Solutions Architect – Audley Travel

About us

At Audley Travel, we turn careers into adventures. We're dedicated to creating unique travel experiences for our clients and fostering a dynamic, rewarding environment for our team. Join Audley and become part of a supportive community that prioritises your development. Our inclusive culture, along with competitive salaries and benefits, supports your well‑being and growth.

When your passion is travel and you’re looking for a career that excites and inspires, Audley Travel is the perfect place for you. Join us to create unforgettable journeys together.

The role

As a Solutions Architect at Audley Travel, you will be responsible for designing and implementing enterprise‑level robust, scalable solutions for our internal business and client‑facing applications. Your role will ensure that our systems are efficient, integrated, and aligned with our business objectives. You will work closely with project teams and stakeholders to create optimal solution designs, enhancing operational efficiency and user satisfaction.

The salary for this role is up to £90,000 (depending on experience).

Key responsibilities include:

• Solution Design: Create high‑level application and integration solution designs for internal business and client‑facing applications. Collaborating with internal and external design, development and engineering teams.
• Integration: Ensure seamless integration of various applications to support business operations and process.
• Architectural Validation and Design Reviews: Validate that the solution adheres to the approved solution architecture, conduct regular design review sessions within projects to ensure technical / low‑level design and delivery align with solution designs.
• Collaboration with delivery teams: Support technical architects and lead developers in translating high‑level application and integration solution designs into lower‑level component‑level designs. Facilitate design workshops and walkthroughs to ensure shared understanding and feasibility.
• Manage design change: lead impact assessments for any proposed design changes during development. Engage stakeholders to evaluate implications on scope, timeline, and budget. Raise and manage change control items, updating architectural documentation and decision records as needed.
• Architectural Policies: Contribute to and adopt architectural policies, patterns, and standards.
• Catalog Maintenance: Maintain Architecture Building Blocks and catalogs related to applications and integrations.
• Risk Management: Identify and raise appropriate risks, maintain a technical debt register, and ensure regular reviews by the Technical Design Authority (TDA).
• Vendor Management: Assist with technical due diligence for new technology contracts and review existing supplier offerings to align with Audley’s strategic roadmaps.

What we’re looking for:

You will have a strong background in application and solution design within Salesforce and Microsoft Azure along with experience across a range of application domains such as CRM, Travel Reservations, ERP, and Marketing.

• Proven experience in cloud‑first application architecture and solution design, including segmentation and decoupling of cloud applications through use of middleware.
• Ability to translate business requirements and processes into effective solution designs.
• Stakeholder management and influencing with all levels from C‑suite minus one level to operators.
• Commercial understanding and a track record of driving business innovation through technology.
• In‑depth knowledge of security by design principles and patterns.
• Up‑to‑date knowledge of technology trends.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong technical problem‑solving skills.
• Pragmatic and collaborative, able to balance strategic goals with tactical decisions when necessary.

Why Audley

We are committed to our employees’ quality of life and value the importance of flexibility by offering hybrid working where you can split your time between one of our wonderful offices and remotely from home or elsewhere in the UK. We ask that employees are office‑based for a minimum of three days per week.

• Discretionary annual bonus plan
• Holiday – 25 days rising to 30 days with length of service
• A day off for your birthday
• A day off for volunteering to support a charity, local support group or community work of your choice
• Private Medical Insurance and access to Healthshield health cash plan – money back for costs associated with everyday healthcare (including optical, dental, medical, prescriptions, physio), and access to medical and wellbeing resources such as a GP service, employee assistance programme and counselling
• Enhanced family leave
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Life insurance
• Discounted Audley trips (for you and your friends & family) and exclusive access to staff travel discount websites
• Wellhub – a wellbeing platform that gives you unlimited, discounted access to top gyms, studios, and wellbeing apps
• Benefits Platform – a reward scheme that gives you discounts and cashback with hundreds of retailers

If you’re interested in this opportunity, we’d love to hear from you. Click apply and start your journey with us at Audley Travel!

We believe it’s our people that make the difference and who build Audley into the success it is today. We pride ourselves on enabling people to reach their full potential through promoting and celebrating a diverse and inclusive working environment.