy subject to approval, private medical insurance and income protection.

last updated 45 week of 2026