Senior Cloud Solutions Architect - Hybrid & Impact

The-Very-Group; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Inclusive culture

£6500 flexible benefits allowance

30 days holiday

LinkedIn Learning access

Bonus potential

Discount on Very.co.uk

Matched pension

Job summary

The Very Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to lead architectural direction across complex technology initiatives, ensuring solutions deliver business value while meeting enterprise standards.

You will shape roadmaps, design scalable cloud-native solutions on AWS, and collaborate with Product and Engineering to drive delivery and governance across teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and delivering complex enterprise-scale solutions.
• Strong architectural leadership balancing strategic vision with pragmatic delivery.
• Experience defining technology roadmaps and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive informed technical decisions.
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Shape architecture roadmaps that align technology strategy with business objectives.
• Design scalable, secure and resilient cloud-native solutions.
• Lead solution architecture for large-scale programmes and products.
• Partner with Product, Engineering and Delivery teams to define technology direction.
• Provide technical leadership on risks, dependencies and architectural challenges.
• Drive governance to ensure alignment with standards and target architecture.

Skills

Java

AWS

Cloud-native architecture

API-led integration

Spring Boot

Terraform

React

AWS API Gateway

AWS RDS

Oracle Database

Job description

The Very Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to lead architectural direction across complex technology initiatives, ensuring solutions deliver business value while meeting enterprise standards.

You will shape roadmaps, design scalable cloud-native solutions on AWS, and collaborate with Product and Engineering to drive delivery and governance across teams.