Solution Architect

SR2 REC LTD; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to support the migration of critical maritime safety systems to modern cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have direct experience in SOLAS environments, strong technical capabilities in cloud migration, and familiarity with navigational charts. This is a hybrid role based in London, offering competitive compensation in a dynamic and impactful role.

Qualifications

• Direct experience operating in a SOLAS environment.
• Familiarity with hydrography and navigational charts, ideally S-100.
• Proven contribution to cloud and legacy migration initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Support the migration of maritime safety systems to modern cloud infrastructure.
• Work within a multidisciplinary engineering function.

Skills

Experience in SOLAS environments

Familiarity with hydrography and navigational charts

Cloud migration experience

Competence with AWS, Azure or GCP

Experience with IaC tooling (Terraform, CloudFormation)

Job description

Job Description

Solution Architect

Outside IR35

Hybrid - London

£725-£745 p / d

SR2 is supporting a central government programme seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to contribute to the modernisation of critica navigational systems. This role is suited to someone with deep exposure to SOLAS‑aligned environments and a track record of delivering complex cloud and legacy‑modernisation work.

The Role

You will work within a multidisciplinary engineering function, supporting the migration of essential maritime safety systems to modern cloud infrastructure. The position requires strong domain understanding across hydrography, navigational data, and charting standards, combined with hands‑on technical capability in cloud, IaC and legacy system transformation.

Core Requirements – Essential

• Direct experience operating in a SOLAS environment, such as commercial shipping, government maritime agencies, or adjacent regulated domains.
• Familiarity with hydrography and navigational charts – ideally S-100, with S-57 as a minimum.
• Proven contribution to cloud and legacy migration initiatives.
• Competence with a major cloud provider (AWS, Azure or GCP) and IaC tooling (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Experience working across large, complex codebases and ageing systems.

Core Requirements – Desirable

• Knowledge of S-101 (ENC) and broader S-100 product specifications.
• Experience with chart‑compilation tools or GIS platforms for data processing.
• Exposure to Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and associated best practices.
• Additional experience using hydrographic / GIS tools is beneficial.