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Join Boots as a Solution Architect - Retail & Supply Chain in Nottingham, Beeston and play a pivotal role in shaping technology solutions that support our transformation journey.\nThis is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping technology solutions that support Boots’ Retail and Supply Chain transformation. A broad portfolio of change is underway across the business, with technology central to improving how we serve customers, colleagues, stores, and supply chain operations.\nAs a Solution Architect within the Retail & Supply Architecture team, you will work closely with business, technology, and delivery stakeholders to shape practical, high-quality solution designs for assigned projects.\nThe role is focused on practical solution architecture, translating requirements into deliverable designs that align with enterprise standards and support successful project outcomes.\nWhat you’ll be doing:\nIn this role, you will:\nShape end-to-end solution designs for Retail and Supply Chain initiatives and create clear architecture outputs that support governance and decision-making.\n\nEnsure solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned with enterprise standards.\n\nWork closely with delivery teams and partners through build, test, implementation, and transition into service.\n\nSupport architectural integrity while balancing delivery pace, risk, cost, and complexity.\n\nEngage with stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable solutions and engage with Product Owners, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Testing, Security, Infrastructure, Data, and Service Introduction teams to support successful delivery.\n\nApply enterprise architecture standards, domain guardrails, patterns, and roadmaps to project-level solution designs.\n\nProvide practical architectural input where requirements, constraints, or dependencies are evolving.\n\nSupport early-stage shaping and estimating activity by providing high-level solution input.\n\nApply architectural standards, reusable patterns, and practical solution building blocks.\n\nWhat you’ll need to have (our must-haves):\nGood working knowledge of architecture methods, governance practices, and TOGAF-aligned approaches.\n\nComfortable collaborating with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Testing, Security, Infrastructure, Data, and Service Introduction teams.\n\nAble to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, explaining solution options, risks, and design decisions in a meaningful way.\n\nAble to prioritise work effectively across agreed project demands, balancing pace, quality, standards, and delivery outcomes.\n\nPragmatic and delivery-focused, with a willingness to take ownership of outcomes within agreed project scope.\n\nWhere your brilliance can take you:\nAt Boots, we believe in your potential. You’ll have opportunities for career development and growth, supported by a culture that champions learning and collaboration.\nWhy Boots?\nWe offer a range of benefits designed for you, including:\nBoots Retirement Savings Plan (up to 6% company contribution)\n\nGenerous employee discounts for you and a family member\n\nEnhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay\n\nRewards designed for you:\nBoots Retirement Savings Plan\n\nDiscretionary annual bonus\n\nGenerous employee discounts\n\nEnhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child\n\nFlexible benefits scheme including options for additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, and much more.\n\nAccess to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.\n\nThere’s lots more in our benefits and discounts, MyBoosts - there to give you that little lift in your everyday. Find out more at http://boots.jobs/rewards. 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If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you be at your best.\nWe hope to hear from you soon.\nBe brilliant with Boots.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4795,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Gym membership","Retirement plans","Stock options"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Commerce","Supply Chain","Cosmetics & Makeup","Optometry & Optical Stores"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-12T10:57:38Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":52,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.575,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":7,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-15T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/boots-solution-architect-retail-supply-chain","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/boots-solution-architect-retail-supply-chain.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-15T12:45:31Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":19753,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1757026},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1757026"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fboots-solution-architect-retail-supply-chain"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fboots-solution-architect-retail-supply-chain"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fboots-solution-architect-retail-supply-chain"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/boots-solution-architect-retail-supply-chain\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fboots-solution-architect-retail-supply-chain"}]}