Solution Architect

Salary: £39,000 - 62,000 per year

• Proven experience working within large, complex organisations, with the ability to understand strategic drivers and translate them into practical, deliverable solution designs that meet real business and user needs
• The capability to shape end-to-end solution architectures, balancing strategic intent with delivery constraints to produce resilient, scalable, and maintainable outcomes
• Experience within multidisciplinary product teams, including product owners, business analysts, technical leads, software engineers, test engineers, user experience and accessibility practitioners, DevOps, security, operations, and external partners
• The ability to operate at both strategic and detailed levels, providing clear direction while engaging hands-on with design decisions, trade-offs, and implementation approaches
• A pragmatic mindset, with strong analytical skills and the ability to navigate complexity, ambiguity, and competing priorities in a matrix environment
• Solid technical breadth across modern technology stacks, including cloud platforms, integration patterns, APIs, identity, and application architectures
• Experience translating architectural principles and standards into actionable guidance for delivery teams, supporting consistency without creating unnecessary friction
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly and build alignment among diverse stakeholders
• A collaborative approach and interest in contributing to architectural communities of practice, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement
• Experience or qualifications in TOGAF and/or SAFe (or equivalent frameworks) are advantageous, but not essential.

• Lead solution design in close collaboration with stakeholders, fellow architects, delivery teams, and external partners
• Translate strategic priorities into pragmatic, resilient solutions
• Help shape architectural standards, patterns, and governance while remaining close to delivery
• Act as a trusted advisor to product owners
• Balance enterprise-level outcomes with hands-on architectural depth to address complex challenges with broad institutional impact

• AI
• Architect
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Support
• Matrix
• Security
• TOGAF
• UX UI Design

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We are the Information Services Division (ISD), the primary provider of IT services to UCL. We support and enhance learning, teaching, research, and administrative processes by providing information- and technology-related services to over 50,000 staff and students of UCL and associated institutions. We are growing our teams capability in AI, experience/UX, agile development, security, cloud, service management and partnering. We are modernising our technology foundations, digitising university processes to transform the experience for students and staff, and partnering across the university to drive differentiation in UCL education and research. The Solution Architecture Team sits within a wider group of Architects covering Enterprise, Platform, Data, Integration, and AI Architecture, responsible for defining and governing architecture, driving solution design, and maintaining the repository of current and future states. This is a high-impact opportunity to join UCL as a Solution Architect and help deliver excellence at a globally recognised top 10 university. We offer 41 days holiday, a defined benefit CARE pension scheme, cycle to work and season ticket loan, immigration loan, relocation scheme for certain posts, on-site nursery, on-site gym, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay, employee assistance programme, and discounted medical insurance. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and particularly encourage applications from underrepresented groups.

last updated 36 week of 2026