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Solution Architect (Wales)

Cardiff
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Job Title: Solution Architect (Wales)

Req ID: 59961

Job Function: Architecture Solution and Design

Posting Start Date: 03/07/2026

Posting End Date: 17/07/2026

Division: UK Business

Job Location: GBR Cardiff 3 Capital Quarter

Advertised Salary: Competitive + Market Leading Benefits

Please note: Travel around Wales is required with this role

SC Clearance required for this role - so please only apply if you are eligible to hold SC (5 years minimum UK residency)

About The Role

You'll provide end-to-end solution architecture leadership across complex bids, transformation programmes and strategic customer opportunities. Acting as the design authority, you'll own the overall technical direction, governance and assurance of solutions, ensuring they are secure, scalable and aligned to customer and business outcomes.

Working across multiple technical domains, you'll collaborate with customers, senior stakeholders, technical designers and delivery teams to shape innovative solutions, manage technical risk and drive successful delivery. This is a highly influential role where you'll combine deep technical expertise with strong stakeholder engagement to help BT deliver transformational outcomes for its customers.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead the end-to-end solution architecture for complex bids and delivery programmes, from discovery through to transition into build and run.
  • Define and govern architecture principles, patterns, security controls, resilience requirements and integration approaches across multiple domains.
  • Act as the technical authority, providing governance, assurance and oversight of solution designs and architecture artefacts.
  • Engage with customers and stakeholders up to executive level, influencing decisions and building confidence in BT's technical strategy.
  • Identify, assess and manage technical risks, dependencies and design challenges across complex programmes.
  • Lead architecture governance, peer reviews and assurance forums to ensure solutions meet security, regulatory and operational standards.
  • Mentor architects and technical specialists, contributing to architecture standards, reusable patterns and continuous improvement initiatives.

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Essential Skills / Experience

  • End-to-end solution architecture leadership, with experience shaping and governing complex multi-domain solutions.
  • Strong technical breadth across enterprise networking, security, cloud and integration technologies, with the ability to challenge assumptions and make informed technical trade-offs.
  • Architecture governance, security and compliance expertise, ensuring solutions align to operational, regulatory and security requirements.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and customer executives.
  • Proven experience operating as a design authority, providing technical assurance, risk management and architecture governance on large-scale programmes.
  • You will need strong technical capability, that includes a solid understanding of service provider technologies.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC).

Desirable Skills / Experience

  • Experience leading architecture for major transformation programmes, multi-tower solutions or complex customer bids.
  • Knowledge of service provider technologies and large-scale enterprise environments.
  • Experience directing technical designers producing HLD and LLD artefacts.
  • Familiarity with architecture frameworks, governance methodologies and assurance processes.
  • Experience developing reusable architecture patterns, standards and best practices.

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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.

Ready to connect for good and help shape the future? Apply now.

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.

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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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Skills

Solution Architecture
Technical Leadership
Stakeholder Management
Risk Management
Security Compliance
Cloud Technologies
Networking
Integration Technologies
Governance
Technical Assurance
Transformation Programmes
Design Authority
Architecture Standards
Mentoring
Technical Expertise
Customer Engagement

Location

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

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