Solution Architect Specialist

Recruiter: Seema Shivakumar

Hiring Manager: Manisha Nallapati

Career Grade: D

About the role

• You will design, build and optimise advanced customer messaging solutions using Java, React or Angular, AWS, and SQL and NoSQL technologies.
• You will shape robust, scalable, secure and high-performance architectures using Clean Architecture and microservices principles.
• You will work with engineering, product management and business stakeholders to deliver effective messaging solutions across multiple channels.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the end-to-end design of messaging solutions using Java, WebLogic, Spring Boot, Microsoft Graph mail API, React or Angular, AWS, and SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Apply Clean Architecture and microservices principles to create modular, testable and maintainable solutions with high availability and low latency.
• Design scalable and cost-effective cloud architectures using AWS services.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor development teams on solution implementation, engineering standards and adoption of new technologies.
• Collaborate with product managers, business analysts and delivery teams to define requirements and align technical solutions with business goals.
• Architect SQL and NoSQL data solutions that support efficient processing, data integrity and security.
• Create and maintain architecture documentation, roadmaps and technical specifications for stakeholders and engineering teams.
• Assess industry developments in architecture, cloud and messaging technologies, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Design messaging solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, fault tolerance, security, scalability and performance.

Essential Skills / Experience

• 10 to 12 years of professional experience in software development and solution architecture, including customer messaging systems.
• Strong experience with Java, WebLogic, Spring Boot, and web technologies such as React or Angular.
• Expertise in designing AWS cloud solutions, with hands-on experience of services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS and API Gateway.
• Experience designing SQL and NoSQL data solutions using technologies such as MySQL, MongoDB or DynamoDB.
• Strong understanding of Clean Architecture, microservices architecture and system design patterns.
• Experience leading and mentoring development teams while promoting engineering standards and high-quality delivery.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to stakeholders.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or TOGAF certification.
• Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments and participating in Agile ceremonies.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps practices and tools such as Jenkins, GitLab or AWS CodePipeline.
• Knowledge of messaging technologies and integration patterns, including IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka or WebLogic JMS.
• Experience designing high-throughput messaging systems for high availability, disaster recovery and fault tolerance.

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.