Senior Defence & Cyber Solutions Architect – Bristol

LHH Recruitment Solutions; West of England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

We are recruiting for an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to join a major UK defence and cyber programme based in Bristol. This is a senior technical role within a highly secure environment, providing architectural leadership across complex systems and programmes.

You will act as a technical authority, shaping secure, integrated solutions across infrastructure, applications, data, networking and cloud.

Qualifications

• Senior-level Solution Architecture within complex technical environments.
• Architecture across multiple technology domains including infrastructure, applications, data, networking and cloud.
• UK secure environments and classified MOD systems.
• Enterprise and solution architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, MODAF and NAF.
• Secure system design principles and cyber security standards.
• Designing solutions for highly secure or classified environments.
• Shaping technical architectures within Agile or SAFe delivery environments.
• Leading architectural reviews and making significant technical design decisions.
• Engaging and influencing senior technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Providing technical leadership, mentoring and thought leadership to architects and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority for solution design across large-scale and multi-project programmes
• Define and evolve architectures that balance customer requirements, enterprise architecture principles and secure-by-design standards
• Design solutions spanning infrastructure, applications, data, networking and cloud technologies
• Lead technical reviews, architecture assessments, trade-off studies and risk assessments for significant design decisions
• Contribute to technology roadmaps and identify opportunities for technology insertion, modernisation and innovation
• Ensure security principles and cyber standards are embedded throughout solution design
• Work closely with engineering, cyber security, programme and delivery teams within Agile and SAFe environments
• Mentor and coach Solutions Architects and Engineers, helping develop architectural capability across the wider technical community
• Represent the architecture function at senior customer forums, technical boards and programme reviews
• Support solution strategy, bids and proposal development where required
• Champion architectural best practice, reuse and model-based design approaches

Skills

Senior Architecture

Multi-domain Architecture

UK Security Environments

TOGAF/MODAF/NAF

Secure Design Principles

Agile/SAFe

Leadership & Mentoring

Stakeholder Engagement

Technical Authority

Job description

We are recruiting for an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to join a major UK defence and cyber programme based in Bristol. This is a senior technical role within a highly secure environment, providing architectural leadership across complex systems and programmes.

You will act as a technical authority, shaping secure, integrated solutions across infrastructure, applications, data, networking and cloud.