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Solution Architect

Head ResourcingGourock, Renfrewshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 24 Jun 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid Solutions Architect role offers you the chance to shape critical infrastructure for a leading UK transport operator, leveraging your expertise in Azure and hybrid environments to drive innovation and ensure resilience. If you excel at translating business needs into robust technical designs and thrive in a collaborative, impactful setting, you'll find significant growth and a competitive compensation package, including an exceptional pension, awaits. Embrace this opportunity to make a tangible difference and advance your career with a highly reputable organization.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Solutions / Infrastructure Architect

Inverclyde area - hybrid

Up to £80k + benefits (exceptional pension)

Head Resourcing is delighted to be working with a major transport operator as they look to hire an experienced Solutions / Infrastructure architect to help evolve the infrastructure that underpins their operations over the next 5+ years. Our client is the largest operator in their industry in the UK and offer vital transport links throughout the UK.

What you'll be doing

  • Translate business objectives into practical, supportable technology solutions aligned to operational needs
  • Design secure, resilient, and scalable end-to-end solutions across cloud, on-premises, hybrid infrastructure, applications, and integrations
  • Produces clear, pragmatic High-Level Designs (HLDs) and service design documentation that enable successful delivery, support, maintenance, and operation
  • Collaborates with stakeholders, suppliers, managed service providers, and delivery teams to assure solutions meet performance, security, availability, and compliance requirements
  • Establishes architectural standards, supports service transition, and drives continuous improvement through reference architectures and innovative yet practical solutions

Skills you'll need

  • Extensive experience designing and governing enterprise infrastructure solutions, with expertise across networking, compute, storage, backup, and hybrid cloud environments
  • Strong track record of architecting and integrating Azure (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) with on-premises platforms to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient solutions
  • Proven ability to produce and communicate high-quality architecture artefacts, including HLDs, service designs, and key technical decisions
  • Confident in providing technical assurance, influencing stakeholders, and collaborating effectively with project teams, suppliers, and non-technical audiences
  • Solid understanding of operational service design, support models, disaster recovery, business continuity, and compliance within regulated or mission-critical environments

Does this sound like you?

Please apply now for a confidential chat to find out more!

Skills

Azure

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