Solution Architect - Frontier Tech Solutions

Digital Catapult Group; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Bank Holidays

Discretionary company bonus

Pension up to 10%

Job summary

Digital Catapult is seeking a Solution Architect to work directly with customers, partners and multidisciplinary teams to translate complex challenges into scalable technology solutions. You’ll shape architectures across AI, digital twins, quantum computing and more, guiding discovery, requirements and delivery to maximise value from frontier tech.

You will design secure, scalable platforms, produce architecture artefacts and ensure non-functional requirements are met while collaborating with

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering software, cloud, platform, data or technology-enabled solutions.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience translating business requirements into practical technical solutions and architecture documentation.
• Knowledge of modern software delivery practices, including cloud technologies, DevOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
• An understanding of solution architecture principles, systems integration and non-functional requirements.
• Curiosity about emerging technologies and enthusiasm for applying them to solve real-world business and societal challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering and discovery workshops, as well as solution definition activities with customers and stakeholders.
• Design scalable, secure and maintainable digital solutions, platforms and services.
• Produce architecture artefacts including solution designs, requirements specifications, integration approaches, and technical documentation.
• Define and communicate non-functional requirements covering areas such as security, performance, resilience and compliance.
• Work closely with engineers, product owners, designers and technology specialists to support successful solution delivery.
• Contribute to architecture reviews, technology selection, governance activities and the continuous improvement of Digital Catapult's solution architecture capability.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Solution architecture

Cloud technologies

DevOps

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Digital Catapult is seeking a Solution Architect to work directly with customers, partners and multidisciplinary teams to translate complex challenges into scalable technology solutions. You’ll shape architectures across AI, digital twins, quantum computing and more, guiding discovery, requirements and delivery to maximise value from frontier tech.

You will design secure, scalable platforms, produce architecture artefacts and ensure non-functional requirements are met while collaborating with