Senior Solutions Architect — Smart Campus & Connected Infra

Boldyn Networks Communications UK Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Boldyn Networks is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect, Smart Campus to shape end-to-end Smart Campus and Connected Infrastructure solutions across fibre, LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi and security. The role requires engaging with senior stakeholders, translating complex requirements into compelling proposals and leading bid efforts from concept to submission.

You will collaborate with engineering, delivery, commercial and operations teams to define architectures, develop roadmaps and coordinate vendor

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Solution architecture

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Requirements gathering

Proposal development

Executive engagement

Telecommunications knowledge

Network infrastructure

Job description

Boldyn Networks is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect, Smart Campus to shape end-to-end Smart Campus and Connected Infrastructure solutions across fibre, LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi and security. The role requires engaging with senior stakeholders, translating complex requirements into compelling proposals and leading bid efforts from concept to submission.

You will collaborate with engineering, delivery, commercial and operations teams to define architectures, develop roadmaps and coordinate vendor