Solution Architect

Location: Cheltenham, UK (Hybrid working), or candidates may be based across the EMEA region. Benefits: (UK only) 27 days holiday plus Wellbeing day, Private Medical Insurance, Bonus scheme, Sharescheme, Enhanced pension plan, Life assurance, On-site gym, Free on-site parking, Salary sacrifice schemes for Technology and Electric Vehicles.

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Solutions Architect to join our Architecture & Digital Design team. Reporting to the Head of Architecture & Digital Design, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering technically sound, scalable, and innovative solutions that align with business needs and drive transformation across the Steam business. This is a full-time role based in Cheltenham, with flexibility for the successful candidate to be based within our EMEA region and occasional overseas travel (<10%).

Your Objectives And Responsibilities Will Focus On…

• Providing technical leadership and vision throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Leading solution design workshops, architecture reviews, and stakeholder presentations.
• Translating business and technical requirements into viable, scalable solutions.
• Collaborating with implementation partners and internal teams to ensure alignment with business goals.
• Supporting pre-project scoping, business case creation, and roadmap planning.
• Driving application portfolio management and identifying opportunities for innovation.
• Ensuring adherence to architecture governance processes and maintaining the Definitive Software List (DSL).
• Contributing to continuous improvement of architecture practices and technology evaluation.
  
  

Your Previous Experience Is Likely To Include….

• Demonstrable experience as a Solution Architect or in a similar role.
• Proven and recent experience with Azure, ideally including AI/ML and big data solutions.
• Experience with Dynamics 365, COTS and SaaS implementations for global user bases.
• Strong background in software design and development across various platforms.
• Working with global teams across time zones and managing diverse stakeholder expectations.
• Navigating complex organisational structures and understanding solution interdependencies.
  
  

To be successful in this role you will…

• Demonstrate Company Core Values at all times
• Be proficient/fluent in English speaking, reading and writing
• Hold a degree, or be qualified by experience, in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Be certified in Microsoft Azure Solution Architecture or similar (AWS, CISSP, CTA).
• Demonstrate excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Be proactive, adaptable, and quick to learn new platforms and technologies.
• Thrive in collaborative environments and build consensus across multidisciplinary teams.
• Be goal-driven, results-oriented, and ideally Archimate certified.
  
  

The Steam Thermal Solutions business is one of three businesses within Spirax Group. Spirax Sarco and Gestra, are our two brands that form Steam Thermal Solutions and are global leaders in the supply of engineered solutions for the design, provision and maintenance of efficient industrial and commercial steam systems. Steam Thermal Solutions has global coverage across 67 operating units (called OpCos), organised into four Divisions: EMEA, APAC, Americas, Gestra.

Spirax Group is a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.

Benefits

You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days’ paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts’ portal. We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more. Learn more at https://www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-inclusion-commitments .

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.