Solution Architect

Talan (part of the Talan Group) is an expert provider of professional services. Our vision and mission is to take positive action in a complex world for the future good of people and the environment and to enlighten and enable our clients’ transformation in an increasingly complex world.

We are purpose-driven, working across multiple sectors, tackling social and environmental challenges, improving and simplify the way markets work, harnessing the power of digital transformation and ensuring data is protected and used ethically.

Talan provides a range of consultancy and outsourcing capabilities including programme management, market design and governance. We also have extensive and award-winning capabilities across cyber security, data privacy and digital transformation. We are Great Place to Work accredited.

The nature of what we do means we are very much a people business. The contribution every member of the team makes to our diverse range of experience, skills and personalities is valued. We invest heavily in learning and development to enable our people to develop skills and gain experience which will enhance career prospects for life. Many who started their careers with us have rapidly progressed to more senior positions.

No two days are the same, but we believe in a flexible approach to working which we know our employees value.

The Role
Talan is recruiting an ambitious Solution Architect to work in the Digital business unit as a Principal Consultant. You will support our clients and stakeholders across the Energy, Public Sector and Financial sectors to design and deliver successful digital change initiatives. As a Principal Consultant, you will work with a team of experts who will support the solution, development, and management of technical solutions on behalf of Talan’s clients.

This is an exciting opportunity and is central to ensuring that Talan can deliver and manage the right technical solutions to clients in a fast-changing environment. The role is also expected to act as a recognised technical authority, influencing senior client and stakeholder decisions, shaping architectural direction, and representing Talan as a trusted expert in secure digital transformation.#

Build strong relationships with stakeholders to understand business objectives, technologystrategyand existing architectural landscapes, ensuring solution designs align with organisational goals.

Lead the definition of solution architectures and provide clear, actionable recommendations to support technology-enabled change and digital transformation initiatives.

Act as the technical authority throughout the project lifecycle, providing leadership and guidance during design, implementation,deploymentand transition into service.

Establish and govern technical delivery frameworks, ensuring appropriate architecture governance, design assurance and decision-making processes are in place.

Lead architecture and design reviews,identifying and mitigating risks,dependencies and technical issues to support successful delivery outcomes.

Promote architectural best practice and contribute to the continuous improvement of standards,methodologies and ways of working across the Digital business unit.

Support business development activities through client engagement, solution shaping, bidresponsesand proposal development.

Act as a recognised subject matter expert, providing strategic architecture advice to senior clients and internal stakeholders and influencing decisions on secure,scalableand future-ready solutions.

Coach and mentor colleagues, sharing specialist architecture knowledge and supporting capability development across the Digital business unit.

Contribute to internal and external thought leadership, including…