Solution Architect, Cloud Integration (Contract)

Company / Role Overview

This role sits within a technology delivery environment supporting large-scale digital initiatives across regulated sectors, including public sector programmes. The position focuses on leading the design and execution of secure, scalable, and compliant technology solutions, acting as a key interface between business stakeholders and engineering teams. You will play a central role in shaping architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with governance standards, and guiding delivery teams through complex system implementations in a multi-stakeholder environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design of enterprise-level solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and long-term technology strategy
• Engage stakeholders across business, technical, and regulatory functions to gather requirements and translate them into scalable architectural designs
• Define and govern solution architectures across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments, ensuring adherence to security, compliance, and best practices
• Provide technical leadership to delivery teams, including design reviews, mentorship, and oversight of implementation quality
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies, platforms, and vendors, particularly across cloud and integration ecosystems
• Develop and present architecture artefacts, including solution blueprints, roadmaps, and proposals, to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Support early-stage project activities such as solution scoping, cost estimation, and risk assessment in pre-sales or planning phases
• Stay updated on emerging technologies, regulatory frameworks, and industry trends, particularly within highly governed environments

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline (Must-have)
• Minimum 7 years of experience in technology roles, including at least 3 years in a solution architecture or technical leadership capacity (Must-have)
• Proven experience designing and delivering complex digital solutions across domains such as digital services, customer platforms, or large-scale transformation programmes (Must-have)
• Strong expertise in at least one major cloud platform and familiarity with cloud-native, microservices, API-driven architectures, and DevSecOps practices (Must-have)
• Solid understanding of system integration patterns, modern development pipelines (CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code), and secure solution design (Must-have)
• Demonstrated ability to engage senior stakeholders and communicate effectively across both technical and business audiences (Must-have)
• Experience working within regulated environments and managing multi-vendor delivery landscapes (Must-have)
• Prior exposure to public sector projects, government technology standards, or formal architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF) would be advantageous (Nice-to-have)

If this role aligns with your experience and career goals, please send your application to [Confidential Information].

Argyll Scott Asia is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.