Senior / Solutions Architect - Long Standing Customers
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Job Title: Senior / Solution Architect
Business Value Stream / Platform: Long Standing Customers
/ Haymarket
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 1st August 2025
At Royal London Group, we’re evolving the technology that supports our long-standing customers—ensuring legacy systems remain secure, efficient, and future-ready. Reporting to the Principal Architect (Lead Domain Architect) we’re looking for Snr & Solutions Architects to lead the design of scalable, modern solutions that support our core propositions across pensions, assurance, and annuities.
Job Title: Senior / Solution Architect
Business Value Stream / Platform: Long Standing Customers
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Edge/ Haymarket
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 1st August 2025
At Royal London Group, we’re evolving the technology that supports our long-standing customers—ensuring legacy systems remain secure, efficient, and future-ready. Reporting to the Principal Architect (Lead Domain Architect) we’re looking for Snr & Solutions Architects to lead the design of scalable, modern solutions that support our core propositions across pensions, assurance, and annuities.
You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, engineers, and product teams to drive large-scale policy administration migrations and shape enterprise-wide architecture strategies.
Responsibilities
* Interpret Business Needs: Translate business and technical requirements into clear architectural designs that support long-term product evolution and strategic goals.
* Assess Technology: Evaluate current systems for gaps and opportunities, guide end-of-life decisions, and recommend improvements to reduce technical debt and enhance efficiency.
* Apply Technology: Lead solution design across platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security, and performance. Collaborate across teams to deliver robust, integrated solutions that drive business outcomes.
What You’ll Bring
* Proven experience in solution architecture within LSC domain/ regulated industries (insurance, pensions, annuities)
* Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns (MACH, event-driven, DDD, Strangler Fig)
* Hands-on experience with C4, ArchiMate, and tools like Ardoq, LeanIX, or Orbus
* Technical expertise in .NET, Java, Azure, CI/CD, APIs, and data platforms (SQL, NoSQL, Snowflake, Databricks)
* Familiarity with policy platforms (e.g. Bravura Sonata, TCS BaNCS, FNZ) and cloud migration frameworks
* Ability to lead complex migrations, modernise estates, and design traceable, executable solutions
* Passion for mentoring, inclusive collaboration, and continuous learning
About Royal London
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleaguesis that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits
Inclusion, diversity and belonging
We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.
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