Senior Solution Architect (Security Clearance)

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Solution Architect in London, where you'll lead architectural design for mission-critical applications. In this pivotal role, you'll collaborate with product managers and technical leads to define technology roadmaps while ensuring successful deployment of innovative public safety solutions. This position demands exceptional communication skills to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring project success in a fast-paced, agile environment. If you're ready to make a significant impact and thrive in a dynamic setting, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday

Life assurance cover

Flexible benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience in cloud-based technology standards and practices.
• Ability to mediate and explain complex technical concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of architects and provide technology roadmaps.
• Ensure technical project risks are identified and managed.

Skills

Mitel skills based routing integration

VOIP – RTP / RTCP

Tetra network behaviours

3GPP network behaviours

MCX API usage of Softil SDK

Analogue Radio basestations

Airwave certification processes

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Senior Solution Architect (Security Clearance), London

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Client:

NEC Software Solutions

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

07.05.2025

Expiry Date:

21.06.2025

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Job Description

* Due to strict customer security clearance requirements, we can only consider applicants that have lived in the UK for 5 consecutive years or more *

Working within the Public Safety business, you will be responsible for defining the policies and standards that guide technology delivery, possessing significant experience in modern, cloud based technology standards and practices.

As Solution Architect you are accountable for leading a team of architects and providing architectural design and technology roadmaps for complex Policing and National Security applications supporting high volume, mission critical products and services. There will also be opportunities to oversee ongoing architectural needs within our Control Room application suites.

You'll work hand in hand with our Product Managers, Delivery and Technical Leads in order to influence and define a technology roadmap to meet both our commercial and technology aims.

Core aim of this role is to provide technical assurance to ensure successful deployment of NECSWS Public Safety products into a given client whilst also protecting our commercial position.

To be successful in the role, we need someone who can mediate between people and explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences, particularly someone who is confident in communicating with stakeholders at all levels. Someone who understands the evolutionary nature of technology delivery in an agile environment. As you may imagine, our stakeholder expectations are high, and we'll need you to facilitate discussions about high risk and complexity even within constrained timescales.

The Solution Architect will work with the project or programme manager and the wider architecture team to:

• ensure that scope of supply is correctly documented and maintained
• technical project risks are identified and managed
• ensure that any non-functional requirements from a customer are agreed and documented
• ensure Impact assessments are practical, have well defined scope and implementation and use existing products wherever possible
• identify opportunities for selling additional product capability.

Qualifications

Who are you?

You will have a good understanding/awareness of:

· Mitel skills based routing integration

And good practical knowledge of some or all of the following items:

· VOIP – RTP / RTCP including good understanding of latency / jitter handling etc.

You will also have In Depth knowledge of some or all of the following:

· Tetra network behaviours – specifically Motorola Dimetra

· 3GPP network behaviours – currently as it relates to Kodiak MCX but should be a standard

· MCX API usage of Softil SDK

· Analogue Radio basestations and associated features – VHF, MF

· Airwave certification processes

The Solution Architect will manage the relationship with customer technical staff.

Provide information to help the customer address their project technical issues such as firewall settings, etc.

The Solution Architect will support the Bid process including technical responses, infrastructure sizing (mainly cloud based) and clarification support.

The role also has a focus on promotion and leadership of the architectural vision both inside the architecture team and across the wider technology and business teams.

Additional Information

We pride ourselves in offering an excellent benefits package. When you join the team at NEC Software Solutions, you are provided with the following:

• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell (FTE)
• 4 x basic salarylife assurance cover (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
• A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs

OTHER INFORMATION

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.
• All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks. Depending on the nature of the role a DisclosureBarring Service (DBS) check may also be required.

NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities.If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs during the recruitment or interview process, please feel free to share these with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accommodating experience for all candidates.