The Solution Architect Principal leads the design and delivery of end-to-end technical solutions within the GSS Engineering domain, ensuring that customer requirements are successfully and effectively delivered by a first class technical professional services team and NPS, mission impact and customer intimacy are maintained to the highest level, whilst ensuring alignment to the GSS technical strategy and reuse principles.
This role can be based in London, Ipswich, Cheltenham or Manchester. It is a Monday‐Friday 37.5 hours per week position. You must be eligible to obtain DV Security Clearance before starting the role and have lived in the UK for 10+ years to be eligible.
What You'll Be Doing
* Operates as an SME within own field of expertise, leading the design of technical and repeatable solutions that achieve customer requirements driving positive outcomes
* Leads partnerships with business and operational stakeholders to conduct business and technical discovery, as well as collaborating closely with stakeholders in order to understand business, operating models, functional requirements as well as client challenges/obstacles
* Establishes robust recommendations, proposals and scope of work documents for group engagements while also identifying critical dependencies and gaps
* Leads the creation of innovative and repeatable solution architectures to resolve the most complex solution architecture problems and meet agreed requirements
* Influences business stakeholders' understanding of capabilities and the transformative power of group products, services and technology
* Enhances the solution architect team's knowledge, methodologies and customer‐facing collateral
* Ensures alignment with Enterprise Architecture guardrails and solution patterns
* Contributes deep, technical thought leadership and provides advice on multiple technologies, setting the long‐term technical direction of solution architecture
* Leads complex, group‐level initiatives from a solution architecture perspective that are a part of the company's overall commercial strategy
* Leads the implementation of continuous improvement opportunities to improve solution architect processes
* Mentors and coaches experienced professionals to develop current and future team capabilities and ensure performance
* Leads the development of the conceptualization of innovative services or products within solution architecture
* Act as the primary technical expert on architecture governance and design authority for development of products and services in line with the published roadmap
Essential Skills / Experience
* Solution Architecture: Develop solutions which fit within the enterprise architecture in terms of information architecture, system portfolios and integration requirements.
* Solution Design: Design the essential core building blocks that make up a technical solution.
* Product Road mapping: Map out the vision and strategic objectives for a product in a visual way, making it easier for development teams to share and collaborate.
* IT Infrastructure: Plan, design, deliver and control information technology infrastructure.
* Infrastructure Architecture/Design: Ensure the technical systems and infrastructure are architected and designed to support business requirements.
* Change Management: Manage changes and developments within teams and the wider organisation.
* Configuration Management: Establish and maintain consistency of a product's performance, functional, and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information throughout its life.
* Agile Methodologies: Manage projects by dividing tasks into short phases of work (sprints) and frequently reassess and adapt plans.
* Proposal Development: Develop a compelling proposal including an assessment of competitive positioning and identifying steps to be taken.
* Strategic Planning: Define the programme's strategy, or direction, and make decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy.
* Vendor Management: Create, monitor and cultivate relationships with vendors to ensure business objectives are achieved.
* Business Analysis: Analyse current business state within the context of future expectations, determine whether new business strategies are needed to address existing issues or meet new needs and estimate the level of effort to enhance or expand current business strategies.
* Regulatory Compliance: Develop, implement, and enforce compliance to activities which ensure the organisation meets legislative and regulatory requirements.
* Deep understanding of the role of technology provider in the community (customer base).
* Maintain DV+ clearance.
* Extensive experience leading end‐to‐end software/platforms/systems engineering teams.
* Lead innovative and technically complex programmes of work in a professional services environment where research and development is at the core of the projects.
Desirable Skills / Experience
* Member of a professional body desirable e.g. BCS / IET / qualified CEng.
Our Package
Tailored benefits make a real difference. That's why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle.
Company car scheme (or cash alternative)
* 15% on target annual bonus
* Private healthcare for you and your family
* Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family
* Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off
* Equalised maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks' full pay and 8 weeks' half pay
* Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
* Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us
* Holiday purchase scheme
* You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you're ready.
We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required.
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