Senior Solution Architect – Defence & Public Sector

Envitia Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave: 25 days + birthday off

Private Healthcare

Training & Skills Development

Pension Contribution

Flexible Work Arrangements

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

Envitia, a UK-based software and services company, is seeking a Principal Solution Architect to lead complex digital and data transformation initiatives for Defence, Central Government and the public sector. You will shape solution strategy, define architectures, and provide technical leadership across multi-disciplinary teams while growing the consulting capability.

You will also engage in pre-sales activities, shape technical approaches, produce estimates, and contribute to compelling client

Qualifications

• Experience across Defence, National Security, Central Government or similarly complex environments.
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable, practical architectures.
• Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, governance and assurance of complex solution architectures for defence and public sector programmes.
• Act as trusted technical advisor to clients and influence roadmaps, security and governance.
• Define target architectures balancing business objectives with technical excellence and security requirements.
• Provide architectural leadership across large, multi-disciplinary teams and high‑impact projects.
• Support pre‑sales activities, opportunity shaping, bid responses and client presentations.
• Develop reusable frameworks, reference architectures and best practices.

Skills

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder management

Pre‑sales & bids

Public sector domain

Security clearance

Job description

Envitia, a UK-based software and services company, is seeking a Principal Solution Architect to lead complex digital and data transformation initiatives for Defence, Central Government and the public sector. You will shape solution strategy, define architectures, and provide technical leadership across multi-disciplinary teams while growing the consulting capability.

You will also engage in pre-sales activities, shape technical approaches, produce estimates, and contribute to compelling client