Solutions Architect
CV-LibraryManchester, Greater ManchestercontractPosted: 23 October 2026
Apply NowSpencer Rose are urgently seeking a Solutions Architect with experience in Migration & Data Platforms, to work for our banking client in Manchester. 6-12 month contract, Immediate start
Start: ASAP
Location: Manchester - must be on site 2 days a week
Rate: £(Apply online only)pd Inside IR35
Duration: 6-12 months
The role:
Define and govern the end-to-end architecture for large-scale data migration solutions. Ensure migration designs align with enterprise standards, target-state platforms and strategic technology direction, whilst enabling successful delivery across Migration Factory, Data Engineering and business teams.
Key Responsibilities
* Define end-to-end migration architectures, patterns and technical solutions.
* Produce and govern solution designs, HLDs and architecture decision records.
* Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security and data governance standards.
* Define migration approaches for data ingestion, transformation, reconciliation and target consumption.
* Provide design oversight and technical guidance to Data Engineers and Software Engineers.
* Identify and manage architecture risks, technical debt and cross-platform dependencies.
* Support tooling and platform decisions across migration programmes.
* Collaborate with business, engineering and platform teams to shape migration roadmaps and delivery plans.
* Drive reusability, standardisation and continuous improvement across migration solutions.
Essential
* Solution architecture and system design
* Cloud-native architectures
* Data architecture and modelling
* Data integration and transformation patterns
* Large-scale data migration programmes
* Security, governance and design assurance
* Architecture documentation and stakeholder management
* Strong communication and influencing skills
Desirable
* Banking or financial services experience
* Foundation Data Product (FDP) architectures
* dbt and modern data platform tooling
* Event-driven and distributed architectures
* GCP and cloud data services
* Data quality, reconciliation and migration controls
Interviews are taking place next week, so if available and interested APPLY NOW
Start: ASAP
Location: Manchester - must be on site 2 days a week
Rate: £(Apply online only)pd Inside IR35
Duration: 6-12 months
The role:
Define and govern the end-to-end architecture for large-scale data migration solutions. Ensure migration designs align with enterprise standards, target-state platforms and strategic technology direction, whilst enabling successful delivery across Migration Factory, Data Engineering and business teams.
Key Responsibilities
* Define end-to-end migration architectures, patterns and technical solutions.
* Produce and govern solution designs, HLDs and architecture decision records.
* Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security and data governance standards.
* Define migration approaches for data ingestion, transformation, reconciliation and target consumption.
* Provide design oversight and technical guidance to Data Engineers and Software Engineers.
* Identify and manage architecture risks, technical debt and cross-platform dependencies.
* Support tooling and platform decisions across migration programmes.
* Collaborate with business, engineering and platform teams to shape migration roadmaps and delivery plans.
* Drive reusability, standardisation and continuous improvement across migration solutions.
Essential
* Solution architecture and system design
* Cloud-native architectures
* Data architecture and modelling
* Data integration and transformation patterns
* Large-scale data migration programmes
* Security, governance and design assurance
* Architecture documentation and stakeholder management
* Strong communication and influencing skills
Desirable
* Banking or financial services experience
* Foundation Data Product (FDP) architectures
* dbt and modern data platform tooling
* Event-driven and distributed architectures
* GCP and cloud data services
* Data quality, reconciliation and migration controls
Interviews are taking place next week, so if available and interested APPLY NOW