Hybrid Cloud Solution Architect - Public Sector

IBM; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a Solution Architect - Hybrid Solution to design and deliver secure, scalable architectures for complex enterprise environments in the UK. The role collaborates with business stakeholders, engineering teams and delivery leads to ensure architectures balance business outcomes with technical excellence and security.

You will shape architectures across applications, integrations, cloud services and enterprise platforms, guiding delivery from concept to production while

Qualifications

• Experience operating as a Solution Architect within complex enterprise, consulting or transformation environments.
• Strong governance and Design Authority processes knowledge.
• Proven ability to produce architecture artefacts such as Design Documents and architecture decision records.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement across business, technical and delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture activities from discovery through to delivery.
• Produce and maintain architecture artefacts including Solution Designs and High-Level Designs.
• Present architecture proposals through Design Authority and governance forums.
• Translate requirements into scalable technical solutions across applications and cloud services.
• Define integration patterns and API strategies for complex environments.
• Mentor engineers and junior architects where appropriate.

Skills

Solution architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Jira/Confluence

Java 17/21

REST APIs

Cloud & hybrid

AWS

RabbitMQ

IBM MQ

UML

Tools

Jira

Confluence

UML modelling tools

Job description

IBM Consulting is seeking a Solution Architect - Hybrid Solution to design and deliver secure, scalable architectures for complex enterprise environments in the UK. The role collaborates with business stakeholders, engineering teams and delivery leads to ensure architectures balance business outcomes with technical excellence and security.

You will shape architectures across applications, integrations, cloud services and enterprise platforms, guiding delivery from concept to production while