Media Systems Solution Architect - Hybrid, Scalable Architecture

WeAreTechWomen; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

30 days annual leave

Pension scheme (employer contribution)

2 volunteering days annually

Season ticket loans

Job summary

Guardian News and Media is seeking a Solution Architect - Media Systems to lead the multimedia technology estate across ingest, editing, asset management, storage, and delivery workflows. You will define standards, roadmaps, and secure, scalable platform designs that align with business strategy.

You will guide delivery teams, assess new tools, and work with vendors to select technologies that fit the organisation's needs, including hybrid and on-premise storage solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in architecture design within a multimedia, media, broadcast, publishing, or creative technology environment.
• Strong understanding of multimedia workflows across ingest, editing, collaboration, asset management, storage, archive, and delivery.
• Experience evaluating new platforms, producing HLDs and LLDs, and defining how solutions integrate into an existing estate.
• Strong knowledge of integration, APIs, automation, metadata, access, and interoperability, with the ability to support practical implementation.
• Experience working with vendors and supporting technology selection.
• Experience of cloud, hybrid, and on-premise storage environments.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and inform with specialist and non-specialist stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the architecture for the multimedia technology estate, covering core platforms, workflows, integrations, and supporting infrastructure.
• Set technical standards, design principles, and roadmaps to ensure platforms are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with business needs.
• Ensure platform designs meet key functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, resilience, disaster recovery, and operational stability.
• Lead the technical assessment of new multimedia tools and platforms before acquisition.
• Support delivery teams with architectural guidance during projects, upgrades, migrations, and complex technical change.
• Define the security architecture, including data access, authorisation models, and compliance requirements, ensuring all multimedia platforms meet organisational security policies.
• Work closely with business, technology, and vendor teams to translate requirements into practical technical solutions.

Job description

Guardian News and Media is seeking a Solution Architect - Media Systems to lead the multimedia technology estate across ingest, editing, asset management, storage, and delivery workflows. You will define standards, roadmaps, and secure, scalable platform designs that align with business strategy.

You will guide delivery teams, assess new tools, and work with vendors to select technologies that fit the organisation's needs, including hybrid and on-premise storage solutions.