Solution Architect
Permanent Job
Circa £80,000 – 95,000
Excellent Benefits
Mostly remote
Must be willing to travel on occasion (for clients)
Must be UK resident & able to be SC cleared
Multiple openings
The Domain
National Security & Defence – anything involving border UK Government Security standards. Policing, borders, biometrics, military intelligence etc.
The Role
This Solution Architect opportunity is with one of the world’s most successful enterprise-level technology consultancies. They have a fantastic technical & business reputation in the British market and work on some of the country’s most high profile, high value, & complex projects.
You will be working in the National Security & Defence Division of this client working to keep the UK safe - both physically & virtually.
This role is looking for a technical expert to work across many different teams whilst keeping a firm grasp on the bigger picture. The solutions that you will create will be wide-ranging in both scope & consequence.
Projects/ solutions could involve anything from agile app development to cloud adoption to devops platforms to service management. As such, someone with an extensive IT background across a broad range of technologies & disciplines will stand out.
The Responsibilities
- Tech leadership & product delivery
- Address customer issues & develop solutions
- Own solutions from conception to execution
- Technical & Solution reviews
- Lead & direct work of technical staff within SLAs/ deliverables
- Communicate to executives/leadership both internally & externally
- Achieve buy-in & strategy agreement across teams & stakeholders
- Take full 360 view of company policies & strategies
- Work with business development, presales, & engineering teams
- Proactively looking beyond individual projects & looking to enhance the company portfolio
The Requirements
- Experience as a solution architect or designer working within large-scale complex projects
- Domain knowledge & prior contacts within this sector will be very useful
- Ideally coming from a software or a business solutions background
- A talented technology generalist comfortable across a range of technologies including but not limited to:
- Software engineering/design/architecture
- Cloud platforms
- DevOps
- Service Management
- Commercial awareness
- Very strong relationship builder & communicator
Please apply with CV to be considered. More client details provided if shortlisted.