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We are looking for experienced, pragmatic, personable and talented Solution Architects and Application Architects for our UK Defence accounts, supporting the delivery of digital, data and technology services. You will have experience of working with national scale systems and services, gained from previous engagements within government Defence departments such as the Ministry of Defence, with ideally exposure or experience of the Army environment, and/or National Security. Your technical skills will be broad, covering aspects such as consulting, cloud services, application integration, data management and custom application development. You will be comfortable working in environments with multiple suppliers and interacting with a varied set of stakeholders.
Job Responsibility
Working to define solutions and shape the architectural aspects of programmes
Driving initial discovery phases to understand the landscape and identify challenges
Designing solutions within product and programme teams
Evaluating the current state of a solution or service
Identifying challenges, gaps and opportunities
Identifying technical solutions and options
Defining programme roadmaps and high level direction setting
Defining transition states and transformation approaches
Supporting estimation and business case generation for proposed solutions
Guiding proposed solutions through technical governance reviews
Building relationships with technical and business stakeholders
Requirements
Strong solution architecture experience, gained within the Defence and Army environment
Strong knowledge of cloud-based services (ideally AWS) and cloud native solutions
Experience working within an architectural framework (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman)
Experience of delivering solutions with strict security controls, where external security assurance is mandated
Experience defining the high level engineering approach at a programme level – such as defining transition states, architectural roadmaps and identifying potential delivery options
Delivery with Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE), such as with Archimate and Sparx EA
Broad expertise of technologies and applications, such as integration and messaging services, digital services, case management, data integration and have good, up-to-date knowledge of emerging technology approaches
The ability to spot and address common themes and architecturally significant concerns
Excellent communication skills and strengths in producing high quality and accurate deliverables
Strong stakeholder engagement and management skills
Adept in using a range of influencing styles to building strong sustainable relationships
Candidates must hold a current SC or be SC clearable