Cloud & AI Solutions Architect

EY UK; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

EY UK is seeking a Solution Architect to lead cloud-native and AI-enabled transformations within UK Tax, driving GenAI adoption and scalable architectures across multi-country projects. You will partner with business stakeholders, product managers and engineers to translate complex needs into robust solutions leveraging Azure, AI agents, and across Power Platform.

The role requires hands-on leadership in design, governance, and delivery, with a focus on secure, cost-effective implementations and

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architecture.
• Proficiency in Python, .NET, or Java.
• Practical experience applying GenAI/LLM capabilities and machine learning.
• Experience building AI agents and multi-agent systems; orchestration using LangGraph or similar frameworks.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI) is beneficial.
• API design, messaging, event streaming; data pipelines, vector stores/embeddings; security (identity, secrets, RBAC).
• CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, automated testing, observability, and reliability engineering.
• Strong experience in business stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end cloud-native architectures with scalability, security, reliability, and cost discipline.
• Design and implement AI agents and multi-agent systems; establish standards for lifecycle and governance.
• Provide technical direction across design, coding standards, DevOps and CI/CD; contribute hands-on where needed.
• Architect patterns and guardrails for Power Apps/Automate/BI; integrate with Azure services and data sources.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to shape requirements, roadmaps and success measures; manage risks and delivery plans.
• Produce architecture artefacts (views, decisions, runbooks); reuse patterns across service lines.
• Guide non-functional testing (performance, resilience, security); implement observability and post-go-live improvements.
• Collaborate with product managers, BAs, programme managers and engineering teams.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Kubernetes

Python/Java/.NET

GenAI/LLM

AI Agents

Power Platform

API Design

CI/CD & IaC

Stakeholder Mgmt

Project Management

Communication

Tools

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

Microsoft Azure

Power BI

CI/CD Tools

Job description

EY UK is seeking a Solution Architect to lead cloud-native and AI-enabled transformations within UK Tax, driving GenAI adoption and scalable architectures across multi-country projects. You will partner with business stakeholders, product managers and engineers to translate complex needs into robust solutions leveraging Azure, AI agents, and across Power Platform.

The role requires hands-on leadership in design, governance, and delivery, with a focus on secure, cost-effective implementations and