Digital Architect

Company Description

Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience.  

Job Description

This role will be focussed around the websites and content engines that sit within Greene King so a candidate that has experience of websites, content management platforms, digital asset management platforms, eCommerce, marketing platforms would is needed. Candidates should have been involved with builds for Azure Cloud, Data Platforms. Looking for an experienced digital architect that has a history of delivering major change and ongoing optimisation across key digital platforms, ideally in a B2C industry. 

Qualifications

Digital Solution Architect

Design and evolve our digital platforms and content capabilities across website, marketing and cloud platforms.

In this role, you will…

• Support the definition and ongoing improvement of the digital technology strategy, target architecture, standards and principles
• Own solution designs for digital platforms and services that meet business needs and align with Enterprise Architecture (using industry-standard platforms, components and tools)
• Work across digital product teams to understand demand and maintain a backlog that supports key capabilities and roadmap delivery
• Collaborate with partners and engineering teams to agree standards, best practices, and optimisation opportunities across key elements of the digital architecture
• Support delivery by shaping technical work items aligned to delivery plans, ensuring solutions address business outcomes

What you’ll bring…

• Strong experience engineering and architecting digital solutions, such as websites, headless applications, API services and Digital Asset Management (DAM) platforms
• Good understanding of DevSecOps, including CI/CD and automation for build, test and deployment

• Strong knowledge of Content Management Systems (CMS) operated at scale, with a focus on automation and efficiency
• Experience with modern architecture patterns for multi-channel content delivery (e.g., composable/headless, API-first)
• Experience managing third-party suppliers and working within IT governance (e.g., Technical Design Authority and Change Advisory Boards)

Qualifications

• Cloud/platform certifications relevant to digital platforms and integration

• Architecture framework certification (e.g., TOGAF) or equivalent
• Sitecore certifications

Additional Information

We’re all about rewarding our team’s hard work, that’s why…

You’ll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:

• The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career. 
• Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
• Free employee assistance program – mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter!
• Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank.
• Refer a friend – who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn £1,500 for referring them!
• Wagestream – access your wage before payday for when life happens.
• Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…