Solution Architect (CDS)

JOB TITLE:  Solution Architect (CDS)

SALARY: £72,702 – £80,780

LOCATION(S):  Bristol

HOURS: Full-time – 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our Bristol office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy. 

About this opportunity

As a Solution Architect in the Customer Data Services Platform you'll work to simplify and modernise reference data. This includes product and organisational data across the Group. This role presents a unique opportunity to shape and transform our reference and product data architecture by using modern technologies and architectural protocols. 

You'll play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and leading system frameworks and technical solutions that underpin critical business capabilities. The position requires close collaboration with cloud partners and internal engineering, product, and architecture teams to evaluate emerging technologies and support industry‑specific use cases. 

Strong expertise in defining and delivering scalable, high‑performance architectures that meet the evolving demands of modern digital platforms is essential. This is an exciting time to join the team and contribute to an ambitious transformation journey that will have a lasting impact across the organisation. 

What you’ll be doing

• Design and build robust, scalable solutions demonstrating diverse technologies

• Evaluate technology stacks, including operations, administration, automation, and PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS

• Develop estimates and strategies for proposals and statements of work (SOWs)

• Build scalable and reliable software systems using modern software stacks and DevOps practices

• Work with systems handling reference and product data, including SaaS and in-house solutions

Why join us?

We’re transforming at pace. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to change the way we meet the needs of our 28 million customers. We’re growing, and we’d love you to be part of the journey.

What we’re looking for?

• Proven understanding of cloud computing concepts and GCP services

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

• Ability to work closely in a team environment

• Good communication and interpersonal skills

• Expertise in reference data and product data management along with experience of product cataloguing and reference management systems

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field and 4 years of hands on experience in application architecture

• Google Professional Cloud Architect Certification and/or Google Professional Data Engineer Certification (Optional) with two years experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)/ Cloud environment

And any experience of these would be great

• Experience with Informatica, IBM, and in-house cloud-based solutions and visualization technologies.

• Knowledge of OWASP, ETL, event streaming and reference and products data technologies.

• Experience with AI/ML, sophisticated analytics, and enterprise collaboration.

• Familiarity with CDN, microservices, Apigee, and serverless architectures.

• Experience with VMware, OpenStack, Docker, Kubernetes, Istio.

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

This is a place for you

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you’ll learn and thrive? Apply today and find out more.