The Company Nigel Wright are proud to be working with a prominent Educational Charity in the UK.Seeking an Applications Solution Architect on a 12 Month FTC basis. This a hybrid role.This role will be more on the tech side with a strong focus on solution design. The Role Creating high-level, low-level and/or solution designs Advising through Impact Assessments on business asks Conducting system architecture evaluations to define target state architectures and transitional roadmaps Ensure solutions are integrated with existing applications through APIs and integrations and designed in such a way that they are maintainable Technical review of the design and code delivered by in-house and outsourced teams; ensuring it conforms to solution design, security standards, industry best practices and non-functional requirements Participate in architecture governance, presenting their solutions wider review and approval Identifying technologies that can be leveraged to add value, potentially creating proof of concept prototypes to demonstrate it Contributing to application and integration strategies through collaboration with other architects Modelling architectures using the TOGAF meta model within an architecture modelling tool Creating key design decision papers The Person Self-driven – Must be able to hit the ground running Must have the willingness to engage with all stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be able to challenge the status quo and be brave to stand their ground when challenged Outgoing and not be just siloed in their own work. Have an opinion and interest in areas of the work outside their own role for example Have a C# dev background. Understand the full M/S stack