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Associate Solution Architect
Competitive Salary & benefit package | travel allowance, bonus scheme, pension, health insurance
Location: London, Docklands/ Canary Wharf
Job Type: Permanent/ Full time
Starting Date: ASAP
Job Overview
We’re looking for a talented Associate Solution Architect to join our growing IT and Data team during an exciting period of digital transformation. This is a hands-on role where you’ll play a key part in shaping solution design across a hybrid cloud and on-premise environment.
Working closely with senior leadership and technical teams, you’ll translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective technical solutions, helping drive innovation and align technology with strategic business goals.
Key tasks:
- Design and deliver high- and low-level solution architectures, including integration diagrams and impact assessments
- Translate business needs into clear technical requirements and solution options (A/B/C scenarios)
- Conduct vendor evaluations (RFx), challenge proposals, and support commercial decisions
- Ensure all designs meet security, compliance, performance, and recoverability requirements.
- Maintain architecture documentation including system views, data flows, and design patterns
- Support governance processes by preparing materials for architecture review boards
- Work closely with business leaders, product managers, and IT teams to define technical requirements and ensure the architecture supports business objectives.
- Vendor negotiation, SoW review, coordinate with legal teams for MSA and T&Cs where necessary.
- Assist project delivery with design handovers, non-functional requirements, and release planning
Requirements:
- 3–5 years’ experience in solution design, systems engineering, or technical analysis
- Strong understanding of cloud (Azure/AWS) and on-prem technologies
- Experience producing solution designs, integration maps, and cost/ risk analyses
- Exposure to vendor engagement (e.g., reviewing SoWs, estimates, and proposals)
- Knowledge of security principles, IAM, and data protection
- Excellent documentation and communication skills
- Experience in data centre or operational technology environments (Desirable)
- Exposure to enterprise applications (e.g., Salesforce, Oracle ERP) (Desirable)
How to apply
To be considered for this position, please apply online attaching your CV and Covering Letter in Office Word format. Alternatively, send your CV and Cover letter to [email protected]
If you join us at Telehouse, you’ll work with a team of experienced professionals whose job it is to keep Telehouse at the forefront of the data centre services market. We pride ourselves on a supportive, friendly workplace environment that unlocks the potential in each and every member of our team. We invest in our employees through training and development and believe in empowering our employees to work proactively. At Telehouse, you can rest assured that you’ll be working for a leading company with a proven track record for operational excellence.
Telehouse has offices in London and across the globe, and is owned by KDDI; a Global Fortune 500 telecommunications company.
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