Contract type: Permanent
Location: Hatfield (Hybrid working – 3 days in the office)
Working hours per week: 40 hours
Level: Senior
Application closing date: Thursday 7th August 2025
About Us
Our mission is to deliver joy in every shop, through unbeatable choice, unrivaled service, and reassuringly good value.
We’re
Ocado Retail, a market-leading, joint venture between Ocado Group and M&S and the world’s largest dedicated online supermarket
ocado.com. Not only is Ocado.com the only place to shop a full range of M&S food online, but it’s also the home to the widest online supermarket range in the UK and champion of small, independent brands. We’re also the brains behind
Zoom by Ocado, our same-day grocery delivery service.
About The Team And The Role
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Solutions Architect to join our growing IT team. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for the design and oversight of enterprise integration solutions, ensuring alignment with business needs and technical standards. You will act as a bridge between business stakeholders and the development team, translating requirements into robust and scalable integration architectures. Your expertise will be crucial in maintaining the integrity and efficiency of our integration landscape, primarily centered around our Mulesoft iPaas and cloud-based services on GCP and AWS.
What You’ll Do
Solution Design & Oversight:
- Design comprehensive integration solutions for diverse projects, leveraging Mulesoft and AWS services.
- Oversee the implementation of these solutions, ensuring adherence to architectural standards and best practices.
- Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies and methodologies to enhance integration capabilities.
- Present final solution designs to the Enterprise Integration Architect for review and approval.
Stakeholder Communication & Collaboration:
- Act as the primary technical point of contact for business stakeholders, gathering requirements and providing expert guidance.
- Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Collaborate closely with development teams, ensuring clear understanding and execution of solution designs.
- Involve the Enterprise Integration Architect in key design decisions and escalate potential conflicts or deviations from established standards.
Standards & Patterns
- Enforce and contribute to the development of organisational integration standards and patterns.
- Ensure consistency and maintainability across all integration solutions.
- Identify and address potential architectural risks and issues.
- Collaborate with the Enterprise Integration Architect to define and refine integration standards and patterns.
Documentation & Reporting:
- Produce high-quality technical documentation, including solution architecture diagrams, design specifications, and implementation guides.
- Maintain accurate records of integration solutions and configurations.
- Produce high level design documents
- Submit all major design documentation to the Enterprise Integration Architect for review and approval.
Proactive Problem Solving:
- Demonstrate a self-starter attitude, taking initiative to identify and resolve integration challenges.
- Proactively seek opportunities to improve integration processes and performance.
- Consult with the Enterprise Integration Architect on complex or critical problem-solving scenarios.
Who You Are
- Proven experience as a Solutions Architect, with a focus on enterprise integration.
- Strong understanding of integration patterns and technologies, ideally Mulesoft and GCP/AWS cloud services.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to produce clear and concise technical documentation.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work autonomously.
What’s In It For You
By joining Ocado Retail you’ll have the chance to experience life at the world’s largest online retailer, work with an amazing bunch of people who challenge what’s possible each day, and grow your skills and career in online retail.
If that’s not enough to tempt you, you’ll also get access to loads of great benefits to sweeten the deal. Here’s a taste of what we offer:
Health & Wellbeing: Private medical insurance with the option to add your family, Digital GP appointments, market-leading family policies, mental health support, discounted gym memberships, dental insurance, and more.
Spend & Save: Annual bonus scheme split between personal and business objectives, recognition with reward platform, up to 7% matched pension contributions, 15% Ocado discount, 20% M&S discount, free breakfast every day in the office, electric vehicle leasing scheme and free shuttle bus from Hatfield station to the office.
Never miss the moments that matter: Blended/Hybrid working, 26 days holiday plus 8 flexible bank holidays, options to buy an extra holiday, 2 weeks work from anywhere, and lifestyle break opportunities.
Our Hiring Process
Lucky for us, we get loads of great applications and we really appreciate that so many people put the time and effort in to apply. To recognise that, we treat all applications respectfully and fairly. So, if yours stands out, you’ll follow our standard hiring process – one of our Talent Partners will talk you through this in an initial call.
Everyone’s welcome
We’re an equal opportunities employer. That means that we make sure all potential colleagues are treated fairly and equally. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know on the application form.
