Senior Solutions Architect, Smart Campus

Boldyn Networks; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Boldyn Networks in the UK is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect, Smart Campus to lead end-to-end architecture for ambitious digital infrastructure projects, including life sciences campuses in Cambridgeshire. You will engage with senior stakeholders, translate ambitions into practical, commercially viable solutions and guide bid teams across finalist stages.

You’ll shape architectures across fibre, LAN/WAN, Wi‑Fi, SD-WAN and security, develop roadmaps and participate in major pursuits from

Qualifications

• Must have senior customer-facing solution architecture or presales experience.
• Experience in telecommunications, digital infrastructure, Smart Campus or connected places.
• Strong ability to lead workshops and capture requirements for complex bids.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer discovery, engagement and workshops with senior stakeholders.
• Shape end-to-end Smart Campus and Connected Infrastructure solutions across fibre, LAN/WAN, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN and security.
• Develop technology roadmaps, concept designs and deployment approaches.
• Evaluate vendor technologies and partner capabilities for realistic, deliverable solutions.
• Coordinate inputs from engineering, suppliers and partners to bid-ready content.
• Support business cases, investment papers and decision-making processes during bids.

Skills

Senior stakeholder mgmt

Solution architecture

Presales/tech-commercial

Workshop facilitation

Proposal development

Job description

Location: UK (with travel to Cambridgeshire and customer sites as required)

Shape the Future of Smart Campuses

At Boldyn Networks, we’re transforming the way people connect, work and innovate through world-class digital infrastructure.

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Solutions Architect, Smart Campus to join our Technology team. This is a high-profile opportunity to lead the development of strategic Smart Campus and Connected Infrastructure solutions, including a landmark project within a world-leading life sciences and research environment in Cambridgeshire.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of customer engagement, solution architecture, technology strategy and commercial opportunity development. You’ll work directly with senior stakeholders, helping customers translate their ambitions into practical, innovative and commercially viable solutions.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a trusted advisor and solution leader, you will:

Lead Customer Discovery & Engagement

• Facilitate workshops, discovery sessions and stakeholder interviews.
• Capture business, operational and technical requirements and translate them into solution outcomes.
• Build relationships with senior customer stakeholders, including executive and C-suite audiences.
• Present complex technical concepts in a clear and engaging way.
• Document requirements, assumptions, dependencies, risks and decisions.

Shape Smart Campus Solutions

• Design end-to-end Smart Campus and Connected Infrastructure solutions.
• Define architectures across fibre, LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, internet connectivity and network security.
• Develop technology roadmaps, concept designs and phased deployment approaches.
• Evaluate vendor technologies and specialist partner capabilities.
• Ensure solutions are realistic, supportable and aligned with operational and delivery requirements.

Drive Strategic Pursuits & Proposals

• Support major opportunities from initial concept through to proposal submission.
• Create solution scopes, technical responses and customer-facing proposal content.
• Coordinate technical inputs from engineering teams, suppliers and partners.
• Develop high-quality bid documentation, presentations and executive briefings.
• Support business cases, investment papers and customer decision‑making processes.

Coordinate Internal & External Stakeholders

• Work closely with Account Management, Engineering, Delivery, Commercial, Finance and Operations teams.
• Align suppliers, consultants and technology partners around solution objectives.
• Provide technical assurance across partner‑led workstreams.
• Manage solution risks, dependencies and delivery assumptions throughout the bid lifecycle.

Build the Future Smart Campus Proposition

• Create repeatable frameworks, templates and solution patterns.
• Develop compelling customer narratives around digital infrastructure, operational efficiency and data‑enabled environments.
• Capture lessons learned and help enhance Boldyn’s Smart Campus offering for future opportunities.

What Success Looks Like

• Mobilising a major Smart Campus opportunity in Cambridgeshire.
• Converting customer requirements into compelling, proposal-ready solutions.
• Improving the quality, consistency and repeatability of Smart Campus bids.
• Strengthening Boldyn’s consultative presales and solution development capability.
• Developing scalable propositions that can be deployed across multiple strategic opportunities.

About You

We’re looking for a commercially aware solutions professional who combines technical credibility with excellent stakeholder management skills.

Essential Experience

• Proven success in senior customer‑facing solution architecture, consulting, presales or technical commercial roles.
• Experience within telecommunications, enterprise networking, digital infrastructure, Smart Campus or connected places environments.
• Strong workshop facilitation and requirements gathering skills.
• Experience developing complex technical proposals, scopes of work and customer presentations.
• Ability to operate independently with senior customer and executive stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating internal technical teams, suppliers and specialist partners.

Technical Expertise

You’ll have strong knowledge across several of the following areas:

• Fibre and fixed communications infrastructure
• Enterprise networking (LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi)
• SD-WAN and internet connectivity
• Network security
• Campus networking and infrastructure
• Solution governance and delivery assurance
• Bid and proposal development

Desirable Experience

• Smart Campus solutions
• Smart Buildings and Building Management Systems
• IoT and connected sensor platforms
• Digital Twin technologies
• Environmental monitoring systems
• Occupancy and workplace management solutions
• Life sciences, research campus or higher education environments
• Audio Visual and collaboration technologies

Why Join Boldyn?

This is an opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most ambitious digital infrastructure programmes whilst helping shape the future of Smart Campus solutions.

You’ll join a collaborative team that combines technical innovation, commercial expertise and customer focus to deliver transformative outcomes for our clients.

If you’re passionate about solving complex challenges, engaging with senior stakeholders and creating next‑generation connected environments, we’d love to hear from you.