Solutions Architect

Role – Solutions Architect
Location: Hybrid – West Sussex once a month / Remote
Salary: £85,000 – £95,000 per annum
Start – ASAP

You will need to have demonstrable experience working in the Defence and National Security Sectors.

The Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Solutions Architect to join an established technology and consultancy organisation delivering complex, data-led solutions across the Defence and National Security sectors.

This is a senior, customer-facing role offering the opportunity to work on technically challenging programmes, helping customers solve complex business and technology problems. You will be involved throughout the solution lifecycle, from understanding initial requirements and shaping opportunities through to architecture, delivery and ongoing development.

The role combines Solution Architecture, technical consultancy and pre-sales, making it ideal for someone who enjoys engaging with customers as much as designing effective technical solutions.

The position is predominantly remote, with attendance at the West Sussex office once per month and occasional travel to UK customer sites.

The Role
As a Solutions Architect, you will design scalable, secure and commercially viable solutions that address complex customer requirements.
Working closely with customers, delivery teams, Sales and Business Development, responsibilities will include:

• Understanding customer objectives and translating functional and non-functional requirements into effective solution architectures.
• Designing end-to-end enterprise solutions across modern, cloud and legacy technology environments.
• Developing technical strategies, architectural roadmaps and solution designs.
• Providing technical leadership to Project Managers, Architects, Engineers and Developers throughout delivery.
• Leading solution and architecture reviews to ensure designs meet customer, security and regulatory requirements.
• Supporting pre-sales activity, including shaping opportunities, developing technical proposals and presenting solutions.
• Producing solution estimates, cost models, risk assessments and business cases.
• Evaluating emerging technologies and identifying opportunities to improve customer solutions and services.

The Person
You will be an experienced Solutions Architect with a strong track record of designing and delivering enterprise-scale technology solutions.
You will ideally have:

• Strong experience gathering requirements and developing end-to-end solution architectures.
• Experience with public cloud platforms, ideally AWS and/or Azure.
• Broad technical knowledge across modern and legacy environments.
• Excellent customer-facing, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience within Defence and/or Central Government environments.
• Previous pre-sales experience, including solution shaping, technical proposals and estimating.
• Knowledge of TOGAF, ArchiMate or Zachman would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of GDS standards or government delivery frameworks would be beneficial.

Due to the nature of the work, candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain UK SC security clearance.