Managing Solution Architect

ZipRecruiter; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Managing Solution Architect to lead impactful projects across various sectors. The role involves overseeing technical architecture, managing teams, and acting as a trusted advisor to clients. With a focus on delivering high-quality solutions, this position offers flexible working arrangements and a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Car allowance

Performance bonus

Professional development pathways

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing or delivering complex IT requirements.
• Proven knowledge of solution architecture aspects like IDAM, MFA, SSO.
• Experience delivering into MOD and understanding relevant governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of high-profile projects and manage technical architecture teams.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior clients and oversee project delivery.
• Engage with design authorities and maintain team engagement with development.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

IT security knowledge

Technical architecture experience

Tools

Virtualisation technologies

Containerisation

Orchestration tools

Job description

Job Description

Managing Solution Architect

Location: Hybrid; with travel expected to client site or Logiq’s offices in Bristol, Chippenham or Exeter.

Salary: Negotiable, plus car allowance, plus up to 10% performance bonus*, plus excellent benefits package.

Logiq is a fast-growing Technology Company, providing cutting-edge solutions to high-risk clients across Private and Public Sector. Due to rapid growth, we are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to join our team.

Why Join Us?

• Work on impactful projects that drive efficiency and innovation across diverse sectors.
• Join a practice of enthusiastic IT professionals, always willing to learn, share and collaborate.
• Access professional development pathways tailored to your career ambitions.
• Enjoy flexible working arrangements and a competitive benefits package.

What the team says

“At Logiq, I love being part of a team that thrives on exciting, fast-paced projects in complex environments. We focus on delivering real value rather than getting bogged down by unnecessary processes. The collaborative culture encourages initiative and empowers me to make impactful decisions, with support always available when I need it. I also feel supported in my project work and career development, with plenty of opportunities to enhance my skills and take on new challenges. Logiq’s investment in its people ensures I have both the tools and encouragement to achieve my goals.”

As someone with a challenging home life, including children with additional needs, the hybrid working model has been invaluable. Logiq treats me as a professional, trusting me to manage my work, projects, and outputs while balancing my family commitments. The flexibility to adapt my schedule for school runs and care needs, combined with a supportive team and rewarding work, makes this a truly unique place to grow and succeed.”

The Role:

As a Managing Consultant, your primary purpose will be to lead delivery of some of Logiq’s most high profile and impactful projects, leading small blended teams of highly technical architecture and security consultants and acting as a trusted advisor to senior clients to ensure successful delivery. You will also support business growth by identifying and leading on the development of follow-on and adjacent growth and new business opportunities; and you will lead or support the development of new service offerings and helping take these to market.

You will lead the development of Solution/Technical Architecture in the highly complex secure systems space. From the outset, the successful candidate will be joining a large scale and dynamic programme leading a technical architecture team which will deliver solutions with strategic impact in our client and at multiple levels of classification. You will:

• Technically and procedurally oversee the production of -related High Level solution Designs, Transition states, roadmap and service catalogue.
• Lead the architecture development process to drive community convergence around critical design choices.
• Run the Architecture Working Group.
• Engage with design authorities to support the design approvals process.
• Oversee the team’s engagement with development teams to provide architectural oversight of, and support to, dev team activities.
• Maintain and develop related policies and processes.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the customer, working closely with Head of Solution Design and other key stakeholders to set and agree priorities.
• Manage the Logiq team on a day-to-day basis, setting priorities, maintaining backlog, agreeing scope with the customer and defining technical tasks.

Key to success in our client environment will be the ability to distil and communicate highly complex concepts with simplicity and in a compelling way and to be able to effectively “see the wood for the trees” in a highly technical environment.

Over time, and aligned with the wider responsibilities of a managing consultant, you will work in or lead other Logiq projects. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, adapting to various roles within client projects over time. This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your expertise or specialise further, with Logiq’s support for your professional growth.

What We’re Looking for:

Essential

• Significant experience designing or delivering complex IT requirements or technology programmes.
• Proven experience and knowledge of the technical aspects of solution and architecture e.g. IDAM, MFA, SSO at various levels of classification to the level required to understand, debate and drive solution design choices.
• Experience delivering into MOD, relevant governance and security policy, processes, and practices (including Joint Service Publications 604, 440).
• Strong understanding of IT security and design considerations of high-assurance systems.
• Knowledge of hosting technologies (virtualisation, containerisation, orchestration), with experience of industry-leading products and vendors. Technology experience across Infrastructure & networks, Cloud, Cyber Security, Security Controls and Service Management.
• Strong analytical and communication skills to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrable success in acting as a client trusted advisor and leading small teams.
• HMG Security Clearance SC or higher, must be willing to apply for higher clearance.

Other Information:

Flexible working is available, including part-time / term-time working patterns. All suggestions are welcomed to be discussed as part of a proposed employment package. We are an equal-opportunities employer.

Logiq is a Confident Employee.

Logiq is proudly supportive of those who have served through the Armed Forces Covenant commitment.

*Bonus payments are discretionary and awarded upon successful completion of probation.