Senior Solutions Architect: Cloud-Native, APIs & Security

Virgin Media Business Ireland; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + buy up to 5

Wellbeing benefits

Pension contribution up to 10%

Life assurance & income protection

Virgin Media O2 products & discounts

Electric car scheme

Volunteering leave

Job summary

LibertyBlume, a Liberty Global company, is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to join our Leeds team on a permanent, hybrid basis. You’ll shape initiatives, define architecture and ensure delivery teams stay aligned with the intended outcomes.

You’ll work with Product, Engineering, Platform, Security and GRC teams, designing secure, scalable solutions that meet business needs while managing trade-offs and long-term technical debt.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect or senior engineer owning end-to-end solution design.
• Strong engineering background with cloud-native architecture knowledge.
• Experience designing on GCP or another major cloud platform with serverless and data services.
• Solid understanding of APIs, integration patterns, microservices and event-driven design.
• Good grasp of identity, security and zero-trust principles.
• Experience creating ADRs and leading design reviews.
• Familiarity with Terraform, CI/CD and GitOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Shape initiatives from the outset, translating business challenges into buildable designs.
• Evaluate technical options, articulate trade-offs, risks and dependencies.
• Own solution architecture artefacts (designs, diagrams, ADRs) and ensure delivery alignment.
• Design for security, data protection, resilience, observability and cost from day one.
• Define integration patterns and API contracts across complex estates.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Platform, Security and GRC teams.
• Iterate architecture with evolving requirements to protect design intent.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cloud-native

GCP

APIs

Microservices

Security

Terraform

CI/CD

GitOps

Data architecture

Tools

ERP systems

NoSQL databases

Job description

LibertyBlume, a Liberty Global company, is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to join our Leeds team on a permanent, hybrid basis. You’ll shape initiatives, define architecture and ensure delivery teams stay aligned with the intended outcomes.

You’ll work with Product, Engineering, Platform, Security and GRC teams, designing secure, scalable solutions that meet business needs while managing trade-offs and long-term technical debt.