Role: Solutions ArchitectLocation: Leeds (Hybrid)Salary: £75,000Take ownership of Application Architecture Modernisation and Cloud Adoption for a leading Financial Services Organisation.We''re supporting a leading Financial Services organisation on a multi-year evolution of its core platforms and technology landscape. This role offers a rare opportunity to step in as the Architect, taking full ownership of architectural direction, governance, and process across the business.You''ll operate across both technical depth and enterprise-level thinking, helping the organisation move from a predominantly on-prem Microsoft estate towards a more modern, API-led and cloud-ready architecture, at a pace that aligns with business risk and regulatory requirements.What You''ll Be DoingThis is a broad, high-impact role where you''ll combine hands-on technical decision-making with strategic architectural leadership:Own the Architecture Function Act as the organisation''s primary Architect, establishing architecture practices, governance, and processes, including involvement in and shaping of Technical Design Authority (TDA).Technical Leadership and Decision-Making Work closely with Engineers and senior stakeholders to drive key decisions across areas such as APIs, authentication, integration patterns, and application design.Application and Platform Architecture Lead the evolution of a core Microsoft-based platform, currently on-prem, introducing scalable, modern architectural patterns.API and