Senior Solutions Architect

Realta Associates are hiring two Senior Solution Architects to lead solution design and roadmapping across enterprise IT systems (corporate and operational) for a leading utilities organisation.
We are open to candidates based locally in Ireland as we are to international candidates, and have the capacity to provide sponsorship for those outside the EU/ Schengen area.
This is a high-impact role within a complex, regulated, 24/7 environment — shaping solutions, influencing stakeholders, and driving decisions aligned to enterprise architecture strategy.
You’ll succeed here if you can lead stakeholders, shape solutions, and land decisions.
The role

• Own end-to-end solution design and target-state roadmaps across the IT estate
• Lead workshops and align business and technical stakeholders
• Develop solution options and present trade-offs, risks, and recommendations to governance / Design Authority
• Drive decisions across competing priorities (cost, risk, delivery, security, operations)
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles, standards, and strategy
• Work across application, data, and integration architecture (with security and operational realities in mind)
• Produce clear artefacts (solution designs, ADRs, impact assessments, estimates)

Experience required

• Strong experience architecting enterprise IT systems across multiple domains
• Proven ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into practical, deliverable solutions
• Experience balancing target-state direction with delivery pragmatism
• Strong stakeholder leadership — comfortable influencing and “selling” solutions at senior level
• Experience in regulated and/or high-availability environments is advantageous

Tech (desirable)

• Experience with enterprise platforms (Microsoft or similar), including:
• ERP / CRM platforms (e.g. Dynamics 365 or equivalent)
• Cloud platforms and enterprise integration patterns
• Modern data and application ecosystems

Interested? Send a CV or message me directly.