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# Solution Architect

- **Company:** Cambridge University Press & Assessment
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Salary:** £54,800.0 - £73,250.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Architectural Patterns, User Authentication, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Industry Standard Architecture, OAuth, OpenID, Openid Connect, Technical Debt, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Event Driven Architecture, Serverless Computing, Microservices
- **Published:** October 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5911416305

## About the Role

* Strong communication skills to build trust with stakeholders and influence decision-makers.
 * Experience identifying architecturally significant requirements and designing solutions using modelling and diagramming techniques.
 * Experience with AWS architecture patterns, including microservices, event-driven architectures, APIs, serverless computing, containers, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
 * Robust understanding of event-driven architecture design, data products, microservices, and modern development techniques.
 * Innovative approach to solving complex problems and willingness to challenge the status quo.
 * Desirable: Proven experience designing and delivering secure, scalable, resilient AWS cloud-native solutions in complex enterprise environments.
 * Desirable: Knowledge of authentication and authorisation protocols, including OpenID Connect (OIDC) and OAuth 2.0, and cloud security design principles.
 * Desirable: Ability to balance strategic thinking with pragmatic decision-making when solving business and technology challenges.
 * Desirable: Curiosity, collaboration, and motivation to deliver technology that solves customer problems.
 * Desirable: Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
 * Desirable: Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, decision-making, leadership, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.

## Description

* Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to understand requirements, build trusted relationships, and translate business needs into solution architectures.
 * Design secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective AWS cloud-native solutions aligned with enterprise architecture principles, technology standards, and strategic roadmaps.
 * Work with engineering, technical lead, security, platform, and operations teams to support delivery using modern engineering practices and architectural best practice.
 * Produce and maintain solution architecture artefacts, architecture decision records, and technical designs, and govern architectural integrity throughout the delivery lifecycle.
 * Identify and manage architectural risks, technical debt, and technology trade-offs to support informed decisions and successful programme delivery.
 * Help improve architecture standards, reusable patterns, governance, and cloud engineering practices across our organisation.
 * Provide technical leadership, mentor architects and engineering teams, and foster collaboration, continuous learning, and architectural excellence.

Technologies:

 * AWS
 * Architect
 * Cloud
 * Support
 * OAuth
 * OpenID
 * Security
 * Serverless
 * microservices