Hybrid Cloud Solution Architect — Public Sector

IBM; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a Solution Architect to shape, design and deliver secure, scalable solutions across complex enterprise environments. You will work with business stakeholders and engineering teams to translate requirements into high-quality designs, balancing technology, security and operational sustainability.

You’ll lead architecture governance, develop artefacts, and drive design reviews while mentoring engineers and junior architects.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Solution Architect in complex enterprise, consulting or transformation environments.
• Strong governance, and Design Authority experience.
• Experience producing artefacts including Solution Designs, HLDs and architecture decision records.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement across business, technical and delivery teams.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence and UML modelling tools.
• Strong understanding of modern application architectures and software delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture activities from discovery through delivery.
• Produce and maintain architecture artefacts (Solution Designs, HLDs, option assessments, ARD).
• Present architecture proposals through Design Authority and governance forums.
• Translate requirements into scalable technical solutions balancing business goals and security.
• Define integration patterns and API strategies across complex environments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure delivery aligns with standards.
• Support application modernisation and digital transformation initiatives.
• Mentor engineers and junior architects on best practices.
• Provide technical leadership across project delivery and risk management.
• Contribute to architecture governance and technical quality standards.
• Help define delivery roadmaps and estimation.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Stakeholder Engagement

Architecture Governance

Design Authority

Java 17/21

RESTful APIs

XML & JSON

Relational Databases

AWS (Cloud)

Jira

Confluence

UML Modelling

Tools

Jira

Confluence

UML Modelling Tools

Job description

IBM Consulting is seeking a Solution Architect to shape, design and deliver secure, scalable solutions across complex enterprise environments. You will work with business stakeholders and engineering teams to translate requirements into high-quality designs, balancing technology, security and operational sustainability.

You’ll lead architecture governance, develop artefacts, and drive design reviews while mentoring engineers and junior architects.