Senior Solution Architect - Endur

, United Kingdom Job Family Group:

Information Technology (IT)
Worker Type:

Regular Posting

Start Date:

September 1, 2026

Business Unit:

Experience Level: Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What’s the role Shell is advancing its Powering Progress strategy on the journey to net-zero emissions. Achieving this ambition requires uniting Shell’s strategic and technical expertise across data, strategy, architecture, and innovation. This integration is essential to drive the transformative shifts needed in IT. As part of this journey, we are seeking a skilled and seasoned Solution Architect to enhance automation and fully harness data and innovation.

What you’ll be doing

We’re currently looking for a seasoned Solution Architect to play a pivotal role in Shell’s Trading & Supply global transformation, specifically the implementation of our Energy Trade & Risk Management (ETRM) solution on Azure to create a scalable, secure, and strategic landscape that enables the transformation of Shell’s Trading capabilities. This opportunity sits at the heart of the Trading & Supply business transformation, supporting the Global Products organisation as we establish Endur as the global backbone ETRM platform.

With a modular ecosystem being designed around this foundation, you’ll help shape a future ready, cloud native architecture built with flexibility, resilience, and data centricity at its core. As we move through the design phase, you will have a rare chance to influence architectural decisions from the ground up, define how a modern ETRM landscape should operate at global scale, and drive a paradigm shift in how Shell’s Trading business integrates processes, data, and systems across the value chain.

This is a role for someone who thrives on complexity, innovation, and impact—someone who wants to help architect the future of one of the world’s most dynamic trading organisations.

Key responsibilities include:

Architecture and Technical Leadership Provide strong leadership skills, including fostering collaboration, driving consensus, and effectively communicating complex technical concepts

Not only lead in your area of expertise but also play a key role in shaping and transforming the role itself—identifying opportunities, driving innovation, and delivering impact that extends beyond the initial remit. As the organization grows, your role is expected to evolve, offering continuous opportunities for development, influence, and leadership

Serve as the primary contact for architectural aspects of IT projects

Integrate business process, data, application, technical, and information security dimensions into cohesive IT solutions

Ensure solution architectures are documented using standard templates and tooling complying with Shell’s architectural standards

Guide detailed designers and business analysts during the design phase

Review and formally approve detailed solution designs

Support Lead Architect and participate in Architecture Review Board sessions as required

Reference Model Stewardship Actively contribute to the documentation, enhancement, and maintenance of Reference Models in Bizz Design or any other standard tooling

Elevate project deliverables to conceptual and logical architecture levels

Technology Foresight Monitor emerging IT technologies and apply this insight to design future-ready solutions for Shell Standards Alignment Stay informed of developments in Shell’s IT standards and services, ensuring they are incorporated into solution designs

Community Engagement Champion architectural excellence within the organisation

Engage with stakeholders to address architectural concerns and drive strategic improvements

What you bring

Industry Knowledge:

Brings a long-established background in Trading ITPossesses extensive hands-on expertise with Open Link Endur Knowledge of the end-to-end Trading Business from deal inception through to settlement

Technical Architecture & Design:

Brings extensive experience in delivering both software and architecture delivery

Takes full ownership and drive technical architecture, design, and standards for software products in Commodities Trading Confidently leads architectural decisions across…