Senior Technical Architect: Cloud, Modernization & Scale

HCL Technologies Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited is seeking a senior Solution Architect to define end-to-end architecture for scalable, secure web products and to lead modernization initiatives. You will provide technical direction, align with stakeholders, and ensure governance across performance, security, and observability.

Excellent communication of architecture decisions to product and business teams is essential. The role requires extensive experience with cloud-native patterns, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in Solution/Technical Architect roles.
• Hands-on delivery experience with customer-facing digital applications and modern web platforms.
• Experience with CDN, caching, content delivery, SEO, redirects, and GA4.
• Cloud-native architecture on Azure, AWS or GCP with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability and secure deployment.
• Proven ability to communicate architecture decisions to product, business and engineering stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end architecture for scalable, secure, resilient web products.
• Lead modernization initiatives including refactoring, cloud migration and debt reduction.
• Provide technical direction on architecture standards, tech choices, integration patterns and delivery.
• Partner with product owners, stakeholders, engineering, and customers to translate requirements into designs.
• Drive architecture governance and address performance, scalability, security, observability, and maintainability.
• Support delivery with hands-on technical leadership and clear architectural decisions.

Skills

End-to-end architecture

Technical leadership

Stakeholder communication

Web performance optimization

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Observability tooling

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Job description

HCL Technologies Limited is seeking a senior Solution Architect to define end-to-end architecture for scalable, secure web products and to lead modernization initiatives. You will provide technical direction, align with stakeholders, and ensure governance across performance, security, and observability.

Excellent communication of architecture decisions to product and business teams is essential. The role requires extensive experience with cloud-native patterns, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, and