Defence & Government Data Solutions Architect - Pre-Sales

Envitia; Horsham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave: 25 days plus your birthday off

Private Healthcare

Training & Skills Development

Fitness Reimbursement

Life Assurance

Pension Contribution

Flexible Work Arrangements

Job summary

Envitia in Horsham is looking for a Solution Architect to design and deliver innovative data-centric solutions for Defence and Central Government customers. You'll collaborate with teams to shape solutions that combine Envitia's offerings with cutting-edge technologies.

The ideal candidate has experience in the Defence sector, proficiency with public cloud platforms like AWS or Azure, and excels in stakeholder engagement. Envitia values diversity and offers a range of benefits to support well-being.

Qualifications

• Experience gathering and managing functional/non-functional requirements.
• Broad technical knowledge across modern and legacy environments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver innovative, scalable solutions.
• Engage with customers to analyze requirements.
• Lead design and delivery of modern solution architectures.

Skills

Experience designing enterprise-scale solutions

Experience with AWS or Azure

Communication and stakeholder management

Job description

Envitia is a UK-based software and services company that helps organisations unlock the full value of their data to make better, faster decisions. With over 30 years of experience, we specialise in delivering innovative software products, solutions, and consultancy services that transform complex data challenges into actionable insights.

Our mission is to empower customers across defence, government, and national security sectors to harness the power of data — from geospatial intelligence to advanced analytics and AI integration. We are proud to be a trusted partner to UK defence and government organisations, delivering technology that drives smarter, data-driven outcomes.

We’re also delighted to have been named one ofThe Sunday Times Top 100 Medium-Sized Companies— a recognition of our commitment to innovation, collaboration, and creating an outstanding workplace where people can thrive.

The Role

As a Solution Architect at Envitia, you will play a key role in designing and delivering innovative, data-centric solutions for Defence and Central Government customers. Working within our Consulting team, you will be responsible for shaping end-to-end solutions that combine Envitia’s products and services with leading commercial technologies and frameworks to solve complex customer challenges.

You'll also work closely with our Business Development and Sales teams, providing technical leadership throughout the pre-sales lifecycle. This includes developing solution approaches, producing technical proposals, and supporting the creation of cost and effort estimates for customer opportunities.

We're looking for someone with strong experience delivering technology solutions within the Defence and/or Central Government sectors. You'll be passionate about solving complex problems, engaging with customers and helping organisations unlock greater value from their data.

Responsibilities

As a Solution Architect at Envitia, you will be responsible for designing and delivering innovative, scalable solutions that help our clients solve complex business and technical challenges. Working closely with customers, delivery teams and stakeholders, you will:

• Engage with customers to understand business needs, analyse requirements, and translate them into practical and effective technical solutions.
• Develop technical strategies, architectural roadmaps and advisory artefacts that support organisational transformation and technology adoption.
• Lead the design and delivery of modern solution architectures, leveraging a range of commercial technologies, frameworks and cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with project managers, architects, engineers and developers to ensure solutions are successfully implemented and aligned with customer objectives.
• Provide technical leadership throughout solution reviews, ensuring designs meet client expectations, industry best practice and relevant regulatory standards.
• Contribute to the development of Envitia’s managed service offerings and reusable solution capabilities across our customer base.
• Research emerging technologies, market trends and industry developments, identifying opportunities to enhance our services and create new offerings.
• Produce solution cost models, business cases and risk assessments to support customer decision-making and investment planning.
• Develop robust estimates covering the full solution lifecycle, including design, delivery, transition, operation, maintenance and exit considerations.

Experience Required

• Experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale solution architectures.
• Experience gathering and managing both functional and non-functional requirements and translating them into practical, scalable solution designs.
• Experience working with public cloud platforms, ideally AWS or Azure.
• Broad technical knowledge spanning both modern and legacy technology environments.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage audiences ranging from technical specialists to senior decision-makers.

Desirable

• A strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks and modelling approaches such as TOGAF, ArchiMate or Zachman.

• Strong experience working within Defence and/or Central Government organisations. Knowledge of GDS standards and government delivery frameworks.
• Previous involvement in pre-sales activities, including shaping solution approaches, developing technical proposals, estimating delivery effort and presenting solutions to prospective clients.

Security Clearance Requirements

Due to the nature of our work, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain and maintain SC security clearance.

Location

This role offers flexible and remote working, with travel to our Horsham office approximately two days per month and occasional travel to customer sites across the UK as required.

What it's like to work at Envitia

At Envitia, we believe that our greatest asset is our people. We’re committed to fostering a work environment where every employee feels valued, supported, and motivated to excel. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to enhance both your professional and personal wellbeing, including:

• Annual Leave:25 days plus your birthday off, with the ability to buy or sell up to five additional days
• Private Healthcare:Comprehensive coverage with additional options for family members
• Training & Skills Development:Ongoing learning opportunities to help you advance your career
• Fitness Reimbursement:Support for gym memberships or fitness-related expenses
• Life Assurance:Extensive life insurance coverage for peace of mind
• Pension Contribution:Competitive options to help you plan for a secure financial future
• Perkbox Subscription:Discounts on a wide range of products and services
• Flexible Work Arrangements:Designed to support work-life balance and personal commitments
• Internal Reward Schemes:Recognition initiatives to celebrate your contributions and achievements
• Community Engagement & Volunteering:Opportunities to support meaningful causes through company-sponsored programs

Inclusion at Envitia

At Envitia, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and walks of life. We believe that our strength lies in our differences, and we are dedicated to fostering a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered.

We encourage applications from people of all abilities, ages, genders, sexual orientations, races, ethnicities, and religions. We strive to support a culture of inclusion, accessibility, and work-life balance.

If you require any accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know.