Job Details Software Architect R27044

MBDA S.A.S.; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense company in the UK seeks a Software Architect responsible for defining the software architecture. The role includes collaboration with software delivery teams and influences technology strategies. A strong technical background and excellent communication skills are essential. Benefits include a salary of up to £80,000, hybrid working arrangements, and various health and well-being perks.

Benefits

Company Bonus up to 21%

Pension contributions up to 14%

Flexible working arrangements

Healthcare benefits

Qualifications

• Strong technical practitioner comfortable with key architectural decisions.
• Knowledge of modern software architecture techniques and patterns.
• Able to influence internal customers and team collaborators.

Responsibilities

• Design drivers for the software solution focusing on performance and security.
• Define architecture ensuring implementation integrity.
• Collaborate with architects and technical specialists on design reviews.

Skills

Architectural decision making

Software design patterns

Model based engineering

Technical mentorship

Communication skills

Continuous integration advocacy

Software stack understanding

Job description

Overview

This is a fantastic role for a Software Architect or someone with strong software design skills looking to take the next jump in their career to becoming a Software Architect. As a Software Architect, you will be the author of the full software architecture working with the software delivery teams to define and monitor the Structural and Temporal Architecture including the Internal/External interfaces of the product to meet requirements.

Responsibilities

• Identify, document and be responsible for the design drivers for the software solution e.g. real-time performance, safety, security, user experience, simplicity, reusability, flexibility.
• Produce derived and emergent requirements capturing the assumptions and rationale.
• Define the architecture to a point where the implementation decisions do not affect the integrity of the architecture.
• Collaborate with other Architects, Technical Specialists and wider engineering key contacts, supporting the wider design activities and reviews.
• Influence the Software Engineering Technology Strategy, Software Product Lines, new technologies, obsolescence, new methods and tools by considering longer-term architectural strategies as part of special interest groups and communities of interest.
• Work with technology at the forefront of European missile system design to develop safe, secure and reliable products for customers.

Qualifications

• A strong technical practitioner, comfortable with making important architectural and design decisions.
• Knowledge of modern and established software architecture techniques and design patterns.
• Experience of model based engineering.
• Able to provide technical mentorship, clearly articulate software architecture solutions and collaborate with software developers.
• Able to communicate clearly at different levels, including influencing collaborators and internal customers.
• An advocate for continuous integration and good design.
• Able to assess and communicate trade-offs between aspects of a Software Architecture with a focus on design rationale.
• An understanding of software abstraction layers and the software stack.
• Experience to define and influence the tools, frameworks and technologies used.
• A strong programming background, preferably with experience in more than one language.

Benefits & Additional Information

• Salary: up to circa £80,000 depending on experience
• Dynamic (hybrid) working: typically 3 to 4 days per week on-site
• Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship; BPSS checks required after offer
• Company Bonus: Bonus up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: up to 14% total contributions
• Flexible working arrangements and enhanced parental leave options
• Healthcare and other well-being benefits, including private medical insurance and a range of employee assistance programs
• On-site facilities and various lifestyle discounts and schemes