Description
Who are AND?
We’re on a mission to close the world’s tech skills gap.
We help organisations navigate the future of technology, combining human expertise, emerging tech and AI to deliver better outcomes, faster.
Since 2014, we’ve worked side-by-side with clients to solve complex challenges, build high-performing teams, and create lasting capability. As technology continues to evolve, we believe the most successful organisations will be those that combine the best of both: human ingenuity AND intelligent technology.
That belief is embedded in everything we do. We call it the genius of the AND: deep expertise AND practical delivery, innovation AND responsibility, ambitious work AND sustainable careers.
Through our Guide, Build and Equip approach, we help organisations embrace change, deliver meaningful impact, and develop the skills they need to thrive in an increasingly agentic world.
About you
You care deeply about producing high-quality work that delivers real value
You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and solving complex problems collaboratively
You bring strong expertise in your craft, alongside a willingness to keep learning
You communicate clearly and build trust quickly with clients and teammates
You’re pragmatic, adaptable and outcome-focused
You enjoy sharing knowledge and helping others grow
You value low-ego collaboration and enjoy working as part of multidisciplinary teams
The Role
As a Solution Architect Lead, you will provide solution architecture expertise, supporting our clients to deliver their digital objectives. As a result, you will need to be able to:
Analyses and translates business, information and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint that outlines solutions to achieve business objectives for our client
Work with our clients to provide solution architecture expertise, supporting our clients to deliver their digital objective
Work with enterprise architecture, application and infrastructure teams to produce an optimal designs for the technology to support the product and identifies and designs dependencies with other systems in the enterprise
Manage and lead the target design, policies and standards, working proactively to maintain a stable, viable architecture and ensure consistency of design across designated projects
Provide hands-on support alongside the Dev Team for complex solutions and code migrations
Coach and develop the AND Digital Product Developers across the squads
To do that, it’s essential you bring the following:
Broad understanding of the key layers of IT architecture including enterprise, data, application and solution, specific to enterprise level platforms
A track record of delivering end to end solution architecture for large and complex multi-channel digital projects
Experience in cloud technologies such as AWS and Azure, Saas and Iaas, cloud infrastructure and multiple programming languages
Experience of best practices processes and frameworks such as TOGAF and architectural patterns / models
Experience in a consulting role and confident in presenting /working and building relationships with all levels of seniority, from clients to dev teams.
It’s helpful if you also have:
Good knowledge of open source technologies (in full-stack environments) and stretching into code management, testing and deployment tools
You have worked for a professional services business, in a solution architecture role for leading corporate clients
Commercial awareness of implementing software i.e. cost of system, ownership, impact of new tech into established organisation
Good experience and knowledge of the Agile /Scrum delivery process
Understanding of IT organisations, functions, roles, activities
Why join AND Digital?
We’re building a culture where talented people can do meaningful work, continue growing, AND enjoy the journey along the way.
Our model is designed to build belonging and connection: we’re organised into regional ‘Clubs’ of no more than 80 people, so you (and…