Solutions Architect

Job number COO
01419 Faculties Chief Operating Officer (COO) Team Departments Information & Communication Technologies Salary or Salary range £71,793- £82,031 per annum Location/campus White City Campus
- Hybrid Contract type work pattern Full time
- Open ended Posting End Date 9 Sept 2026

Imperial College London is seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to join our Digital Products and Technology teams, helping shape the digital services that support our world-leading education, research and innovation activities.

As a Solutions Architect working across multiple product domains, you will play a pivotal role in defining the technology solutions that underpin Imperial's digital ecosystem. Working closely with product managers, engineers, platform teams, researchers, academics and professional services colleagues, you will design secure, scalable and sustainable solutions that deliver tangible outcomes for our staff and students.

This is a unique opportunity to influence technology decisions across a diverse portfolio, ensuring that solutions align with Imperial's Digital Strategy, Enterprise Architecture principles and product roadmaps while supporting the University's ambitions for digital transformation.

As a Solutions Architect, you will:

• Lead the design of solution architectures across multiple product and platform domains, ensuring alignment with Imperial's Digital Strategy and Enterprise Architecture principles.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers and stakeholders to translate business needs into practical, sustainable technology solutions.
• Develop architecture designs that support scalability, resilience, interoperability and long-term maintainability.
• Produce and maintain architectural artefacts, including solution designs, architecture diagrams, standards and reference architectures.
• Provide architectural leadership throughout the discovery, design, delivery and operational lifecycle of products and services.
• Ensure solutions meet cybersecurity, data protection, accessibility and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to architecture governance activities, including Technical Design Authority reviews and technology working groups.
• Review solution designs across the digital portfolio and provide technical assurance against established standards.
• Platform-based architecture
• Dev Ops and automation
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations that support Imperial's long-term technology strategy.
• Facilitate informed architectural decision-making across multidisciplinary teams.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support the continuous evolution of Imperial's architecture standards, practices and communities of practice.

We are looking for someone who:

• Loves to learn new technologies
• Has experience designing and delivering complex digital or enterprise solutions within large organisations.
• Has worked across the full product or platform lifecycle, from discovery and design through to operation and decommissioning.
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles and solution architecture practices.
• Has experience working with cloud platforms, enterprise applications, integration technologies and data platforms.
• Understands modern architectural patterns including APIs, microservices and cloud-native architectures.
• Can evaluate technology options and balance business, technical and operational trade-offs effectively.
• Has experience working with suppliers and supporting technology procurement activities.
• Can engage and influence a diverse range of stakeholders, from senior leaders to technical delivery teams.
• Produces high-quality architecture documentation and communicates clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrates excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Has an understanding of secure-by-design principles and cybersecurity best practices.

The following would be advantageous:

• Service Now, T4 and Microsoft Dynamics
• Experience contributing to architecture governance, design review or technical assurance processes.
• Experience with…