Geospatial Security Architect for Govt/ISR Programs

Airbus; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share

Contributory pension

Share options

Car leasing scheme

Free onsite parking

Tax-free technology scheme

Discounted shopping

Hybrid working

Job summary

Airbus Defence and Space Limited is seeking a Systems/Software Architect to design and own architectures for geospatial and ISR software products. You will work on secure, scalable architectures across the full lifecycle within a collaborative AGILE Scrum environment.

The role emphasizes security-by-design, experience with complex system architectures and potential AWS cloud exposure, with a focus on government and MOD projects.

Qualifications

• Experience designing architectures for complex systems in shared services, Service-Oriented, or microservices environments.
• Hands-on AWS cloud experience is advantageous.
• Experience working in environments with security, cybersecurity, reliability, and compliance constraints.

Responsibilities

• Translate business and customer goals and high-level requirements into robust architecture for Geospatial solutions, balancing performance, security, reliability, and compliance.
• Establish end-to-end traceability from requirements to solution design through structured documentation and design rationale, leveraging MBSE (SysML/UML) to model complex system architectures.
• Drive architectural vision by proactively engaging with key stakeholders to gather pertinent information.
• Consider efficiency, how different components can be reused and the system can evolve to meet future demands.

Skills

Architectural design

Microservices

Security by design

AWS exposure

Tools

SysML/UML

Job description

Airbus Defence and Space Limited is seeking a Systems/Software Architect to design and own architectures for geospatial and ISR software products. You will work on secure, scalable architectures across the full lifecycle within a collaborative AGILE Scrum environment.

The role emphasizes security-by-design, experience with complex system architectures and potential AWS cloud exposure, with a focus on government and MOD projects.