Technical Application Architect

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

As an IBM Consulting Architect, you will act as a trusted technical advisor to our clients, shaping architecture decisions that enable complex business and technology transformation. You will operate across the lifecycle - from early discovery and design through delivery and transition - providing architectural leadership to ensure solutions are coherent, fit‑for‑purpose, and aligned to client objectives.

You will work closely with clients, delivery teams, and partners, bringing industry insight and structured architectural thinking to complex environments. This role requires strong stakeholder engagement, the ability to operate in multi‑supplier or ‘rainbow’ teams, and confidence guiding teams through ambiguity, trade‑offs, and change.

Core Responsibilities (Common Across All Architect Roles)

• Build strong relationships with client stakeholders and act as a trusted advisor, providing clear architectural guidance aligned to business outcomes.
• Lead and influence architectural decision‑making across teams, ensuring design integrity, quality, and consistency throughout delivery.
• Apply industry best practices, architectural patterns, and standards to shape pragmatic, sustainable solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, architects, and delivery leads, supporting capability development within teams.
• Collaborate effectively across architecture, engineering, security, and platform communities to deliver cohesive outcomes.
• Support architectural governance activities, including design reviews, assurance, and risk management where appropriate.
• Operate effectively within consulting environments, balancing client needs, delivery constraints, and long‑term sustainability.

In addition to the core responsibilities above, a Technical Consulting Architect will primarily focus on:

Key Responsibilities:

• Define application and technical architectures aligned to modern development, integration, and delivery practices.
• Lead the design of application modernisation initiatives, including refactoring, re platforming, and cloud enablement.
• Provide hands on technical leadership to engineering teams, guiding design decisions and implementation approaches.
• Design and review application and integration patterns, APIs, and platform usage.
• Support non functional design considerations including performance, resilience, security, and scalability.
• Produce technical architecture artefacts, including HLDs, LLDs, interface designs, and technical standards.
• Collaborate with solution architects, platform teams, and security specialists to ensure cohesive outcomes.
• Support delivery assurance, troubleshooting, and technical risk resolution during implementation.

• Strong background as a Technical or Application Architect within complex delivery environments.
• Hands on experience with modern application stacks (e.g. Java, web technologies, mobile, APIs).
• Experience with cloud hosted application architectures and DevOps aligned delivery.
• Strong understanding of application integration and modern architectural patterns.
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, architects, and delivery leadership.
• Experience working within consulting or multi client delivery models.

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).

• Background in application modernisation or large scale delivery programmes.
• Exposure to hybrid cloud or platform based architectures.
• Experience coaching or mentoring senior engineers and tech leads.
• Familiarity with quality engineering, automation, or non functional design practices.