Defence Systems Architect: Remote-First Impact Delivery

Darter; City Of London; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension matched 10%

Private health insurance

Learning and development budget

Remote-first working

Unlimited holiday

Volunteer leave and donations

Job summary

Darter in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Defence Systems Technologist to turn complex operational problems into coherent, integrated and deliverable capability. You'll work with military users, programme teams and senior stakeholders to connect mission needs with the Defence technology ecosystem.

You will apply systems thinking, assess technical options and support governance, assurance and procurement, while explaining complex issues clearly to both technical and non-technical

Qualifications

• Experience of military or Defence systems gained through the Armed Forces, government, industry or a related environment.
• Experience in systems engineering, architecture, mission engineering, capability development or technical consultancy.
• Strong requirements capture, analysis and decomposition skills, with an understanding of system-of-systems environments.
• The ability to move confidently between strategic intent and technical detail, build trusted relationships and facilitate productive workshops.
• Strong technical judgement, intellectual curiosity and clear written and verbal communication.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance, with the potential to obtain Developed Vetting (DV).

Responsibilities

• Work with military users and stakeholders to understand operational needs, constraints and measures of success.
• Apply systems thinking across people, processes, information, technology and organisations, decomposing complex requirements into capabilities, functions, services, systems and interfaces.
• Develop mission, system and solution architecture views that show how capabilities fit within the wider Defence ecosystem.
• Identify dependencies across networks, cloud, data, identity, security, gateways, infrastructure and related programmes, considering interoperability and information exchange from the outset.
• Develop and assess technical options, making risks, trade-offs, gaps and opportunities for reuse clear to decision-makers.
• Support governance, assurance, procurement and supplier discussions, while working with delivery teams to keep architectural intent achievable.
• Explain complex technical issues clearly to technical and non-technical audiences and challenge assumptions constructively.

Skills

Systems thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Technical judgement

Written and verbal communication

Tools

SysML

UML

ArchiMate

Job description

Darter in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Defence Systems Technologist to turn complex operational problems into coherent, integrated and deliverable capability. You'll work with military users, programme teams and senior stakeholders to connect mission needs with the Defence technology ecosystem.

You will apply systems thinking, assess technical options and support governance, assurance and procurement, while explaining complex issues clearly to both technical and non-technical