Solution Architect

About us

Solirius Reply, part of theReply 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. 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

About You:

You are a motivated and adaptable professional with a strong analytical mindset and a passion for using technology to solve real-world problems. You enjoy working in collaborative, agile teams and take pride in delivering high-quality solutions that make a tangible impact. With strong communication skills and a consultative approach, you’re comfortable engaging with clients, understanding their needs, and translating them into effective outcomes.

The Role:

We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to join our consulting and delivery team, designing scalable, secure, and reliable technology solutions that align with our clients’ business objectives. You will work closely with clients, senior stakeholders, and technical teams to understand complex business challenges, shape technical strategies, and define solutions that deliver measurable value. The role combines technical architecture, consultancy, stakeholder management, and hands-on solution design, with the opportunity to influence projects from initial discovery through to implementation and delivery.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Design end-to-end solutions across applications, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and integrations.
• Liaise with clients, business stakeholders, and senior leadership to understand requirements, challenges, and business objectives.
• Translate business and technical requirements into practical, scalable solution architectures.
• Lead technical discovery and consulting engagements, workshops, and solution discussions.
• Present architecture options, recommendations, trade-offs, and technical roadmaps to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor, helping clients make informed technology decisions.
• Define architecture standards, patterns, and technology choices.
• Work closely with engineering, product, security, DevOps, and delivery teams throughout implementation.
• Produce architecture diagrams, technical specifications, proposals, and solution documentation.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, costs, and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the development and implementation lifecycle.
• Ensure solutions meet requirements for scalability, performance, security, reliability, and cost.

Key Experience:

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or Senior Engineer.
• Strong consulting and stakeholder-management experience, including working directly with clients.
• Strong experience designing cloud-based solutions using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong knowledge of microservices, APIs, distributed systems, and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with databases, integrations, messaging, and enterprise application architecture.
• Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with multiple backend technologies such as Ruby, Java, Python, Node.js, or .NET.
• Strong understanding of security, authentication, networking, scalability, and system performance.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing skills.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• 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)
• Contributory Pension
• EAP with Help@Hand
• Gym Membership Benefits
• Flexible Benefits Allowance
• Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes
• Flexible Working
• Annual Away Days/Company Socials

Diversity and Inclusion

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.