Public Sector Solution Architect - Cloud & Security

eFinancialCareers; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

eFinancialCareers in London is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to join a major digital transformation programme delivering critical technology services within the UK public sector.

Active SC required. You will design and maintain solution architectures across a portfolio of digital products and services, translating business and technical requirements into deliverable designs, and producing artefacts covering application, integration, infrastructure and data architecture.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect in large, complex digital delivery programmes.
• Experience delivering architecture within policing, public safety or other security‑sensitive government environments.
• Strong application and solution architecture experience across multiple products and technology domains.
• Experience designing modern cloud-based solutions using APIs, microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Strong understanding of architecture, infrastructure and software engineering principles.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain solution architectures across a portfolio of digital products and services.
• Translate business and technical requirements into practical, deliverable solution designs.
• Produce architecture artefacts covering application, integration, infrastructure and data architecture.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure solutions are technically achievable and support modern software delivery practices.
• Provide architectural guidance throughout the full delivery lifecycle, from discovery through to live service.
• Design cloud-based solutions with a strong focus on security, resilience, scalability and operational support.
• Support API-led integration, event-driven architectures and modern application design approaches.
• Help define non-functional requirements including performance, availability, maintainability and security.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies and architectural challenges, working with delivery teams to develop effective solutions.
• Contribute to architecture governance while promoting pragmatic, delivery-focused decision making.
• Work collaboratively with architects, engineers and technical specialists to establish reusable standards, patterns and best practices.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cloud architecture

AWS cloud

APIs & microservices

DevOps collaboration

Security & compliance

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Architecture modelling tools

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

eFinancialCareers in London is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to join a major digital transformation programme delivering critical technology services within the UK public sector.

Active SC required. You will design and maintain solution architectures across a portfolio of digital products and services, translating business and technical requirements into deliverable designs, and producing artefacts covering application, integration, infrastructure and data architecture.