Associate Solution Architect - #1590

Role Overview We are seeking a motivated and technically grounded Associate Solution Architect to support the design and delivery of secure, scalable and maintainable technology solutions across applications, integration, cloud, data and AI-enabled initiatives.

Working under the guidance of senior architects and technical leads, you will translate business requirements into viable technical designs, develop architecture artefacts, evaluate technology options and collaborate across project and engineering teams.

This role is suitable for a software engineer, cloud engineer, integration specialist or technical consultant seeking to progress into solution architecture. Core Responsibilities · Support the design of end-to-end solution architectures for enterprise applications, platforms and integrations.

· Translate business, operational and non-functional requirements into practical technical designs and solution options.

· Develop and maintain architecture artefacts, including solution design documents, architecture decision records, context and component diagrams, data flows, sequence diagrams and integration specifications.

· Evaluate technologies, frameworks and design patterns based on security, scalability, reliability, maintainability, interoperability, operational complexity and cost. · Identify assumptions, constraints, dependencies, technical risks and trade-offs, and present recommendations for review by senior architects.

· Assist in designing integration solutions using APIs, GraphQL, messaging, file transfer and event-driven architecture patterns. · Support cloud solution designs and service selection across Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Platform.

· Assess existing systems to identify architecture gaps, technical debt, lifecycle risks and modernisation opportunities. · Support AI-enabled solution designs involving model APIs, retrieval-augmented generation, enterprise knowledge sources and agentic workflows. · Contribute to proof-of-concept exercis