Senior Solutions Architect (Consultant) - Transport Programme

Contract | Hybrid London | 6 Months | £749/day Umbrella

Overview

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)

Key Responsibilities

• Design and govern complex multi‑vendor architectures
• Produce solution architecture and capability roadmaps
• Support technical budgeting (up to £40m+)
• Break down solutions int...