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About the Role

We are seeking experienced Solution Architects to join our projects with public sector clients, ensuring Solirius' services are delivered to the highest standard. This role involves collaborating with business stakeholders to design solutions for implementation by delivery teams, operating with autonomy to resolve complex technical and architectural challenges. You will also contribute to practice development, create new architecture artifacts, and support junior team members. Additionally, you will identify and shape new business opportunities, influencing technical and non-technical audiences, leading technical teams, and fostering collaborative environments. Innovative thinking and the application of best practices and emerging technologies are essential for solving complex business problems.

Responsibilities

Design end-to-end solution architectures that meet business, technical, and security requirements.
Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective designs.
Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, technology strategy, and governance standards.
Lead architecture reviews and technical design workshops with stakeholders and delivery teams.
Support Agile delivery teams, defining MVP architecture and providing ongoing technical direction.
Collaborate with stakeholders across business, product, and IT to gain buy-in and drive decisions.
Define integration patterns, APIs, and data flows between systems and services.
Contribute to DevOps, automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices for delivery at scale.
Ensure security, compliance, and risk management are embedded in the solution.
Produce clear architectural documentation using standards like C4, Archimate, or cloud-native diagrams.
Create high-level Level Designs and relevant architecture artifacts.
Operate with a high degree of autonomy, using experience and judgment to resolve complex technical and architectural challenges.
Proactively manage escalations and take ownership of delivering effective, scalable, and secure solutions.
Take an active role in practice development, developing new services for business development.
Create and update new architecture artifacts.
Liaise with other Solirius practices to maintain practice profile.
Contribute to the development of more junior practice members.
Identify and shape new business opportunities.
Work closely with stakeholders across client organizations to understand strategic objectives and deliver value-driven outcomes.
Lead and mentor technical teams.
Build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups.
Foster collaborative, cross-functional working environments.
Apply best practices and emerging technologies to solve complex business problems in creative and pragmatic ways.

Requirements

Extensive experience in stakeholder engagement and senior-level communication, including C-suite.
Proven experience in client-facing and/or consultancy environments.
Demonstrated ability to translate complex business and functional requirements into scalable and resilient technology architectures.
Strong track record in designing and delivering end-to-end data and application architectures in enterprise settings.
Expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical architecture modelling.
Deep understanding of large-scale, distributed systems and integration patterns.
Ability to design solutions that meet both functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, scalability, security, and compliance.
Broad experience with system security, operating systems, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise data management.
Motivated and adaptable professional with a strong analytical mindset.
Passion for using technology to solve real-world problems.
Enjoy working in collaborative, agile teams.
Take pride in delivering high-quality solutions that make a tangible impact.
Strong communication skills and a consultative approach.
Comfortable engaging with clients, understanding their needs, and translating them into effective outcomes.

Skills

Microsoft 365
Azure
AWS
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Java
.NET
Python
Microservices architecture
Containerization
RESTful API design and management
Agile delivery methodologies
DevOps delivery methodologies
Data architecture and design (conceptual, logical, and physical)
Modern integration technologies and patterns (e.g., event-driven, service mesh, API gateways)

Location

Flexible Working

Work Type

Flexible Working

Experience Level

Experienced Solution Architects

Salary/Compensations

Competitive Salary

Benefits

Bonus Scheme
Private Healthcare Insurance
25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
Up to 10 days allocated for development training per year
Enhanced Parental Leave
Paid Fertility Leave (5 Days)
Statutory & Contributory Pension
EAP with Help@Hand
Gym Membership Benefits
Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes
Annual Away Days/Company Socials

About the Company

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, is a technology consultancy and digital transformation partner that helps organisations solve complex challenges through strategy, design, engineering, and delivery.
We work closely with our clients to deliver secure, accessible, user-focused services that evolve with their needs.
By combining deep technical expertise with people-centred design, we create solutions that deliver meaningful, lasting impact.
Our consultants partner directly with client teams, embedding into organisations to understand their goals, challenges, and users.
This collaborative approach enables us to deliver tailored solutions that drive measurable outcomes across public and private sectors.
Past and present clients include the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, UEFA, International Olympic Committee, and Mercedes-Benz.
Our services span the full digital delivery lifecycle, including architecture, engineering, delivery management, user-centred design, business analysis, data, DevOps, and AI.
We operate as a collaborative and inclusive organisation that empowers our people to take ownership, innovate, and develop their expertise.

Equal Opportunity

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and social mobility, while creating opportunities for our teams to work on meaningful projects that deliver lasting impact.
As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages and respects all individuals, where all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs.
Encouraging high social mobility is really important to us.
We foster an inclusive culture by welcoming different perspectives, enabling equitable opportunities and promoting open dialogue.
This commitment is reflected in initiatives such as our gender diversity group and our focus on mental health and wellbeing.
Whatever stage you are at, you will find an environment where you can thrive.
Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments to be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us.
As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive, enabling all candidates to demonstrate their skills, experience and potential.