Solution Architect

£660 GBP
Hybrid WORKING
Location: EC, Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Contract
We're looking for an experienced Solution Architect to join a major digital transformation programme delivering critical technology services within the UK public sector.
Security Clearance: Active SC Required
This is a hands-on architecture role where you'll work across multiple products and technology domains, shaping pragmatic, scalable solutions from discovery through to live operation. You'll collaborate closely with product teams, engineers and fellow architects to ensure solutions are secure, resilient and aligned with modern engineering practices.
We're looking for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and can confidently bridge the gap between architecture, engineering and delivery.
What You'll Be Doing

• Design and maintain solution architectures across a portfolio of digital products and services.
• Translate business and technical requirements into practical, deliverable solution designs.
• Produce architecture artefacts covering application, integration, infrastructure and data architecture.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure solutions are technically achievable and support modern software delivery practices.
• Provide architectural guidance throughout the full delivery lifecycle, from discovery through to live service.
• Design cloud-based solutions with a strong focus on security, resilience, scalability and operational support.
• Support API-led integration, event-driven architectures and modern application design approaches.
• Help define non-functional requirements including performance, availability, maintainability and security.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies and architectural challenges, working with delivery teams to develop effective solutions.
• Contribute to architecture governance while promoting pragmatic, delivery-focused decision making.
• Work collaboratively with architects, engineers and technical specialists to establish reusable standards, patterns and best practices.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience working as a Solution Architect within large, complex digital delivery programmes.
• Experience delivering architecture within policing, law enforcement, public safety or other security-sensitive government environments.
• Strong application and solution architecture experience across multiple products and technology domains.
• Experience designing modern cloud-based solutions using APIs, microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, infrastructure and software engineering principles.
• Experience working alongside software engineers, DevOps teams and technical delivery teams.
• Ability to balance strategic architecture with the practical realities of delivery.
• Experience defining and assuring non-functional requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Desirable Experience

• Strong knowledge of AWS architecture and cloud-native services.
• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Understanding of DevOps, CI/CD and modern engineering practices.
• Experience with containerisation, orchestration technologies and cloud infrastructure.
• Knowledge of API management, integration architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience using architecture modelling tools and maintaining architecture repositories

If you think you're a good fit for the role, please get in contact.