Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday Duration: Permanent Location: Gloucester Job Ref: 204382 About the role Benefact Group are looking for a Solution Architect to join our Gloucester office. The architecture team is continuing to grow at Benefact Group and is seeking a highly skilled Solution Architect to join us. You will be responsible for designing and overseeing the implementation of comprehensive solutions that align with our business goals and technology strategy, working with a variety of business and technical stakeholders. Why join us? Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group—where all profits go to charity and good causes. What you'll be doing Creating technology roadmaps and reference models at a business domain level Providing architectural guidance and support to technology procurement Producing platform and solution designs and supporting these through delivery Contributing to architectural governance, standards and patterns Supporting the architecture function through collaboration with other architects What you'll need to have Experience in solution architecture Experience of working within a regulated environment/financial services (ideally insurance industry) Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure (preferred), AWS, Google Cloud), microservices and event-driven architecture Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences Strong problem-solving and analytical skills What makes you stand out Experience in design and implementing complex technical solution in insurance Proficiency in architecture frameworks and methodologies Experience in setting up an architecture function What we offer A competitive salary - let's discuss it Hybrid working Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution Generous annual bonus scheme between 7.5% and 30% 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year Employee Assistance Programme Full study support to gain professional qualifications Access to virtual GP Enhanced maternity and paternity pay Hear from the hiring manager “The architecture team is a new function for Benefact Group - we’re a small team of enterprise, solution and data architects working on some pretty exciting business transformation. This is a real opportunity to come in and help develop the function.” About us Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size. We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better. At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone. If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know. *Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26