IT & Software

Solution Architect

University College London

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

As a Solution Architect at UCL ISD, you will shape end-to-end digital services across programmes and platforms, translating strategic priorities into pragmatic, resilient designs. You will lead solution design in close collaboration with stakeholders and delivery teams, setting architectural standards and governance. You will act as a trusted advisor to product owners, balancing enterprise outcomes with hands-on architectural depth in a complex environment. This high-impact role supports UCL’s mission to modernise technology foundations and transform the experience for students and staff.

Pay / Benefits
  • 41 days holiday
  • Career average revalued pension (CARE)
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • On-site nursery
  • On-site gym
Responsibilities
  • Lead end-to-end solution design in collaboration with stakeholders, fellow architects, delivery teams and external partners
  • Translate strategic priorities into pragmatic, scalable architectures with governance and standards
  • Shape architectural standards, patterns and governance while staying close to delivery
  • Act as trusted advisor to product owners, balancing enterprise-level outcomes with detailed architectural decisions
  • Provide guidance to delivery teams to ensure consistency without friction across projects
  • Maintain and contribute to architectural repositories documenting current and future states
Key requirements
  • Experience in large, complex organisations translating strategic drivers into practical solution designs
  • Ability to shape end-to-end architectures balancing strategy and delivery constraints
  • Experience in multidisciplinary product teams (POs, BAs, engineers, UX, DevOps, security) and with external partners
  • Capability to operate at strategic and detailed levels, guiding design decisions and trade-offs
  • Analytical mindset capable of navigating complexity, ambiguity and competing priorities in matrix environments
  • Broad technical breadth across cloud platforms, integration patterns, APIs, identity and application architectures
  • Experience translating architectural principles into actionable guidance for delivery teams
  • Strong communication and influencing skills to align diverse stakeholders
  • Desire to contribute to architectural communities of practice and continuous improvement
  • TOGAF and/or SAFe experience advantageous but not required
  • Collaborative mindset
  • Strong communication and influencing
  • Analytical and pragmatic
  • Cloud platforms
  • Integration patterns
  • APIs

Reference: WJ-747_31051356

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