Solution Architect - Gain SC Clearance

Location: Basingstoke

Working Pattern: Hybrid

Salary: circa £80,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus

You will join a global IT Consultancy who are bringing Digital Transformation to the Ministry of Defence. You will work on a large program bid and support the delivery of complex technical solutions to our customer. You will provide technical leadership to a team of architects, collaborating across the bid and resulting program with the Project and Program Managers, and your role will involve ensuring the technical solution meets the given bid requirements within the constraints of costs, time and quality, identifying technical issues and risks with the program, collaborating with the different stakeholders and teams, and help ensure people are all moving in the same direction through the different program phases through to successful handover to service.

Your experience

• A strong technical background in Network Architecture and a wide breadth of technical knowledge across multiple technologies (eg, virtualisation, infrastructure, security, applications).
• Experienced and demonstrable ability to ensure interoperability between designs/technical solution elements.
• Adept at creating technical solution propositions and bid responses/proposals from customer requirements.
• Demonstrable ability to define and track technical program deliverables to achieve successful technical delivery and handover into Operational Service.
• Strong governance skills and experience to ensure accurate, quality component designs and collateral.
• Experience of coordinating and leading large teams (15-20 people) of specialist Architects and Engineers.
• Solid understanding of the program/project end-to-end life cycle, with good commercial and financial awareness as well as managing technical risks and dependencies.
• Experience of working with multiple vendors towards smooth technical delivery.
• Proactive in advising program/project management of changes to plans and resourcing required to cover all technical deliverables.
• Escalation point for technical issues in the program; excellent troubleshooting of complex technical issues and defects, mitigating business, technical, and operational risks, and making recommendations to senior management.
• Demonstrable experience of working with multiple teams, supporting project managers in planning and reporting activities, service readiness, and providing guidance and support to live service teams.
• Excellent communications skills with multiple stakeholders, able to take ownership and responsibility, good attention to detail and can make quick decisions. Able to communicate calmly and concisely with the Customer.

Your benefits:

• 25 Days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)
• £6,000 Car Allowance
• Bonus
• Pension - Double matching contributions of up to 10%
• Life assurance
• Companywide incentive plans
• Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays/travel/dental critical illness and more)
• Perks at work - employee discounts
• Employee assistance programme/virtual GP