Role Overview
The Lead Solution Architect is responsible for leading the design and development of innovative solutions to meet the needs of the business. They will work closely with stakeholders to understand their requirements and develop solutions that are cost-effective, secure and scalable. They will be responsible for the overall architecture of the solution, ensuring that it meets the business needs and is in line with industry best practices. They will also be responsible for leading the development team, ensuring that the solution is delivered on time and to the highest quality. The Lead Solution Architect will also be responsible for providing technical guidance and mentoring to the development team.
Integration Solution Architect Responsibilities
- Define, own, and continuously evolve the enterprise integration strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment to organisational objectives and long-term transformation goals.
- Establish and govern integration principles, standards, and patterns across the enterprise landscape.
- Provide architectural leadership to ensure integration design decisions are scalable, resilient, and aligned to future business needs.
- Work with senior business stakeholders to understand strategic goals, operational priorities, and performance outcomes.
- Facilitate and lead solution integration workshops with internal and external stakeholders.
- Maintain a holistic view of the system landscape, including platforms, data flows, and integration dependencies.
- Provide strategic direction and oversight for integration platforms, including Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) and MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
- Establish and enforce integration governance frameworks, ensuring consistency and compliance with enterprise standards.
- Provide design authority and assurance across integration solutions, ensuring quality, security, and operational resilience.
- Lead interface-level integration design activities, including requirements analysis, pattern selection, interface definition, data mapping, and message structure definition.
- Support build, test, defect resolution, deployment readiness, and transition to BAU.
About Capita
Capita is a dynamic leader in consulting and digital services, helping some of the UK’s most recognised organisations transform and thrive. We use cutting-edge technology and fearless innovation to create smarter, more efficient solutions that make a real difference. Our work spans diverse sectors - government, healthcare, education, and finance - offering you the chance to contribute to projects that impact millions of lives. At Capita, you’ll be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking team that values creativity, growth, and inclusion.
Benefits and Perks
- Homebased working.
- 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave.
- Company matched pension.
- Life assurance.
- 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave.
- Paternity pay of two weeks.
- Opportunity to take a paid day out of the office for volunteering.
- Access to Employee Network Groups.
- Opportunity to gain additional qualifications through the Learning Academy or apprenticeships.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Candidates must be eligible for SC clearance.
- Proven experience operating as a Lead or Principal Integration Architect within large, complex enterprise environments.
- Demonstrated ability to define integration strategy and influence architectural direction at programme or organisational level.
- Ability to produce high-quality technical documentation and present complex integration concepts.
- Direct experience producing detailed integration designs for complex enterprise programmes.
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
- Deep understanding of integration patterns, middleware, APIs (REST/SOAP), and data transformation technologies.
- Strong practical knowledge of API design, payload schemas, data mapping, transformations, orchestration flows, security models, observability, monitoring, CI/CD integration, and operational support considerations.
- Hands-on experience designing integrations using Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC).
- Strategic thinker with the ability to operate at enterprise and programme level.
- Strong leadership capability, with experience guiding teams and shaping delivery outcomes.
- Excellent communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience designing integrations using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
- Experience with SOC/SIEM integration and incident management processes.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Salesforce, ServiceNow) and hybrid integration scenarios.
- TOGAF or similar architecture certification.
- Experience supporting GDS service assessments and maintaining compliance evidence.
