Domain Solution Architect | Retail, UK

About adesso

Our mission is to help our clients deliver results with clarity, fairness, and accountability. By combining deep technical and functional IT and digital expertise, we drive innovation, modernise systems, and strengthen the teams behind them. If you want your architecture decisions to have real business impact, not just live in a slide deck, we'd love to talk.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Domain Solution Architect in Retail to design and deliver scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions for our client's UK business. You'll work at the intersection of business strategy and technical delivery, translating strategic objectives into architectural designs that enable innovation, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance.

This is a hands-on, stakeholder facing role for someone who can move fluently between the boardroom and the build.

What You'll Do

• Design end to end cloud-based solutions, leveraging hyperscaler services and industry best practice

• Develop architecture roadmaps aligned with business priorities, technology standards, and enterprise architecture principles

• Partner with delivery teams to ensure successful implementation across applications, data, and infrastructure domains

• Provide technical leadership, governance, and architectural guidance across the project lifecycle

• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements that enhance business capability and customer outcomes

What You'll Bring

• Extensive experience as a Solution Architect in complex enterprise environments

• Strong expertise in cloud architecture, including security, networking, integration, and modern application design

• Proven track record designing scalable, resilient solutions using cloud native technologies

• Domain expertise in retail core sectors, with a strong understanding of relevant industry products, regulations, and customer or citizen journeys

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills

• Relevant certifications (highly desirable)

• Strong written and spoken English

Why Join Us

We combine deep domain knowledge with technical excellence, giving our architects the context to design solutions that actually fit the business, not just the technology. You'll work alongside experienced consultants who value clarity, fairness, and accountability as much as you do.