Solution Architect - Multi Cloud - SC / DV Cleared

Solution Architect - Multi Cloud - SC / DV Cleared

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Agile Methodology Agility Architecture Framework Cloud Computing Cloud Technology Digital Transformation Embedding Enterprise Architecture Equity and Debt Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS) Internet Of Things (IoT) Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Microservices Microsoft Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS) Stakeholder Management Technical Debt Technology Roadmaps Thought Leadership Togaf

Summary: The Solution Architect role requires a highly skilled professional to lead the design and delivery of architectural solutions for complex portfolios, working closely with C-level leaders and senior stakeholders. This position involves shaping sustainable architectures that facilitate large-scale transformation, while addressing challenges such as cloud optimization and legacy integration. The architect will also mentor teams and contribute to thought leadership in various technology domains. The role is hybrid, requiring 1-2 days a week on-site presence.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the design and delivery of enterprise and solution architectures across large-scale portfolios, addressing complex business and technology challenges.
  • Shape pragmatic architectural strategies, operational models and governance structures that resonate at board level and drive value across the enterprise.
  • Implement and evolve architecture frameworks and methodologies (e.g., TOGAF, ArchiMate, MODAF, SAFe), blending these with client context to deliver practical outcomes.
  • Deliver architectural assessments, technology roadmaps, transition architectures and legacy integration plans to support digital and cloud transformation.
  • Champion sustainability, technical debt remediation, and innovation within legacy environments.
  • Engage and align with stakeholders across business, data, application, infrastructure and security domains to ensure end-to-end coherence and buy-in.
  • Mentor architecture teams and uplift enterprise architecture maturity across client organisations.
  • Articulate architectural trade-offs and commercial implications, including CapEx/OpEx (TOTEX) and sustainability KPIs.
  • Contribute thought leadership in areas such as platform strategy, hybrid cloud, IoT, AI/ML, HPC, and agile architecture delivery.

Key Skills:

  • Proven hands-on leadership in defining and embedding IT strategies and enterprise architecture within complex organisations.
  • Track record of resolving enterprise-level architectural challenges across structural, behavioural, data, and commercial dimensions.
  • Experience leading stakeholder engagements and navigating competing priorities to find viable architectural pathways.
  • Expertise in cloud strategy and delivery (AWS, Azure, GCP), with strong knowledge of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and modern cloud-native patterns (e.g., microservices, FaaS).
  • Familiarity with major architecture frameworks and modelling tools (e.g., ArchiMate, TOGAF, Bizzdesign).
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills, capable of engaging C-suite stakeholders and technical teams alike.
  • Experience in building service catalogues and enabling digital transformation through holistic architecture alignment.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Bristol

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Solution Architect - SC / DV Cleared

Inside IR35: 550 - 600 p/d

Hybrid: 1-2 a week onsite

We are seeking a highly skilled and forward-thinking Solution Architect / Enterprise to lead the definition, design, and delivery of architectural solutions across complex, high-impact portfolios. Working with C-level leaders and senior stakeholders, you will play a pivotal role in shaping agile, sustainable, and future-ready architectures that enable transformation at scale. This role spans the full breadth of enterprise architecture activities—from lightweight governance and operational modelling to transition planning and embedding next-gen technologies. You will act as a trusted advisor across domains, combining strategic acumen with technical delivery, guiding clients through challenges including cloud optimisation, legacy integration, and enterprise agility.

  • Lead the design and delivery of enterprise and solution architectures across large-scale portfolios, addressing complex business and technology challenges.
  • Shape pragmatic architectural strategies, operational models and governance structures that resonate at board level and drive value across the enterprise.
  • Implement and evolve architecture frameworks and methodologies (e.g., TOGAF, ArchiMate, MODAF, SAFe), blending these with client context to deliver practical outcomes.
  • Deliver architectural assessments, technology roadmaps, transition architectures and legacy integration plans to support digital and cloud transformation.
  • Champion sustainability, technical debt remediation, and innovation within legacy environments.
  • Engage and align with stakeholders across business, data, application, infrastructure and security domains to ensure end-to-end coherence and buy-in.
  • Mentor architecture teams and uplift enterprise architecture maturity across client organisations.
  • Articulate architectural trade-offs and commercial implications, including CapEx/OpEx (TOTEX) and sustainability KPIs.
  • Contribute thought leadership in areas such as platform strategy, hybrid cloud, IoT, AI/ML, HPC, and agile architecture delivery.

Essential Skills and Experience

  • Proven hands-on leadership in defining and embedding IT strategies and enterprise architecture within complex organisations.
  • Track record of resolving enterprise-level architectural challenges across structural, behavioural, data, and commercial dimensions.
  • Experience leading stakeholder engagements and navigating competing priorities to find viable architectural pathways.
  • Expertise in cloud strategy and delivery (AWS, Azure, GCP), with strong knowledge of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and modern cloud-native patterns (e.g., microservices, FaaS).
  • Familiarity with major architecture frameworks and modelling tools (e.g., ArchiMate, TOGAF, Bizzdesign).
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills, capable of engaging C-suite stakeholders and technical teams alike.
  • Experience in building service catalogues and enabling digital transformation through holistic architecture alignment.
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