Senior Solution Architect (Pre-sales)

NTT DATA; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global IT service provider as a Senior Solution Architect in London, where you will guide application modernization and augmented engineering offerings. This role combines technical expertise with business acumen, focusing on transforming client solutions through innovative technologies. You'll collaborate with top tech partners and lead cross-functional teams, ensuring best practices in solution delivery while fostering an inclusive environment.

Benefits

Flexible work options

Continuous growth and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Practical experience in back-end development/architecture (Java or C#).
• Solid understanding of software delivery principles and methodologies.
• Experience operating successfully in consulting organizations in client-facing roles.

Responsibilities

• Engage with clients to explore technology and Generative AI for application modernisation.
• Lead development of architectural solutions in alignment with client challenges.
• Support pre-sales activities including demos and presentations.

Skills

Back-end development

Architecture design

Cloud native technologies

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Client:

NTT DATA

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

47

Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

Job Description:

Job Description

The team you'll be working with:

You'll be joining the 5th largest IT service provider, present in more than 50 countries. From our roots in Japan, NTT DATA's mission is to facilitate business change and technology transformation across many industries for a better future for our business, people, and community. We are an agile, innovative, and extremely people focused company; it feels like a start-up but with serious backing and has the reputation of exceptional end-to-end solutions.

Engineering is one of the key areas within NTT DATA UK & I and this position represents a vital role within the practice. As a Senior Solution Architect, you will be developing and evolving our go to market offerings, leading early conversations with clients, championing our application modernisation and augmented engineering offerings, leveraging our IP, building an internal network and leading the development of solutions.

What you'll be doing:

• The primary focus of the role will be to engage with prospective and existing clients, exploring how technology and Generative AI can transform application modernisation and augment approaches to the SDLC. You will evolve our application modernisation and augmented engineering offerings and refine our go-to-market strategy.
• Work closely with Client Partners, Sales and Delivery Directors, in our vertical business units to identify and develop application modernisation and augmented engineering opportunities. You will guide development of the pipeline of work
• Lead the development of architectural solutions, ensuring alignment to client challenges whilst exploiting available accelerators, IP and partner assets. Ensure the proposed solutions meet industry best practices and quality standards.
• Work closely with the office of CTO and extended global CTO network to understand, influence and leverage global Gen AI assets. You will champion application of such IP to emerging client opportunities.
• Support pre-sales activities including conducting demo, developing proposals, estimating implementation effort, hosting technical deep dives, and presenting PoCs.
• Nurture our relationship with key technology alliance partners such as Microsoft, AWS, GitHub, and Google amongst others.

What experience you'll bring:

To excel in this role, you will need a blend of technical expertise, business acumen, and excellent communication skills. You will be a confident Solutions Architect, with practical experience in back-end development/architecture (Java or C#) and in architecture design with cloud native technologies (serverless functions, event-driven, caching etc). Specifically, you will have:

• Extensiveexperience authoring, designing and more recently architecting software solutions using a wide range of technologies.
• Excellent conceptualisation and communication skills and the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders a consultative way.
• A solid understanding of software delivery principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• The ability to think strategically and possess innovative problem-solving skills.
• A track record of operating successfully in consulting organisation in client facing roles. You will understand the value in building extensive networks to bring insight and expertise to bear. You will have successfully orchestrated geo-distributed teams to deliver exceptional results.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field. Advanced degree preferred.

Who we are:

We’re a business with a global reach that empowers local teams, and we undertake hugely exciting work that is genuinely changing the world. Our advanced portfolio of consulting, applications, business process, cloud, and infrastructure services will allow you to achieve great things by working with brilliant colleagues, and clients, on exciting projects.

Our inclusive work environment prioritises mutual respect, accountability, andcontinuous learning for all our people. This approach fosters collaboration, well-being,growth, and agility, leading to a more diverse, innovative, and competitiveorganisation. We are also proud to share that we have a range of Inclusion Networks such as: the Women’s Business Network,Cultural and Ethnicity Network, LGBTQ+ & Allies Network, Neurodiversity Network and the Parent Network.

For more information on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion please click here:Creating Inclusion Together at NTT DATA UK | NTT DATA

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 also a proud Disability Confident Committed Employer - we arecommitted 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.

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Job Description

The team you'll be working with:

You'll be joining the 5th largest IT service provider, present in more than 50 countries. From our roots in Japan, NTT DATA's mission is to facilitate business change and technology transformation across many industries for a better future for our business, people, and community. We are an agile, innovative, and extremely people focused company; it feels like a start-up but with serious backing and has the reputation of exceptional end-to-end solutions.

Engineering is one of the key areas within NTT DATA UK & I and this position represents a vital role within the practice. As a Senior Solution Architect, you will be developing and evolving our go to market offerings, leading early conversations with clients, championing our application modernisation and augmented engineering offerings, leveraging our IP, building an internal network and leading the development of solutions.

What you'll be doing:

The primary focus of the role will be to engage with prospective and existing clients, exploring how technology and Generative AI can transform application modernisation and augment approaches to the SDLC. You will evolve our application modernisation and augmented engineering offerings and refine our go-to-market strategy.

Work closely with Client Partners, Sales and Delivery Directors, in our vertical business units to identify and develop application modernisation and augmented engineering opportunities. You will guide development of the pipeline of work

Lead the development of architectural solutions, ensuring alignment to client challenges whilst exploiting available accelerators, IP and partner assets. Ensure the proposed solutions meet industry best practices and quality standards.

Work closely with the office of CTO and extended global CTO network to understand, influence and leverage global Gen AI assets. You will champion application of such IP to emerging client opportunities.

Support pre-sales activities including conducting demo, developing proposals, estimating implementation effort, hosting technical deep dives, and presenting PoCs.

Nurture our relationship with key technology alliance partners such as Microsoft, AWS, GitHub, and Google amongst others.

What experience you'll bring:

To excel in this role, you will need a blend of technical expertise, business acumen, and excellent communication skills. You will be a confident Solutions Architect, with practical experience in back-end development/architecture (Java or C#) and in architecture design with cloud native technologies (serverless functions, event-driven, caching etc). Specifically, you will have:

Extensiveexperience authoring, designing and more recently architecting software solutions using a wide range of technologies.

Excellent conceptualisation and communication skills and the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders a consultative way.

A solid understanding of software delivery principles, methodologies, and best practices.

The ability to think strategically and possess innovative problem-solving skills.

A track record of operating successfully in consulting organisation in client facing roles. You will understand the value in building extensive networks to bring insight and expertise to bear. You will have successfully orchestrated geo-distributed teams to deliver exceptional results.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field. Advanced degree preferred.

Who we are:

We’re a business with a global reach that empowers local teams, and we undertake hugely exciting work that is genuinely changing the world. Our advanced portfolio of consulting, applications, business process, cloud, and infrastructure services will allow you to achieve great things by working with brilliant colleagues, and clients, on exciting projects.

Our inclusive work environment prioritises mutual respect, accountability, andcontinuous learning for all our people. This approach fosters collaboration, well-being,growth, and agility, leading to a more diverse, innovative, and competitiveorganisation. We are also proud to share that we have a range of Inclusion Networks such as: the Women’s Business Network,Cultural and Ethnicity Network, LGBTQ+ & Allies Network, Neurodiversity Network and the Parent Network.

For more information on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion please click here:Creating Inclusion Together at NTT DATA UK | NTT DATA

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 also a proud Disability Confident Committed Employer - we arecommitted 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.

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