Solution Architect– Fixed Term Contract – 12 mts - £90k&Bonus&Benefits In a nutshell We believe that everyone can take on the world, and it's our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, we're harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo. We're looking for a highly skilled Solution Architect to join our Enterprise Architecture and Strategy team. This role will be accountable for the successful delivery of complex solution architectures as well as helping drive them toward the enterprise technology strategy and the roadmap. Day to day Some of your key responsibilities as our Solution Architect will be: * Working closely with the Enterprise domain architects to ensure business outcomes are achieved, as well as feeding back into the overall Enterprise Architecture to ensure progress towards the target state. * Providing complex solution designs in line with domain and enterprise architectures * Reviewing existing technical capabilities, promoting reuse, or identifying new capabilities * Contributing to both technical architectures to ensure feedback from implemented architectures and also the continued development of technical strategies and reference architectures * Contribute to the development of Technical Strategies and Reference Architectures * Managing total risk and cost of the IT Estate across the business About you In addition to the above, we are looking for our successful candidate to demonstrate the following: * Previous experience working in architecture roles (e.g. Solution, Domain or Enterprise). * Knowledge of modern architectures, utilizing cloud capabilities and loosely coupled architectures. * Knowledge of implementing SaaS and Cloud native solutions * Travel or Airline knowledge useful but not essential If this sounds like you, and you would like to be on this exciting journey with us, we would love to hear from you! Be yourself– Our differences make us stronger Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. We believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender,ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion or beliefs. We celebrate difference, and everything that makes our colleagues unique, by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong. To make your journey with us accessible, and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you’d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment