Job Details
Salary: From £48,109 pa dependent on experience.
Location: Milton Keynes.
Hybrid Working: Minimum 60% of working time in the Milton Keynes office while flexibility is expected to meet the needs of the business and the role.
Hours / Contract Type: Full time, permanent.
Closing Date: 17/04/26.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Drive impactful business and IT change across the organisation, helping to deliver our strategic goals and long‑term business vision.
* Develop compliant Solution Designs and architectural options using our Architecture tooling, following our Enterprise Architecture Agile Principles. Present and gain approval through the Solution Design Review and/or Architecture Review Board.
* Lead feasibility assessments and create clear recommendations for the UK Board of Management, supporting informed investment decisions and mobilisation of new initiatives.
* Evaluate new software solutions and secure approval from German headquarters in line with the Software Requirement Process (SWRP).
* Collaborate closely with IT teams, ensuring Quality Management (QM) processes are followed and all IT Governance and Acceptance into Service requirements are met.
* Translate complex business and technical requirements into robust architectural designs, using reference architectures and guidance from the Enterprise Architecture function to produce solution blueprints.
* Provide support and direction to IT Engineering teams during delivery, ensuring solutions remain aligned with the approved High‑Level Solution Design.
What You’ll Bring
You’ll have a passion for solving business problems through smart architecture; a focus on delivering secure, scalable and future‑ready solutions; and a delivery mindset that ensures quality outcomes while driving continuous improvement across technology and change initiatives.
Essential Experience & Skills
* An interest in Solution Architecture, with hands‑on experience.
* Proven experience in creating clear, well‑structured technical proposals, including defined objectives, cost considerations and expected business benefits.
* Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Microsoft Azure, and how to design solutions that optimise their capabilities.
* Strong architectural judgement—you know what good architecture looks like and how to steer teams towards it.
* Experience producing high‑level Solution Designs, and producing more detailed low‑level technical designs to support engineering teams during delivery.
What’s in it for you?
Bonus: Discretionary 10% on‑target bonus (based on personal and Group company performance).
Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution.
Car schemes*: Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehicles plus car insurance.
Company Car scheme: Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member.
Other benefits: From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers, access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults), as well as other salary sacrifice options including a will writing service and cycle to work (subject to scheme restrictions).
After probation: Access to private medical insurance for you (with the option to buy additional family cover), access to our loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for your partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions) and during our annual benefit window you can purchase critical illness cover and dental cover, so you can select the benefits that matter to you.
Professional development: Access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed platform and a host of professional development programmes and opportunities to build your technical and soft skills. Mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships are also available.
Thank you for considering VWFS UK
Your application meets our inclusive employer policies. We encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates, and if you need any reasonable adjustments to assist you with the application and/or recruitment processes, please contact our Resourcing Team.
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