Solutions Architect
| Posting date: | 20 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £65000-100000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 December 2025 |
| Location: | Kentish Town Office (2021000049), NW5 1TN |
| Company: | J Murphy & Sons |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 23558-43794317 |
Summary
Murphy is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; energy and water. Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities. Murphy employs around 4,000 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’
- directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. Visit www.murphygroup.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X: #MoretoMurphy
A day in the life of a Murphy Solutions Architect:
- Design, implement and maintain end-to-end solutions that integrate internal and third-party systems across the enterprise.
- Analyse current systems and develop integration architecture strategies to modernise and streamline processes.
- Select and design middleware and messaging patterns (e.g., ESB, ETL, APIs, event-driven architecture).
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are understood and documented.
- Lead architecture reviews and ensure alignment with enterprise IT strategy, security standards, and compliance needs.
- Oversee the implementation of APIs, microservices, data pipelines, and real-time data synchronisation.
- Work closely with software engineers, infrastructure teams, and data architects to deliver unified solutions.
- Ensure robust documentation of system designs, integration workflows, and architectural decisions.
- Horizon scan and evaluate new tools, platforms, and technologies for potential adoption, advising the Group IT and Digital Director and developing proposals accordingly.
- Establish and monitor compliance with architectural standards, development practices, and DevOps processes, addressing any issues as required.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams at all stages throughout the development lifecycle.
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years recent experience working in solution architecture or senior systems design roles.
- Extensive knowledge of, and experience with enterprise system integration, including REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, ESB, and ETL tools.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform, Azure Logic Apps, and DataVerse.
- Familiarity with integration platforms such as MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, Azure Logic Apps, Apache Camel, or similar.
- Deep understanding of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP, hybrid integration scenarios and security best practices.
- Proficient in data modeling, messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and API design best practices (OpenAPI/Swagger).
- Experience integrating ERP, CRM, HRIS, and other core business systems.
- directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. Visit www.murphygroup.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X: #MoretoMurphy
A day in the life of a Murphy Solutions Architect:
- Design, implement and maintain end-to-end solutions that integrate internal and third-party systems across the enterprise.
- Analyse current systems and develop integration architecture strategies to modernise and streamline processes.
- Select and design middleware and messaging patterns (e.g., ESB, ETL, APIs, event-driven architecture).
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are understood and documented.
- Lead architecture reviews and ensure alignment with enterprise IT strategy, security standards, and compliance needs.
- Oversee the implementation of APIs, microservices, data pipelines, and real-time data synchronisation.
- Work closely with software engineers, infrastructure teams, and data architects to deliver unified solutions.
- Ensure robust documentation of system designs, integration workflows, and architectural decisions.
- Horizon scan and evaluate new tools, platforms, and technologies for potential adoption, advising the Group IT and Digital Director and developing proposals accordingly.
- Establish and monitor compliance with architectural standards, development practices, and DevOps processes, addressing any issues as required.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams at all stages throughout the development lifecycle.
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years recent experience working in solution architecture or senior systems design roles.
- Extensive knowledge of, and experience with enterprise system integration, including REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, ESB, and ETL tools.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform, Azure Logic Apps, and DataVerse.
- Familiarity with integration platforms such as MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, Azure Logic Apps, Apache Camel, or similar.
- Deep understanding of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP, hybrid integration scenarios and security best practices.
- Proficient in data modeling, messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and API design best practices (OpenAPI/Swagger).
- Experience integrating ERP, CRM, HRIS, and other core business systems.