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# Solution Architect

- **Company:** BT Group
- **Location:** Cardiff, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, SC Clearance
- **Published:** July 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=90b530054e4c28f9

## About the Role

* End-to-end solution architecture leadership, with experience shaping and governing complex multi-domain solutions.
 * Strong technical breadth across enterprise networking, security, cloud and integration technologies, with the ability to challenge assumptions and make informed technical trade-offs.
 * Architecture governance, security and compliance expertise, ensuring solutions align to operational, regulatory and security requirements.
 * Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and customer executives.
 * Proven experience operating as a design authority, providing technical assurance, risk management and architecture governance on large-scale programmes.
 * You will need strong technical capability, that includes a solid understanding of service provider technologies.
 * Ability to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC), * Experience leading architecture for major transformation programmes, multi-tower solutions or complex customer bids.
 * Knowledge of service provider technologies and large-scale enterprise environments.
 * Experience directing technical designers producing HLD and LLD artefacts.
 * Familiarity with architecture frameworks, governance methodologies and assurance processes.
 * Experience developing reusable architecture patterns, standards and best practices.

## Description

You'll provide end-to-end solution architecture leadership across complex bids, transformation programmes and strategic customer opportunities. Acting as the design authority, you'll own the overall technical direction, governance and assurance of solutions, ensuring they are secure, scalable and aligned to customer and business outcomes.

Working across multiple technical domains, you'll collaborate with customers, senior stakeholders, technical designers and delivery teams to shape innovative solutions, manage technical risk and drive successful delivery. This is a highly influential role where you'll combine deep technical expertise with strong stakeholder engagement to help BT deliver transformational outcomes for its customers.

What you'll be doing

 * Lead the end-to-end solution architecture for complex bids and delivery programmes, from discovery through to transition into build and run.
 * Define and govern architecture principles, patterns, security controls, resilience requirements and integration approaches across multiple domains.
 * Act as the technical authority, providing governance, assurance and oversight of solution designs and architecture artefacts.
 * Engage with customers and stakeholders up to executive level, influencing decisions and building confidence in BT's technical strategy. Identify, assess and manage technical risks, dependencies and design challenges across complex programmes.
 * Lead architecture governance, peer reviews and assurance forums to ensure solutions meet security, regulatory and operational standards.
 * Mentor architects and technical specialists, contributing to architecture standards, reusable patterns and continuous improvement initiatives


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