Senior Solutions Architect – Cloud & Legacy Integration

scrumconnect ltd; Jersey Marine; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Scrumconnect Consulting is seeking a Solutions Architect to help a major UK government client shape and deliver change that adds value for citizens and the public sector. The role involves integrating legacy systems with modern cloud services and guiding squads through detailed design to live delivery.

The candidate will have broad AWS experience, strong communication skills, and a track record in regulated, government-backed digital services.

Qualifications

• Proven experience architecting applications and subsystems from concept to live delivery.
• Examples of end-to-end solutions and key decisions made.
• Ability to assess change quickly and understand feasibility and impact.
• Experience integrating legacy core systems with cloud-native services.
• Strong knowledge of APIs, event-driven and messaging patterns.
• Experience using ADRs and trade-off analyses within reference architectures.
• Understanding of information security and data protection fundamentals.
• Strong communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience delivering digital services in UK central government or regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Grasp new change requests quickly by consulting stakeholders.
• Perform rapid feasibility assessments with options, risks, and rough effort estimates.
• Architect applications and subsystems from concept to delivery with engineering squads.
• Design pragmatic integration and migration approaches between legacy and cloud services.
• Produce solution briefs and record decisions for squad confidence.
• Act as a key technical contact for a product area and prioritise designs.
• Navigate architecture governance and align with reference architectures and standards.
• Support roadmaps, harvest reusable patterns, and mentor junior colleagues.

Skills

Architecting applications

End-to-end delivery

Change feasibility assessment

Legacy estates integration

AWS expertise

APIs and integration patterns

ADR decision making

InfoSec basics

Clear communication

UK government project experience

Education

Degree in computer science/engineering or related subject

Tools

Java/Spring Boot

Next.js

Ruby

Job description

Scrumconnect Consulting is seeking a Solutions Architect to help a major UK government client shape and deliver change that adds value for citizens and the public sector. The role involves integrating legacy systems with modern cloud services and guiding squads through detailed design to live delivery.

The candidate will have broad AWS experience, strong communication skills, and a track record in regulated, government-backed digital services.