Solutions Architect

Consult; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 78,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Consult is seeking a senior Solution Architect to design cloud-native systems using Java, Spring Boot, and GCP.

You will own security, scalability, and API management, guiding teams through architecture decisions and best practices across DevOps and Security.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software development experience.
• At least 3+ years as a Solution Architect.
• Strong hands-on in Java 11+/Spring Boot/Spring Cloud/Spring Security.
• Deep understanding of Google Cloud Platform services (IAM, Compute, Storage, Networking).
• Experience with microservices, API management, and security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end cloud-native architectures using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices.
• Define architectural standards and frameworks for GCP-based solutions.
• Ensure security, scalability and high availability of applications.
• Design and implement microservices with REST and event-driven patterns (Kafka/Pub-Sub).
• Lead authentication/authorization implementations and API security (OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect).
• Guide Dev teams on best practices, patterns, and cloud security.
• Collaborate with Product, DevOps and Security to deliver solutions.
• Conduct code reviews and architecture reviews; troubleshoot performance issues.

Skills

Java 11+

Spring Boot

Spring Security

GCP

Microservices

IAM

OAuth2/JWT/OpenID

API Gateway

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

Kafka

Pub/Sub

Istio/Linkerd

Dynatrace

Grafana

ELK

Agentic AI

Tools

GKE

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Apigee/Cloud Endpoints

Job description

Solution Architect – Java/Spring Boot/GCP/Microservices/IAM

Location: Leeds, Bristol, Edinburgh and Halifax.

B2B Contract Employment

Budget: Around 500 GBP Per Day Inside IR35

Key Responsibilities:

• Design end-to-end architecture for cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices.
• Define architectural best practices, standards, and frameworks for GCP-based solutions.
• Ensure security, scalability, and high availability of applications.
• Design microservices architecture with RESTful APIs and event-driven patterns (Kafka/Pub-Sub).
• Good experience in Authentication and Authorisation implementations
• Good understanding on Fine grain and policy-based authorisation
• Exposure and deep understanding on Agentic AI guardrails
• Implement API security with OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect, and API Gateway (Apigee/Cloud Endpoints).
• Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms for applications and APIs
• Guide development teams on best practices, design patterns, and cloud security.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, DevOps, and Security teams to ensure successful solution delivery.
• Conduct code reviews, performance tuning, Architectural reviews and troubleshooting.
• 15+ years of experience in software development, with at least 3+ years as a Solution Architect.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Java 11+/Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Cloud.
• Deep understanding of GCP services (Compute, Networking, Storage, IAM, Security).
• Experience designing and implementing Microservices, Event-driven architecture, and API Management.
• Strong knowledge of IAM concepts, Forgerock, authentication/authorization mechanisms, and security best practices.
• Experience with Kubernetes (GKE), Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
• Experience with GraphQL, gRPC, and Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd).
• Familiarity with AI/ML integrations, observability tools (Dynatrace, Grafana, ELK).
• Experience or good understanding in Agentic AI