CPS Group (UK) Limited
Solutions Architect
Job Description
Salary: £10,000 - 70,000 per year
Requirements:- Experience as a Solutions Architect or Technical Architect delivering solutions within Defence or other secure government environments
- Strong background in designing and delivering enterprise-scale cloud-native solutions
- Technical architecture experience across software, infrastructure, and networking
- Experience in digital transformation and IT modernisation programmes
- Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms
- Ability to produce high-level and low-level technical designs
- Experience leading technical engagement with senior stakeholders
- Experience taking ownership of architecture decisions and project delivery
- Experience mentoring technical teams or acting as technical lead on complex programmes
- Must currently hold active MOD Developed Vetting (DV) clearance
- Full UK driving licence and access to a car are highly desirable
- Produce high- and low-level solution designs
- Define technical architectures for cloud, infrastructure, and software solutions
- Gather and translate business and technical requirements
- Create technical Statements of Requirement (SoRs)
- Provide technical leadership across project delivery
- Advise customers on technology strategy and solution design
- Support deployments into secure public and private cloud environments, including AWS and Azure
- Build strong relationships with customer stakeholders
- Take ownership of key technical deliverables throughout the project lifecycle
- AWS
- Architect
- Azure
- Cloud
- Support
- Security
More:
We are a well-established technology consultancy delivering complex digital and infrastructure solutions into the UK Defence sector. We are growing our team and offer the opportunity to work on high-profile Defence programmes, helping shape and deliver secure cloud, infrastructure, and software solutions for MOD customers. This is a hybrid role based in Corsham, with regular site travel expected depending on project requirements. We are looking for candidates based within commuting distance across the South West, and our customer site location makes a full UK driving licence and access to a car highly desirable.
last updated 32 week of 2026
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About CPS Group (UK) Limited
CPS Group (UK) Limited
Corsham
IT
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£40,000
This role
£90,000
UK median
This salary is 56% below the UK median for Architects (£90,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks