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Job Title: Solution Architect (Belfast)
Req ID: 60772
Job Function: Architecture Solution and Design
Posting Start Date: 20/07/2026
Posting End Date: 31/07/2026
Division: UK Business
Job Location: GBR Belfast - Riverside Tower
Advertised Salary: Competitive + Market Leading Benefits
About The Role
As a Solution Architect, you will be dedicated to a customer contract, leading the design and delivery of innovative technical solutions that support both in-life service changes and contract design enhancements.
You will be responsible for developing end-to-end solutions by leveraging existing enterprise and solution architectures, ensuring customer requirements are translated into technically robust, commercially viable and deliverable outcomes.
Working within agreed timelines and budgets, you will lead virtual teams of technical, service and delivery specialists, driving collaboration across multiple stakeholders to create solutions that meet customer needs, operational requirements and strategic business objectives.
This role requires strong leadership, customer focus and the ability to balance technical excellence with successful delivery.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead the end-to-end solution architecture for delivery (from discovery through to transition into build and run), maintaining the overall technical direction and accountability.
- Set and govern the architecture approach (principles, patterns, non-functional requirements, integration, resilience and security controls) across all domains involved.
- Engage customers and BT stakeholders up to executive level to build confidence in BT’s technical approach and delivery capability, and to resolve complex trade-offs.
- Provide design authority and final technical assurance: direct, coordinate and assure the work of technical designers who produce HLD/LLD artefacts, ensuring alignment to the agreed architecture and outcomes.
- Identify, evaluate and manage technical risks across the end-to-end solution, including dependencies across towers/partners and non-standard components, and drive mitigations to closure.
- Own architecture governance: lead peer reviews and assurance forums, respond to actions, and ensure designs meet BT security, regulatory and operational requirements.
- Mentor and coach other solution architects and contribute to improving SOLA methods, patterns and customer-facing collateral.
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Essential Skills / Experience
- Proven experience leading the end-to-end architecture and design of complex, large-scale technology solutions across multiple technical domains.
- Deep technical expertise across enterprise networking, security, cloud platforms and systems integration, with the ability to challenge assumptions and drive sound technical decisions.
- Strong background in evaluating architectural trade-offs and ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, secure and aligned to customer and business requirements.
- Experience defining and governing solution architecture across internal teams, third-party partners and suppliers to ensure a coherent end-to-end outcome.
- Demonstrable knowledge of security, governance, risk and compliance frameworks, ensuring solutions meet regulatory, assurance and operational standards.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical teams through challenging programmes, managing dependencies, risks and technical decision-making.
- Experience working within large enterprise or service provider environments, delivering mission-critical infrastructure and transformation programmes.
Desirable Skills / Experience
- Knowledge of IT infrastructure technologies, including Microsoft operating systems, storage and virtualisation platforms.
- Experience working with converged and hyper-converged infrastructure solutions.
- Understanding of complex technical environments and multi-domain solution design.
- Ability to assess technical options and contribute to architectural decision-making.
- Experience supporting infrastructure transformation or modernisation programmes.
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Our Package
Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life.
You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:
- 10% on target annual bonus
- 25 days Holiday
- Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family
- Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off
- Equalized maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay
- Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
- Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us
- Holiday purchase scheme
You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready.
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With over 180 years of heritage, BT Business has brought together our best people and capabilities into a B2B powerhouse serving 1.2 million business customers in the UK
We’re a leader for secure connectivity and collaboration platforms for businesses of all shapes and sizes, from big household names and government departments, right through to sole traders and new start-ups. But it’s not just the technology that matters, it’s what it can do to help them build stronger, smarter, more secure businesses.
We are Customer-First Challengers, who are Committed, Clear and Connected. We value diversity and inclusion and believe in making a positive impact. We connect for good by championing digital inclusion and equipping people, businesses, and communities with digital skills to thrive.
As a member of our team, you will be part of an organisation that celebrates difference, fosters innovation and provides you with opportunities to be your best. With millions of businesses relying on us daily, joining BT means you can be part of a diverse and multi-skilled team that makes a significant impact to society.
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