Lead Solution & Enterprise Architect

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30-10-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Lead Solution & Enterprise Architect

Location: London (Hybrid) Practice Area: Technology & Engineering Type: Permanent

Lead transformative architecture to redefine the future of financial services.

About Capco

Capco is a global leader in technology and business consulting dedicated to driving digital innovation and transformation in financial services. Weve partnered with over 200 clients worldwide - from pioneering fintechs to established global institutions - helping them adapt compete and scale in a rapidly evolving industry. With more than 30 offices globally we combine deep expertise in banking payments capital markets insurance wealth and asset management and energy with an agile inclusive and entrepreneurial culture.

Role Overview

You will play a pivotal role in the success of some of our clients most complex and high-profile transformation programmes through your industry insight and expertise in enterprise and solution architecture. You will move seamlessly between hands-on solution design working closely with engineers and articulating compelling enterprise visions to senior stakeholders influencing key decisions and business outcomes.

You will oversee all aspects of architecture across business data application and technology domains while leading high-performing teams in fast-paced projects and fostering junior talent. You will also strengthen our Technology and Engineering Practice through community leadership and drive commercial value for Capco through delivery excellence and by leading business development initiatives.

Required Experience

To succeed in this role you should have proven experience in:

Shaping enterprise technology strategy roadmaps and governance through leading enterprise architecture initiatives.
Designing complex scalable and resilient solution architectures in both legacy environments and at least one cloud provider (i.e. AWS Google Cloud or Azure).
Applying modern distributed architecture patterns (e.g. microservices event-driven containerised serverless and zero-trust architectures).
Building trusted relationships with senior leadership and influencing key decisions in an intellectually honest rigorous and helpful way.
Managing cross-functional technical teams promoting delivery excellence and continuous learning.
Working in agile delivery models with modern delivery practices (e.g. SAFe and DevOps).
Implementing recognised architecture frameworks and methodologies (e.g. TOGAF Zachman Domain-driven Design or NIST).

While not mandatory experience in the following areas is highly desirable:

Senior or managerial-level consulting experience.
Domain expertise in financial services or other regulated sectors with significant compliance risk and security considerations.
Leading pre-sales proposals or bid activities including commercial ownership.
Designing greenfield architectures and new ventures in cloud-first enterprises.
Establishing or maturing enterprise architecture functions within agile delivery contexts.
Awareness of emerging technologies including generative AI.
Certifications in relevant technologies disciplines or frameworks (e.g. TOGAF or cloud service provider certifications).

Why Join Capco

At Capco youll be part of a collaborative entrepreneurial and inclusive culture working with Tier 1 financial services enterprises on impactful and enriching projects. We offer a competitive people-first benefits package to support your growth as both a technologist and a consultant.

Our benefits include:

Core benefits: discretionary bonus competitive pension health and dental insurance life insurance and critical illness cover.
Mental health: access to CareFirst Unmind Aviva consultations and in-house first aiders.
Family-friendly: maternity adoption shared parental leave plus paid leave for sickness pregnancy loss fertility treatment menopause and bereavement.
Family care: 8 complimentary backup care sessions for emergency childcare or elder care.
Holiday flexibility: 27 days of annual leave with the option to buy or sell days.
Continuous learning: minimum 40 hours of annual training including workshops certifications e-learning and ongoing business coaching.
Extra perks: Gympass (Wellhub) travel insurance Tastecard season ticket loans and Cycle to Work scheme.

Inclusion at Capco
Were committed to making our recruitment process accessible and straightforward. If you need adjustments at any stage please let us know. We value each persons unique perspective and contribution. At Capco we believe that being yourself is your greatest strength. Our #BeYourselfAtWork culture encourages individuality and collaboration a mindset that shapes how we work with clients and each other every day.

We have been informed of recruitment scams targeting the verify identities before engaging in recruitment communication. Allofficial Capcocommunication will be conducted via a Capco recruiter.

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