Job Description:

Senior Solutions Architect (Consultant) - Transport Programme
Contract | Hybrid London | 6 Months | £749/day Umbrella

A major UK transport organisation is seeking two experienced Solution Architects to support a large-scale ticketing and payments transformation programme. The role covers end-to-end solution architecture across discovery, design, budgeting, and delivery in a complex multi-vendor environment.

Two roles available:

• Front Office: Ticketing devices and passenger systems (gates, TVMs, validators, smart ticketing hardware)
• Back Office: Payments and transaction processing systems (Visa/Mastercard integrations, backend platforms, on-prem infrastructure)

• Design and govern complex multi-vendor architectures
• Produce solution architecture and capability roadmaps
• Support technical budgeting (up to £40m+)
• Break down solutions into delivery work packages
• Ensure alignment with business capability and strategy
• Drive cost optimisation and TCO reduction
• Engage senior stakeholders and vendors
• Provide architecture assurance across delivery

• Enterprise / solution architecture in large-scale programmes
• Complex system design across multiple vendors
• Strong integration and architecture documentation skills
• Experience in either:
  • Front Office: transport ticketing hardware (Cubic, S&B, INIT preferred)
  • Back Office: payments, transaction processing, Java/.NET/Oracle, acquirer integrations

• Duration: 6 months (likely extension)
• Location: London (50% onsite, Pier Walk)
• Interview: 2-stage process (remote + formal)
• Rate: £749/day umbrella

UK work eligibility required.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.