Senior Solutions Architect - Cisco

About the role

SHI International Corp. is hiring a Senior Solutions Architect in London who plays a key leadership role in designing and delivering enterprise-scale technology solutions centred on Cisco products. The role combines deep technical expertise, strategic thinking and project leadership, acting as a trusted advisor between business objectives and technical execution, covering cloud, data, AI and Microsoft ecosystems.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders, product owners and technical teams to architect end-to-end enterprise solutions.
• Lead the development of Statements of Work, architectural standards, reusable frameworks and best practices.
• Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies, platforms and integration patterns.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure and maintainable technical solutions.
• Facilitate solution design workshops and review technical designs and implementation plans.
• Work with engineering, DevOps and security teams to enforce governance and standards.
• Support pre-sales and client engagements by presenting the architectural vision.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a related field; Master's preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in solutions architecture, system design or senior technical roles in enterprise environments.
• Industry-recognized certifications, in particular CCIE and others.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Required skills

• Deep expertise in Cisco architecture.
• Microservices, APIs and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• CI/CD pipelines, automation tools and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation).
• Agile and DevOps practices.
• Cybersecurity principles, data privacy and regulatory compliance.