Introduction
At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.
You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.
We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.
We Offer
- Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
- More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.
Your Role And Responsibilities
We are looking for a Senior Developer who is aspiring to become a Technical Architect, working at IBM to support public sector and defence customers. The role involves leading the design and delivery of secure, scalable, and high‑performing cloud solutions, primarily on AWS or Azure. The ideal candidate is a hands‑on senior engineer with strong architectural thinking who is ready to step up into a broader technical leadership role. They should have practical experience with modern application architectures, infrastructure automation, and cloud‑native engineering within Agile environments.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to and lead the design of cloud‑based architectures that prioritise scalability, security, performance, and operational excellence for public sector and defence clients.
Security & Governance: Understanding of IAM/RBAC, Key Vault/KMS, cloud security services, policies, and secrets management.
This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).
Preferred Technical And Professional Experience
Desirable certifications include:
- AWS or Azure Solutions Architect (preferably Professional or Expert level)
- DevOps Engineer certifications
- Kubernetes certifications such as CKA
- Terraform certification
- Enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman
- Red Hat Certified Architect (optional)