Group Technical Architect

Job Summary

Solution Architect - Global Front Office : We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to join our Global Front Office team and design scalable, secure and maintainable solutions across a complex global technology landscape. The role focuses on solution and integration architecture, connecting Salesforce with internal and external applications, designing solutions involving Azure services, and evaluating the best approach to meet business needs, including buy vs. build decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solutions integrating Salesforce with internal and external applications.
• Define integration architecture and appropriate patterns using MuleSoft, APIs, events, middleware and cloud services.
• Design solutions involving Azure-based internal applications and services.
• Translate business requirements into clear Solution Blueprints, covering application, integration, data, security and infrastructure aspects.
• Evaluate solution options and lead buy vs. build assessments, including managed packages, third-party products, existing enterprise capabilities and custom solutions.
• Assess proposed solutions for security, scalability, maintainability, integration complexity and architectural fit.
• Drive Solution Blueprints through required architecture governance and review processes, including Security, Legal/Privacy and Enterprise Architecture reviews and approvals.
• Address review findings and ensure architectural decisions, risks, assumptions and dependencies are clearly documented.
• Present architecture proposals and recommendations to both business and technical stakeholders and obtain necessary approvals.
• Provide clear architectural guidance and handover approved Solution Blueprints to delivery teams, ensuring they understand the architecture, key decisions, constraints and dependencies.
• Support delivery teams with architecture clarifications and ensure implementation remains aligned with the approved solution.
• Take ownership of architecture topics, proactively manage dependencies and blockers, and ensure decisions and actions move forward rather than getting stuck.

Skill Requirements

Required Experience & Skills

• 7+ years of experience in IT/software solutions, including 4+ years in Solution Architecture, Integration Architecture or a comparable architecture role.
• Strong understanding of the Salesforce platform, with experience across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Data Cloud and Agentforce.
• Excellent understanding of APIs, synchronous and asynchronous integrations, event-driven architecture, data flows and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience designing solutions involving cloud platforms and enterprise applications.
• Experience assessing managed packages, third-party products and custom-built solutions.
• Strong understanding of security-by-design principles, data protection and enterprise architecture standards.
• Experience preparing Solution Blueprints / architecture documentation and successfully taking solutions through architecture and governance review processes.
• Experience working with delivery teams and translating approved architecture into clear implementation guidance.
• Senior level - Strong experience evaluating solution options and making pragmatic buy vs. build recommendations.

Nice to Have

• Bullhorn ATS experience.
• Strong Microsoft Azure architecture and cloud infrastructure experience.
• Experience in recruitment, staffing or Front Office technology ecosystems.
• Experience working in large-scale, global and multi-country enterprise environments.

Soft Skills

• Excellent English, written and spoken.
• Outstanding presentation skills and the ability to communicate complex architecture clearly and confidently.
• Ability to speak both business and technology, communicating effectively with business stakeholders, senior leadership, architects, security teams and engineers.
• Strong analytical thinking and high attention to detail and accuracy in solution design.
• Ability to challenge requirements and proposed solutions constructively.
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
• Strong ownership mindset, proactively driving topics, coordinating stakeholders, resolving blockers and ensuring decisions and deliverables progress.

Other Requirements