Senior Solutions Architect: Cyber Security & Cloud Leader

Ubds-Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training

Private medical cover

Discretionary bonus

Holiday 25 days + birthday + work ann

EV leasing

Contributed Pension

Death in service cover

Job summary

UBDS Group is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to work with clients, Sales, bid teams and SMEs to shape compelling engagements across cloud, cyber security, data and AI. The role focuses on defining outcomes, shaping engagements and developing high-quality SOWs and proposals.

You will lead discovery sessions, support bid responses, and coordinate with delivery teams to ensure security-by-design and risk considerations are reflected in engagements.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a Solutions Architect, Technical Architect, Solutions Consultant or similar client-facing technology role.
• Experience working with public sector and/or defence clients, ideally within complex, secure or regulated environments.
• Broad technology knowledge across areas such as cloud, infrastructure, networking, workplace, data, AI and cyber security.
• Strong understanding of cyber security and how it should be incorporated into wider technology solutions and transformation programmes.
• Strong consulting, discovery and solution-shaping experience.
• Demonstrable experience creating SOWs, proposals, technical responses and other client-facing documentation.
• Experience supporting bids, tenders, RFPs and complex client opportunities.
• Ability to take ambiguous requirements and determine what needs to be defined upfront versus through subsequent discovery or detailed design.
• Ability to bring together and work effectively with specialist architects, engineers and SMEs.
• Strong commercial awareness around scope, effort, assumptions, risk and deliverability.
• Excellent stakeholder management, written communication and presentation skills.
• Confidence engaging with senior clients across business, technology and security functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support client discovery sessions, workshops and technical discussions.
• Shape opportunities into clear, credible and deliverable engagements.
• Develop high-quality SOWs, proposals, technical responses and supporting bid collateral.
• Define scope, outcomes, deliverables, assumptions, dependencies, risks and exclusions.
• Support bid teams with technical responses to RFPs, RFIs, tenders and frameworks.
• Bring together architects, engineers and SMEs across cloud, infrastructure, networking, workplace, cyber security, data and AI, including specialist expertise from 3B Data Security.
• Turn specialist input into coherent client propositions and delivery approaches.
• Ensure cyber security, risk, governance and security-by-design considerations are appropriately reflected in proposed engagements.
• Develop work packages, resource requirements and estimates with delivery teams and SMEs.
• Present proposals and recommendations to senior business, technology and security stakeholders.
• Support effective transition from solution shaping into delivery.

Skills

Solutions Architect

Public sector experience

Cyber security

Consulting

Discovery and solution-shaping

Job description

UBDS Group is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to work with clients, Sales, bid teams and SMEs to shape compelling engagements across cloud, cyber security, data and AI. The role focuses on defining outcomes, shaping engagements and developing high-quality SOWs and proposals.

You will lead discovery sessions, support bid responses, and coordinate with delivery teams to ensure security-by-design and risk considerations are reflected in engagements.