Cloud Architect for Modernisation & AI Solutions

IBM Computing; Hursley; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working approaches

Sabbatical programs

Paternity leave

Maternity leave

Maternity returners scheme

Private medical

Dental & optical cover

Online shopping discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Life assurance

Group pension plan (salary sacrifice)

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK is seeking a Senior Application Architect to shape, design and deliver secure, scalable solutions across cloud environments. You’ll translate business needs into robust architectures and lead modernisation efforts with cross‑functional teams.

You’ll mentor engineers, contribute to roadmaps, and ensure architectural principles align with security and operational requirements. This role emphasises collaboration with stakeholders and delivery teams in a BPSS/NSV context.

Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise‑scale applications and distributed systems.
• Strong background in Java and modern application development frameworks.
• Experience designing microservices‑based architectures and RESTful APIs.
• Experience working within cloud environments, ideally AWS.
• Strong understanding of software architecture patterns, design principles and engineering best practices.
• Experience modernising legacy applications and supporting cloud adoption initiatives.
• Experience working with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation and modern software delivery practices.
• Ability to communicate architecture decisions to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Experience producing architecture deliverables such as HLDs, solution designs and technical decision records.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure and resilient application architectures aligned to business and user requirements.
• Define architecture patterns for web applications, APIs, integrations and cloud‑native services.
• Lead application modernisation initiatives, including migration of legacy applications and adoption of modern engineering practices.
• Produce and maintain architecture artefacts including High‑Level Designs (HLDs), technical roadmaps and architecture decision records.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure architecture principles are successfully implemented.
• Define integration approaches across applications, data platforms, APIs and third‑party services.
• Collaborate with cloud and platform teams to ensure solutions are optimised for AWS and modern cloud environments.
• Promote best practice across software architecture, security, performance, observability and resilience.
• Support architecture governance through design reviews, peer reviews and architecture assurance activities.
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code and DevSecOps approaches.
• Mentor engineers, technical leads and junior architects.
• Contribute to recruitment and growth of the wider architecture and engineering community.

Skills

Java

Microservices

REST APIs

AWS

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Architecture patterns

Security

Stakeholder communication

IT governance

Mentoring

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

IBM Consulting UK is seeking a Senior Application Architect to shape, design and deliver secure, scalable solutions across cloud environments. You’ll translate business needs into robust architectures and lead modernisation efforts with cross‑functional teams.

You’ll mentor engineers, contribute to roadmaps, and ensure architectural principles align with security and operational requirements. This role emphasises collaboration with stakeholders and delivery teams in a BPSS/NSV context.