Solution Architect

CompanyBrickendon Consulting

LocationLondon Area, United Kingdom

Posted At3/11/2026

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IT business analysts, architects and systems designers

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£54,900 (£28.15 per hour)

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Description

Brickendon Consulting is an award-winning global management and technology consultancy specializing in innovative solutions and transforming complex, highly regulated environments. Founded in 2010, Brickendon has a strong focus on financial services and the public sector, helping organizations navigate and implement significant changes. We have delivered projects for some of the world’s largest firms in financial services, governments, and leading fintechs and startups, including JP Morgan, HSBC, Deutsche Bank and Rolls Royce.

We are currently seeking a Solution Architect for one of our clients.

✅Work location: London

✅Work setting: hybrid

Key Responsibilities

Lead the production of the target reference architecture, including the Cloud Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), Data Lake Enterprise Semantic Layer, and Data Exploration Area.
Produce technology recommendations (D04) evaluating platform options (Databricks, Snowflake, AWS-native services) against SLC’s Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).
Ensure cross-stream architectural consistency: that Lakehouse design, integration patterns, migration approach, and governance framework form a coherent whole.

Chair architecture review sessions and provide design authority sign-off on detailed design deliverables from S3, S4, S5, and S6.

Define the four-environment model (Dev / Test / Pre-Prod / Prod) and CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment) strategy.

Provide architectural guidance to the Technical Architect and Lead Data Architect on detailed design decisions.

Knowledge and Experience

Minimum 8 years in data architecture or solution architecture, with at least 3 years as lead architect on enterprise data platform programmes.
Deep knowledge of cloud data platforms: Databricks (Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, SQL Warehouses), AWS data services (S3, Glue, Redshift, Kinesis, MWAA), or Snowflake.
Experience designing Lakehouse architectures combining structured EDW workloads with unstructured data lake capabilities.
Familiarity with data governance tooling, particularly Collibra or equivalent metadata management platforms.
Experience with Netezza or legacy EDW migration to cloud-native platforms.
Ability to produce clear, professional architecture documentation for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have:

Experience within the loans or regulated public sector domain.
Familiarity with Salesforce data models and integration patterns (relevant to the DSFS platform).
TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) or equivalent enterprise architecture certification.