Solutions Architect

As a Solutions Architect, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering technology solutions that align with the university’s strategic goals. You’ll work across the Digital & Technology function, collaborating with internal teams and third-party suppliers to ensure that system designs are robust, scalable, and fully integrated with UAL’s technical landscape.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for developing and validating end-to-end solution designs that meet business requirements and align with our architectural standards. You’ll produce clear, audience-appropriate architecture documentation, support discovery and implementation projects, and contribute to procurement processes by ensuring new systems integrate seamlessly with existing infrastructure.

You’ll also play an active role in shaping architectural governance, contributing to standards, templates, and the Technical Design Authority, while helping to mature UAL’s architectural practice and ensure the delivery of secure, high-performing digital services.

The ideal candidate will have - 

• Proven experience of providing solution architecture across multiple platforms within an enterprise environment and the ability to deliver complex, large-scale solutions with a focus on security, scalability, and performance.
• Strong knowledge of architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, ArchiMate).
• Experience designing solutions for on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments.
• Experience in solution integration using various protocols and technologies.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with colleagues at all levels of an organisation, whether non-technical or technical.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.

Application process

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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