Solution Architect Job at Greencore Group (Worksop)

Solution Architect

Greencore Group

Location:
United Kingdom , Worksop

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

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Job Description:

The MBE Programme presents a huge opportunity for colleagues across the technology function to play a central role in the design, shape, delivery and execution of an enterprise wide digital transformation programme. The complexity of the initiative, within a FTSE 250 business, will allow for large-scale problem solving, group wide impact assessment and supporting the delivery of an enablement project to future proof the business. You will have the opportunity to work with colleagues across the business and bring a best practice approach to the function. Designing and shaping the solution and methodologies utilising your experience and expertise gives a platform for success and team ship building as Greencore, build, mature, strengthen and bolster their Technology department.

Job Responsibility:

Defining the future state for applications and infrastructure delivering business outcomes and capabilities
Producing capability roadmaps and supporting documentation to define how we will get to future state
Production and maintenance of capability maps and supporting documentation for functional areas and key elements of the IT architecture
Owning the production and quality of High-Level Design documents (HLD) that identify the solution and all aspects of the solution including support, disaster recovery and any licensing considerations
Working with business stakeholders to design solutions that satisfy the requirements of the business, take into consideration the full lifecycle, including strategic direction, TCO and supportability
Delivering designs that provide appropriate levels of security, resilience and recovery capabilities
Identifying and monitoring new trends and directions in IT and industry that could bring benefit to Greencore and present these back to the team
Working closely with delivery teams, successfully handing over designs, providing guidance and governance to ensure that designs and company standards are followed, any exceptions recorded and approved as required
Involved in driving innovative thinking and assisting colleagues to prototype ideas that can bring real advantage to the business
Defining and maintaining technical policies, procedures and standards and provides assurance on adherence
Providing technical and financial estimate input into proposal documents
Providing technical governance and/or assurance into the delivery and operations functions to ensure designs, policies and procedures are understood and followed

Requirements:

Ideally educated to Degree level or equivalent
Significant experience across different types of IT project (Infrastructure, Public Cloud services, Applications (Inc. SaaS))
Experience of working cross functionally
Experience of agile project management
A minimum of 3 years experience working as an architect at a similar level
Supporting business transformation on a significant scale, in particular implementations and/or consolidations of significant applications in an enterprise environment
Experience of developing and maintaining enterprise-wide capability maps and specific technology roadmaps
Experience of developing complex solution architectures in modern compute paradigms (e.g., Combining SaaS, cloud, low-code, data platforms, integration technologies to design solutions)
Sufficient technical skill to evaluate all aspects of a solution and guide technical teams in their detailed design and delivery processes and operations teams in supportability of new solutions
Confident in your ability to make decisions that encompass the entire end-to-end lifecycle of a solution and its application within the organisation

What we offer:

Competitive salary and job-related benefits
Holidays
Car Allowance
Annual Target Bonus
PSP Target Bonus
Pension up to 8% matched
Life insurance up to 4x salary
PMI Cover
Company share save scheme
Greencore Qualifications
Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
On the job training and development opportunities

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 08, 2026

Expiration:
March 02, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

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