IT Solution Architect

00089 Leidos Europe LTD; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and security firm in Bristol seeks an IT Solution Architect to lead and deliver complex supply chain solutions. You will evaluate solutions, ensure compliance with standards, and guide projects through all lifecycle phases. Candidates should have experience with cross-domain architecture and integration technologies, as well as a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. This role offers a competitive salary range and a supportive culture focused on collaboration and innovation.

Benefits

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

33 days Annual Leave

Access to Flexible Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in bespoke and COTS applications required.
• Knowledge of application technologies, platforms, and tools is essential.
• Ability to work in a multi-supplier/vendor environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, design, and deliver complex end-to-end solutions.
• Ensure compliance with design principles and technical standards.
• Support customer and stakeholder meetings and technical discussions.

Skills

Solution Architect experience on large complex customer projects

Cross domain architecture deliverables

Integration concepts and technologies (SOA, ESBs, etc.)

AWS cloud experience

Strong communication skills

Excellent analytical and technical skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field or extensive experience

Job description

IT Solution Architect

Programme: LCST (Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation)

Location: Bristol

Role Overview

As a IT Solution Architect, you will be responsible for leading, designing and delivering complex end to end solutions using a multitude of applications and technologies within the supply chain management business domain.

This role will assure that the solution architecture can meet the key project functional and non-functional requirements identified for the LCST programme.

The IT Solution Architect will lead the solution development through all phases of the delivery lifecycle, from requirements capture, high level design, low level design, development into the release and solution sustainment phases.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Solution evaluation : buy vs. build vs reuse
• Platform selection
• Early-phase project estimates
• Ensuring compliance with all design principles and architecture frameworks
• Ensuring compliance with technical, security, customer and regulatory standards.
• Supporting customer and stakeholder meetings and technical discussions.

Skills Required

• Previous experience as a Solution Architect on large complex customer projects
• Production of cross domain (Business, Application Data, Infrastructure, Security) end to end architecture deliverables, such as proposal designs, high level designs and interface specifications
• Experience in bespoke and COTS applications
• Experience in integration concepts and technologies e.g. SOA, ESBs, EAI, XML, Web Services, MQ
• Experience working with large scale, distributed event driven architectures.
• Experience in cloud with AWS or similar
• Experience in working collaboratively within a multi-supplier / vendor environment
• Strong consulting, leading and mentoring skills along with the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels
• Broad knowledge of and experience with a wide variety of application technologies, platforms, and tools including web-based systems databases,middleware / integrationtechnologies, security, and infrastructure
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
• Excellent analytical and technical skills
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field and / or extensive related experience

Skills Desired

• Experience in multi-stakeholder logistics / supply chain management solutions using modern commercial solutions such as : Integration PlatformsManufacturing / Repairssystems,Warehouse Management Systems,Transport Management Systems,Order Management System,Inventory Management SystemsEnterprise Resource Planning SystemsProcurement SystemsData, Analytics and MI systems
• Experience in TOGAF / MODAF is desirable
• Experience in Archimate
• Experience working in a CMMI level 3 environment

Clearance Requirements

• BPSS Pre-screening required to start
• SC Required for role

Leidos UK! Join our team and discover a culture of collaboration, innovation, diversity, trust, caring management, communication transparency, work-life balance, and overall job satisfaction...

What we do for you

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes :

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

Commitment to Diversity

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are

The for the UK Ministry of Defence is a critical effort to enhance and improve the UK’s defence supply chain. The programme provides essential services such as storage and distribution for the MOD's materiel, including a global freight service and the procurement and inventory management of 70,000 commodity NATO Stock Number (NSNs).

Working together as Team Leidos we are helping to transform the UK's defence supply chain by providing an integration of a complex mixture of services, at low risk, using a modern suite of systems that will deliver one version of the truth. For the first time, the MOD will see the whole picture, as it is happening.

What Makes Us Different

Purpose : you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can change.

Collaboration : having to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People : Leidos people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by . We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range

£60,100.00-£77,000.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.