Hybrid Cloud Solution Architect | Public Sector

IBM; Hursley; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a Solution Architect - Hybrid Solution to shape, design and deliver secure, scalable architectures across complex enterprise environments in the UK.

You will work closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams and delivery leads to translate requirements into high-quality designs that balance business outcomes, technical excellence, security and operational resilience throughout delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Solution Architect in complex enterprise or transformation programs.
• Proficient in architecture governance, design authority, and architecture methodologies.
• Experience producing artefacts including Solution Designs, HLDs, option assessments and architecture decision records.
• Strong stakeholder engagement across business, technical and delivery teams.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence and UML modelling tools.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture activities from discovery through to delivery.
• Produce architecture artefacts and present proposals through Design Authority and governance forums.
• Translate business, functional and non-functional requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Define integration patterns and API strategies across complex enterprise environments.
• Mentor engineers, developers and junior architects where appropriate.
• Contribute to architecture governance, peer reviews and technical quality standards.
• Support solution estimation, technical planning and delivery roadmaps.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Architecture Governance

Design Authority

Stakeholder Engagement

Jira & Confluence

UML Modelling

Java 17/21

XML/JSON

REST APIs

Enterprise Integration

Relational Databases

AWS

Cloud & Hybrid Architecture

RabbitMQ

IBM MQ

Production Deployment

Tools

Jira

Confluence

UML

Job description

IBM Consulting is seeking a Solution Architect - Hybrid Solution to shape, design and deliver secure, scalable architectures across complex enterprise environments in the UK.

You will work closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams and delivery leads to translate requirements into high-quality designs that balance business outcomes, technical excellence, security and operational resilience throughout delivery.