IDP Solution Architect / Tech Lead

NTT DATA; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA UK & Ireland seeks a senior Port.io and IDP design lead to own platform architecture, catalogue patterns and integrations with ITSM, CMDB and observability. The role involves hiring and upskilling a distributed team across the UK, Portugal and India and close collaboration with senior client stakeholders.

You will drive adoption, governance and secure-by-default design across golden-paths, self-service actions and RBAC, shaping roadmaps and ensuring high-quality platform delivery.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Port.io delivery at enterprise scale with blueprints, data model design and RBAC.
• 10+ years in software/platform engineering, including 3+ in IDP/platform roles.
• Trusted-advisor with senior client stakeholders; able to run workshops and shape roadmaps.
• Proven coaching record to upskill engineering teams on new platforms.
• Secure-by-default design with RBAC, secrets handling and policy gates.

Responsibilities

• Build and enable the engineering team with the Technical Manager and act as Port.io authority.
• Own IDP solution architecture: catalogue structure, orchestration and integrations with ITSM/CMDB/observability.
• Shape roadmap and design decisions with client stakeholders around MVP delivery.
• Align with cloud platform architects for integration into the catalogue and governance.
• Design for adoption and governance of catalogue health and onboarding.

Skills

Port.io depth

Platform architecture

Client-facing consulting

Coaching

Secure-by-default design

Tools

Port.io

Backstage

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Wiz

Checkov

OPA

tflint

Infracost

Terratest

k6

Job description

The team you';ll be working with:

You will be the Port.io authority and design lead for an enterprise internal developer platform. You will have the opportunity to hire and upskill a distributed engineering team across the UK, Portugal and India ahead of a major build phase. You will work directly with senior client stakeholders and own the platform architecture: catalogue structure, golden-path patterns, orchestration design, and integrations with ITSM, CMDB and observability. Developer adoption is how this platform will be judged, and this role is central to getting there.

What you';ll be doing:

Key Responsibilities

• Team build and enablement: Help select the engineering team with the Technical Manager, then act as its Port.io authority. You will upskill engineers on the architecture, the data model (blueprints, entities, scorecards), self-service actions, Ocean integrations and RBAC.
• Platform architecture: Own the IDP solution architecture: catalogue structure, golden-path patterns, orchestration design (GitHub Actions + Temporal) and API integrations with ServiceNow, CMDB and observability.
• Client engagement: Shape roadmap and design decisions with client stakeholders, building on the MVP the client delivers in-house.
• Cross-team alignment: Align with cloud platform architects so infrastructure patterns have a clean route into the catalogue; define inner-source contribution standards and quality gates.
• Adoption and governance: Design for adoption (self-service rates, time-to-consume); establish governance for catalogue health, versioning and divisional onboarding.

What experience you';ll bring:

Essential

• Port.io depth: Hands-on production Port.io delivery at enterprise scale, covering blueprints and data model design, self-service actions, scorecards, integrations and RBAC. This is the defining requirement, because the role upskills the whole team.
• Platform architecture: 10+ years in software or platform engineering including 3+ in platform engineering / IDP roles; experience designing golden paths, self-service catalogues and orchestration layers.
• Client-facing consulting: Trusted-advisor presence with senior client stakeholders: running workshops, defending designs and building roadmaps together.
• Coaching: Track record upskilling engineering teams on new platforms.
• Secure-by-default design: Designing platforms where security and quality controls sit inside the golden paths rather than being bolted on afterwards. This covers RBAC and access models, secrets handling, and approval and policy gates.

Nice to Have

• Orchestration: GitHub Actions depth, plus Temporal or a comparable durable workflow engine.
• Quality engineering: Embedding automated testing and quality gates into platform delivery.
• Enterprise integration: ITSM (ServiceNow), CMDB and observability integrations.
• Comparative platforms: Backstage, Humanitec or Harness.

Technologies & Tools

The platform environment:

• Developer portal: Port.io, or a Backstage background: catalogue, blueprints, self-service actions and scorecards, with configuration-as-code in JSON and YAML. Custom integrations use the Ocean framework in Python, plus the Port API and Terraform provider.
• Languages: TypeScript, Node.js and React, with Python for custom integrations and JQ for data mapping.
• Orchestration: GitHub Actions, with Temporal for durable workflows.
• Delivery toolchain: GitHub and Terraform, an IaC quality and security stack (Wiz, Checkov, OPA, tflint, Infracost, Terratest), and k6 performance testing running on Kubernetes.
• Integrations: ServiceNow for approvals and CMDB, observability tooling, and enterprise identity and RBAC.

Who we are:

At NTT DATA, you have endless opportunities to think big, act bold and take ownership. As a $30+ billion business and technology services, AI and digital infrastructure leader, we co-innovate solutions with clients and partners globally for business and societal impact. Servicing 75% of the Fortune Global 100, with experts in over 70 countries, we encourage experimentation and recognize great work. Proudly a Global Top Employer, NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion annually in R&D. Make this the place where you belong, learn, and build your network. Make this the place whereyougrow.

what we';ll offer you:

We offer a range of tailored benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. Our Learning and Development team ensure that there are continuous growth and development opportunities for our people. We also offer the opportunity to have flexible work options.

You can find more information about NTT DATA UK & Ireland here: https://uk.nttdata.com/

We are an equal opportunities employer. We believe in the fair treatment of all our employees and commit to promoting equity and diversity in our employment practices. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us, during the application process, that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.