Software Architect

MBDA; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Bonus

Pension Contribution

Flexible Working Arrangement

Enhanced Parental Leave

Healthcare Cash Plan

Subsidised Meals

Free Car Parking

Job summary

MBDA in Stevenage is looking for a Software Architect to lead the software architecture development. You will define and monitor the software architecture framework, ensuring it meets project requirements while collaborating with various technical teams.

The successful candidate will have a strong technical background, knowledge of software architecture techniques, and must be comfortable making critical architectural decisions. The position offers a hybrid working model, up to £80,000 salary, and extensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong technical practitioner comfortable with architectural decisions.
• Knowledge of software architecture techniques and design patterns.
• Experience in model-based engineering.

Responsibilities

• Author full software architecture and define Structural/Temporal Architecture.
• Identify and document design drivers for software solutions.
• Collaborate closely with other architects and technical specialists.

Skills

Architectural and design decision making

Software architecture techniques

Model-based engineering

Technical mentorship

Clear communication

Continuous integration

Understanding of software abstraction layers

Programming skills in multiple languages

Job description

Stevenage

This is a fantastic role for a Software Architect or someone with strong software design skills looking to take the next jump in their career to becoming a Software Architect!

Salary: up to circa £80,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: typically 3 to 4 days per week on-site, due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you

• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave – enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more

The opportunity

As a Software Architect, you will be the author of the full software architecture working with the software delivery teams to define and monitor the Structural and Temporal Architecture including the Internal/External interfaces of the product to meet requirements.

• Identify, document and be responsible for the design drivers for the software solution e.g. real-time performance, safety, security, user experience, simplicity, reusability, flexibility.
• Produce derived and emergent requirements capturing the assumptions and rationale.
• Define the architecture to a point where the implementation decisions do not affect the integrity of the architecture.

Collaboration is critical within this role from working closely with other Architects, Technical Specialists and wider engineering key contacts, supporting the wider design activities and reviews. You will also have the opportunity to influence the Software Engineering Technology Strategy, Software Product Lines, new technologies, obsolescence, new methods and tools, by considering longer‑term architectural strategies by being part of special interest groups and communities of interests.

You would be working with technology that is at the forefront of European missile system design, helping to develop safe, secure and reliable products that our customers can depend upon.

What we're looking for from you

• A strong technical practitioner, comfortable with making important architectural and design decisions.
• Knowledge of modern and established software architecture techniques and design patterns.
• Experience of model based engineering.
• Able to provide technical mentorship, clearly articulate software architecture solutions and collaborate with software developers.
• Able to communicate clearly and accurately at different levels, including influencing collaborators and internal customers.
• An advocate for the benefits of key software engineering practices like continuous integration and good design.
• Able to assess and communicate the trade‑offs between various aspects of a Software Architecture with a focus on design rationale.
• An understanding of software abstraction layers and the software stack.
• The experience to define and influence the tools, frameworks and technologies used.
• A strong programming background, preferably with experience in more than one language.