Hybrid Cloud & AI Solution Architect

IBM; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow seeks experienced Solution Architects to shape and deliver secure, scalable architectures across hybrid cloud and AI projects for public and private sector clients in the UK. You will translate complex requirements into concrete designs, collaborate with engineering teams, and guide delivery while upholding governance and architectural standards.

A Bachelor's Degree is required and some roles may involve security screening.

Qualifications

• Experience operating as a Solution Architect within complex enterprise, consulting or transformation environments.
• Strong understanding of architecture governance, Design Authority processes and solution architecture methodologies.
• Experience producing architecture artefacts including Solution Designs, HLDs, option assessments and architecture decision records.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with experience working across business, technical and delivery teams.
• Experience using architecture and delivery tooling such as Jira, Confluence and UML modelling tools.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture activities from discovery through to delivery.
• Produce and maintain architecture artefacts including Solution Designs, High-Level Designs (HLDs), option assessments and architecture decision records.
• Present architecture proposals through Design Authority and governance forums.
• Translate business, functional and non-functional requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Define architecture approaches across applications, integrations, cloud services, data flows and supporting infrastructure.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure architecture designs are successfully delivered and aligned to agreed standards.
• Support application modernisation and digital transformation initiatives.
• Define integration patterns and API strategies across complex enterprise environments.
• Work closely with stakeholders to balance delivery requirements, technical constraints and long-term architectural objectives.
• Provide technical leadership throughout project delivery, supporting issue resolution, risk management and architecture assurance activities.
• Contribute to architecture governance, peer reviews and technical quality standards.
• Support solution estimation, technical planning and delivery roadmaps.
• Mentor engineers, developers and junior architects where appropriate.

Skills

Solution architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Cloud (AWS)

Java 17/21

API design

Architecture governance

Jira & Confluence

UML modelling

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

UML

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow seeks experienced Solution Architects to shape and deliver secure, scalable architectures across hybrid cloud and AI projects for public and private sector clients in the UK. You will translate complex requirements into concrete designs, collaborate with engineering teams, and guide delivery while upholding governance and architectural standards.

A Bachelor's Degree is required and some roles may involve security screening.