Solution Architect

Position Description

At CGI, we help public sector organisations make technology decisions that create lasting value for the communities they serve. As a Senior Solution Architect supporting one of our largest Local Government accounts, you’ll shape solutions across a diverse technology estate and influence major transformation, application modernisation and strategic change. You’ll take ownership of complex architectural decisions, explore creative approaches to evolving technology challenges and provide trusted advice that turns business needs into practical, secure and supportable solutions. Working alongside Enterprise Architects, technical specialists, delivery teams and client stakeholders, you’ll be part of a collaborative community where expertise is shared, ideas are encouraged and you’re supported to broaden your impact and help shape the future of Local Government technology.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

Whilst this is a hybrid position you will need to attend CGI and client offices in Glasgow at least 3 days per week.

Your future duties and responsibilities

In this role, you will take ownership of solution architecture across projects, programmes and strategic initiatives, helping the client make informed technology decisions from initial demand through to implementation and operational support. You’ll develop pragmatic, secure and supportable architectures, evaluating options and clearly communicating trade-offs to ensure solutions balance business priorities, technical quality and long-term strategy.

Working alongside Enterprise Architects, Technical Leads, Delivery Managers, Service Management teams and client stakeholders, you’ll have the opportunity to challenge established thinking and explore new approaches to application modernisation and cloud transformation. You’ll be supported by a wider architecture community while contributing your own expertise to strengthen governance, standards, roadmaps and CGI’s Managed Enterprise Architecture Service (MEAS).

• Architect & Deliver: Develop pragmatic, secure and supportable solution architectures aligned with business requirements and strategic technology direction.

Evaluate & Advise: Assess technology options, articulate trade-offs and provide evidence-based recommendations that enable better decisions.

Shape & Modernise: Support application modernisation, cloud transformation and strategic technology change across a diverse estate.

Govern & Assure: Contribute to architecture governance and design assurance, maintaining alignment throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Identify & Resolve: Surface architectural risks, dependencies and constraints early and help teams develop practical approaches to address them.

Collaborate & Influence: Build trusted relationships across architecture, delivery, service management, suppliers and client teams.

Communicate & Engage: Translate complex technical concepts into clear recommendations for technical specialists and senior business stakeholders.

Improve & Evolve: Strengthen architecture standards, technology roadmaps, reusable practices and the wider MEAS capability.

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

You’ll bring proven Solution Architecture experience within complex technology environments, combining strong technical judgement with the ability to understand business challenges and turn them into practical architectural decisions. You’ll be comfortable influencing technical and non-technical stakeholders, constructively challenging assumptions and working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect within a complex enterprise technology environment.
• Strong solution design capability, with experience creating secure, practical and supportable architectures.
• Proven ability to evaluate technology options and trade-offs and develop clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• Experience supporting transformation and modernisation initiatives, ideally involving complex application estates or cloud technologies.

Good understanding of architecture governance and design assurance, including maintaining architectural alignment through delivery.

Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across client, supplier and delivery organisations.

Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technology decisions to technical and non-technical audiences.

Strong technical judgement and problem-solving capability, balancing immediate delivery needs with longer-term technology strategy.

A collaborative approach to architecture, with the confidence to challenge constructively while supporting colleagues and delivery teams.

A continuous improvement mindset, with experience contributing to architecture standards, roadmaps, governance or reusable practices.

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.