Senior Cloud Solutions Architect & Technical Leader

Jacobs; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Cover

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Holiday buy/sell

Wellbeing support offerings

Enhanced pension scheme

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Lead Solution Architect in the UK to shape software product platforms across a broad portfolio. You will guide architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product leaders and stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure cloud-based solutions.

The role emphasizes cloud architecture, CI/CD, and modern software delivery practices, with hybrid work and regional travel to support client delivery.

Qualifications

• Experienced software or solution architect who combines technical depth with strong leadership and communication skills.
• Design and deliver complex cloud-based software platforms and distributed systems.
• Influence architectural direction across multiple teams and applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural leadership across a broad portfolio of software products and services.
• Translate business needs into robust, scalable, and secure solutions.
• Guide architectural decision-making, mentor engineering teams, and review designs.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Distributed systems

Leadership & communication

Architectural governance

Mentoring engineers

Tools

Azure

AWS

CI/CD practices

Microservices

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Lead Solution Architect in the UK to shape software product platforms across a broad portfolio. You will guide architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product leaders and stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure cloud-based solutions.

The role emphasizes cloud architecture, CI/CD, and modern software delivery practices, with hybrid work and regional travel to support client delivery.