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Solutions Architect - London or Coventry, City of London
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Client:
FDM
Location:
City of London, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Reference:
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Job Views:
7
Posted:
14.07.2025
Expiry Date:
28.08.2025
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Job Description:
FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Solutions Architect to work for our client within the retail sector. This is initially a 6 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in either London or Coventry.
Responsibilities:
* Design robust integration solutions across commercial, HR, and data platforms within a complex, multi-brand retail environment
* Lead architectural planning for the decommissioning of legacy systems, ensuring smooth transitions to modern, scalable services
* Define and document integration standards, including API strategies, event schemas, and interface contracts to enable decoupled, reusable services
* Implement event-driven architectures using Kafka to support real-time data exchange and responsive system interactions
* Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, engineering teams, and platform leads to define scalable service boundaries and integration touchpoints
* Support the design and adoption of strategic data services, promoting data integrity, consistency, and standardisation across the enterprise
* Ensure integration consistency in areas such as data handling, authentication, error management, and versioning
* Lead design reviews for integration solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles and governance frameworks
* Act as a trusted advisor, championing best practices in integration architecture and guiding teams on modern interoperability approaches
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