Solution Architect
Posted 1 day 14 hours ago by Virgin Media Business Ireland
£65,000 - £85,000 Annual
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Yorkshire, Bradford, United Kingdom, BD1 1
Job Description
Solution Architect page is loaded Solution Architectlocations: Leeds: Bradfordtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: REQ\_ We're looking for a Solutions Architect to join our team in Leeds or Bradford. This hybrid role offers flexibility, with two days in the office and three days working remotely. Liberty Blume is looking for a skilled and driven Solutions Consultant to collaborate closely with our Account Executives and help accelerate revenue growth. In this role, you'll serve as the leading technical expert and product advocate throughout the sales cycle. Your goal will be to achieve the "technical win" by uncovering a prospect's complex business needs and designing a tailored solution that clearly demonstrates the value of our platform.This position is perfect for a strategic, tech savvy problem solver who thrives on understanding challenges, crafting solutions, and communicating sophisticated concepts in a clear and compelling way to a wide range of audiences. Work side by side with Account Executives as the technical lead on all opportunities, contributing to and executing a well defined sales strategy. Conduct in depth discovery sessions to understand a prospect's business goals, technical environment, and operational pain points. Develop solution architectures using Blume's platforms, ensuring seamless alignment with each prospect's needs and existing technology landscape. Create and present customised product demonstrations that clearly connect platform capabilities to the prospect's priorities and measurable business value. Own the execution of Proofs of Concept (PoCs) and pilot projects - defining success criteria, guiding stakeholders, and ensuring a successful technical evaluation. Serve as the trusted technical expert throughout the sales cycle, confidently responding to security questions, detailed technical inquiries, and competitive comparisons. Produce high quality contributions to RFPs, RFIs, and security questionnaires, ensuring responses are accurate, compelling, and aligned with customer needs. Provide clear, thorough solution documentation to implementation and customer success teams to support a seamless transition once deals close. Act as the voice of the customer by sharing insights, feedback, and market trends with Product and Engineering teams to help shape future enhancements. We tend to look for people with: Essential Experience in a customer facing technical role (Pre Sales Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Technical Account Management, or Professional Services), ideally within B2B SaaS or complex software environments. Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred; AWS/Azure useful), API integrations, data workflows, analytics, and cybersecurity fundamentals. Ability to quickly learn and master new technologies and platforms. Confident in delivering engaging presentations and demos to both technical and non technical audiences. Capable of translating complex technical concepts into clear business language for senior stakeholders while engaging deeply with technical teams. Strong analytical and solution focused approach to problem solving. Good understanding of the sales process and motivated to support revenue growth. Skilled at linking technical features to tangible business outcomes (cost savings, efficiency, risk reduction, growth). Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross functional teams including Sales, Product, Marketing, and Engineering. Desirable : A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline. Experience with Python or JavaScript. Relevant industry certifications (e.g., cloud, security, architecture). Hands on experience with GCP or major enterprise platforms such as Oracle, Workday, or SAP Competitive salary + Bonus. 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more. Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance, plus many more. Matched pension contribution up to 10% Access to our car benefit scheme Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us The chance to join an innovative, fast-paced and passionate team Who we are: Liberty Blume, a Liberty Global company, is a rapidly growing business services provider, specialising in tech-enabled back-office solutions. Our mission is to deliver efficiency, scale and value to our customers through Business, Procurement and Financial Solutions. If you're curious, customer centric and enjoy being one step ahead, join us on our scale up journey and unlock your freedom to grow! Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer, committed to an inclusive environment and accommodating all candidates. We're eager to hear from you, no matter your background. We're building Tomorrow's Connections Today, bringing people together through the power of our technology.Liberty Global is a world leader in converged broadband, video and mobile communications and an active investor in cutting-edge infrastructure, content and technology ventures.With our investments in fibre-based and 5G networks we play a vital role in society, currently providing over 85 million fixed and mobile connections and rolling out the next generation of products and services, while readying our networks for 10 Gbps and beyond.We're creating national champions, combining the best broadband and mobile networks under brands such as Virgin Media-02 in the UK, VodafoneZiggo in The Netherlands, Telenet in Belgium, Sunrise in Switzerland, Virgin Media in Ireland and UPC in Slovakia.Liberty Global Ventures, our global investment arm, has a portfolio of more than 75 companies and funds across content, technology and infrastructure, including strategic stakes in ITV, Univision, Plume, Lionsgate and the Formula E racing series.Our scale enables us to transfer knowledge and expertise across our operations and investments, creating a dynamic family of brands united in the pursuit of innovation and excellence.And we're prioritising diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace and communities, while reducing our impact on the environment. We are using technology as a force for good; for our people, our partners and the planet.