Senior Solution Architect

, United Kingdom

Job Family Group:

Information Technology (IT)

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

May 4, 2026

Business Unit:

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What’s the role

Shell is advancing its Powering Progress strategy on the journey to net-zero emissions. Achieving this ambition requires uniting Shell’s strategic and technical expertise across data, strategy, architecture, and innovation. This integration is essential to drive the transformative shifts needed in IT. As part of this journey, we are seeking a skilled and seasoned Solution Architect to enhance automation and fully harness data and innovation.

What you’ll be doing

We’re currently looking for a seasoned Solution Architect to play a pivotal role in Shell’s Trading & Supply global transformation, specifically the implementation of our Energy Trade & Risk Management (ETRM) solution on Azure to create a scalable, secure, and strategic landscape that enables the transformation of Shell’s Trading capabilities. This opportunity sits at the heart of the Trading & Supply business transformation, supporting the Global Products organisation as we establish Endur as the global backbone ETRM platform. With a modular ecosystem being designed around this foundation, you’ll help shape a future ready, cloud native architecture built with flexibility, resilience, and data centricity at its core. As we move through the design phase, you will have a rare chance to influence architectural decisions from the ground up, define how a modern ETRM landscape should operate at global scale, and drive a paradigm shift in how Shell’s Trading business integrates processes, data, and systems across the value chain. This is a role for someone who thrives on complexity, innovation, and impact—someone who wants to help architect the future of one of the world’s most dynamic trading organisations.

Key responsibilities include:

Architecture and Technical Leadership

• Provide strong leadership skills, including fostering collaboration, driving consensus, and effectively communicating complex technical concepts

• Not only lead in your area of expertise but also play a key role in shaping and transforming the role itself—identifying opportunities, driving innovation, and delivering impact that extends beyond the initial remit. As the organization grows, your role is expected to evolve, offering continuous opportunities for development, influence, and leadership

• Serve as the primary contact for architectural aspects of IT projects

• Integrate business process, data, application, technical, and information security dimensions into cohesive IT solutions

• Ensure solution architectures are documented using standard templates and tooling complying with Shell’s architectural standards

• Guide detailed designers and business analysts during the design phase

• Review and formally approve detailed solution designs

• Support Lead Architect and participate in Architecture Review Board sessions as required

Reference Model Stewardship

• Actively contribute to the documentation, enhancement, and maintenance of Reference Models in BizzDesign or any other standard tooling

• Elevate project deliverables to conceptual and logical architecture levels

Technology Foresight

• Monitor emerging IT technologies and apply this insight to design future-ready solutions for Shell

Standards Alignment

• Stay informed of developments in Shell’s IT standards and services, ensuring they are incorporated into solution designs

Community Engagement

• Champion architectural excellence within the organisation

• Engage with stakeholders to address architectural concerns and drive strategic improvements

What you bring

Industry Knowledge:

• Brings a long-established background in Trading IT

• Possesses extensive hands-on expertise with OpenLink Endur

• Knowledge of the end-to-end Trading Business from deal inception through to settlement

Technical Architecture & Design:

• Brings extensive experience in delivering both software and architecture delivery

• Takes full ownership and drive technical architecture, design, and standards for software products in Commodities Trading

• Confidently leads architectural decisions across portfolios, managing divergent opinions

• Creates pragmatic, implementable technical designs balancing risk, complexity, cost, and value

• TOGAF (or similar framework) experience and Enterprise Architecture tooling

Collaboration & Communication:

• Collaborates with business and IT stakeholders for strategic and day-to-day technical decisions

• Brings strong communication and collaboration abilities, supported by significant experience within trading environments

• Listen to and interpret needs of technical and business stakeholders, manage expectations, and facilitate discussions

• Be an active participant in the wider Tech Lead and engineering communities

Problem Solving & Innovation:

• Diagnose problems and implement innovative solutions fitting into the wider Shell Trading picture

• Manage dependencies, overcome obstacles, and maximize value against constraints, managing trade-offs or technical debt

Technical Skills and Mastery

Desirable Technologies & Programming Languages:

• Expert in one or more of the programming languages (Node.js, .Net, .Net Core, Python etc) with Cloud Native Platform Development (Azure/AWS)

• Expert in one or more of the front-end development technologies (specifically React and Micro frontend)

• Expert in one or more of Data Development (SQL Databases, No SQL, Cloud Datastores etc) technologies

• Expert in JVS and OpenComponents

• Exposure to SAP HANA, Salesforce, API management, Multifactor authentication

Energy Trade and Risk Management (ETRM):

• Hands-on experience implementing OpenLink Endur, including All ‘Managers’, Domain Services, Operation Services, TPM, APM, Grid Setup, Deal Modelling

Azure Platform & Cloud Native:

• Hands-on experience in architecting applications into the Azure platform, including migrations/re-platforming of legacy on-premises systems

• Engineering and architecture experience in designing and building containers, Microservices, Cloud Native applications, and federated Data platforms (Data Mesh)

Data Architecture, Data Management & Diverse Data Types:

• Possesses solid experience in Data Architecture, including developing logical data models and designing solutions that leverage modern data platforms and medallion-style architecture

• Strong knowledge of data management: engineering, pipeline development, warehousing, storage, lifecycle management, privacy, security

• Experience with diverse data types: big data, high velocity streaming, IoT, low latency event triggers, longitudinal time series

• Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases

Azure Services & Integration:

• Significant experience with Azure Functions, Web Apps, distributed/event-driven architecture (event hub, event bus, Kafka), ELK

• Intermediate to advanced exposure to Azure Active Directory, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Storage, Azure Kubernetes Service, CosmosDB, Azure SQL

• Integration experience with Confluent/Kafka, API Management, Logic Apps

CI/CD & DevOps:

• Brings substantial experience in CI/CD delivery, working with tools such as Git, GitHub, VSTS/Azure DevOps, Terraform, and Ansible

Agile & Engineering Standards:

• Practical agile experience in both start-up and enterprise environments

• Lead the engineering community to follow Shell Engineer Management standards, ensuring consistency and reuse

• Understand and deliver core engineering GPA objectives

• Create a collaborative environment for technical roles to drive clear decisions and consistency

Documentation & Coordination:

• Address Business Process, Data, Application, Technical, and Information Security aspects of IT Solutions, documenting in High-Level Design documents

• Coordinate and develop information with third parties (Data Architects, IRM, Support Operations teams, Business stakeholders), internal and external to Shell

What we offer 

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself. 

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together. 

• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead. 

• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices. 

• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise. 

• Achieve your balance in a value-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.  

• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working. 

• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world. 

• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents. 

• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply. 

• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams. 

• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes. 

Note: As part of your application, please submit a motivation letter along with your resume. The motivation letter should outline your reasons for applying to this position and how your skills and experiences align with the job requirements. This will help us better understand your interest in the role and your suitability for the position.

Shell is working to advance an inclusive, psychologically safe and accessible environment where people with disabilities can excel. If you require any accommodations or accessibility adjustments (e.g. assistive technology, communication support, any other) during the application or interview process, please let us know directly via [email protected] . We strive to ensure that our process and workplace is accessible to everyone and are dedicated to making reasonable adjustments to support your needs.

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Shell in The United Kingdom

Shell is a vital contributor to the UK, supporting energy security, jobs and economic value. We provide energy to fuel homes, hospitals, schools, vehicles, machinery and factories. Our history here dates back over 125 years. A UK-headquartered global energy leader, and leading FTSE multinational, we are active across the country’s energy system.

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