Hybrid Cloud & AI Solutions Architect

IBM; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical, dental & optical

Paternity leave and maternity leave

Maternity returners scheme

Group pension plan

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is hiring multiple Solution Architects to shape, design and deliver secure, scalable architectures across complex enterprise environments. You’ll engage with business stakeholders, engineering teams and delivery leads to translate requirements into high‑quality designs balancing business outcomes, technical excellence, security and operational sustainability.

This client‑facing role requires defining architectures across applications, integrations, cloud services and

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, High-Level Designs and architecture decision records.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across business, technical and delivery teams.
• Familiar with Jira, Confluence and UML modelling; knowledge of modern cloud-native patterns.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture activities from discovery through to delivery.
• Produce and maintain architecture artefacts including Solution Designs and HLDs.
• Present architecture proposals through Design Authority and governance forums.
• Translate requirements into scalable technical solutions balancing business and technical needs.
• Define integration patterns and API strategies across complex enterprise environments.
• Provide technical leadership throughout project delivery and architecture assurance.

Skills

Solution architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Architectural governance

Cloud & hybrid

Java (17/21)

RESTful services

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

UML modelling

AWS

Job description

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is hiring multiple Solution Architects to shape, design and deliver secure, scalable architectures across complex enterprise environments. You’ll engage with business stakeholders, engineering teams and delivery leads to translate requirements into high‑quality designs balancing business outcomes, technical excellence, security and operational sustainability.

This client‑facing role requires defining architectures across applications, integrations, cloud services and