Senior Solutions Architect – Cloud-Native, API & Security (Hybrid)

Liberty Blume; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing benefits

Pension contribution

Life assurance

Employee discounts

Electric car scheme

Volunteer day

Job summary

Liberty Blume in Leeds city centre is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect on a permanent basis. This hybrid role requires 2 days in the office and involves shaping architecture across internal tech initiatives and a growing product portfolio.

You’ll design pragmatic, buildable solutions, own ADRs and integration patterns, and collaborate with Product, Engineering, Platform, Security and GRC teams to ensure delivery aligns with business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect or senior engineer owning end-to-end design.
• Strong engineering background with cloud-native architecture.
• Experience designing solutions on GCP with serverless, managed databases and event-driven services.
• Strong knowledge of APIs, integration patterns, microservices and event-driven architecture.
• Good understanding of identity and security, including OAuth2/OIDC and zero-trust.
• Experience with Terraform, CI/CD and GitOps practices.
• Understanding of relational and NoSQL data modelling and enterprise system integrations.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly and influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Shape new initiatives from the outset, turning business challenges into clear, practical designs.
• Explore technical options, articulate trade-offs, risks and dependencies.
• Own solution architecture artefacts such as designs, integration diagrams and ADRs.
• Design for security, data protection, resilience and cost from day one.
• Define integration patterns and API contracts across complex estates.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Platform, Security and GRC teams.
• Stay involved through delivery, evolving architecture as requirements change.
• Develop reusable architecture patterns to reduce duplication and debt.
• Present and defend designs to engineers and senior leaders.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cloud native

APIs

Security & IAM

Data modelling

NoSQL databases

ADR documentation

Tools

GCP

Terraform

CI/CD

GitOps

Serverless

Job description

Liberty Blume in Leeds city centre is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect on a permanent basis. This hybrid role requires 2 days in the office and involves shaping architecture across internal tech initiatives and a growing product portfolio.

You’ll design pragmatic, buildable solutions, own ADRs and integration patterns, and collaborate with Product, Engineering, Platform, Security and GRC teams to ensure delivery aligns with business outcomes.