Solution Architect

Leidos; Brampton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

33 days Annual Leave

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Leidos is recruiting a Solution Architect for on-site work in Huntingdon. You will work across diverse, secure systems to support delivery and sustainment of the NCGIs portfolio, driving enterprise-level architecture decisions and stakeholder engagement to maximise business value.

You will lead design activities, coordinate with Programme, Engineering, Security and Service teams, and shape modernisation across systems, applications and platforms.

Qualifications

• Provide overarching architectural guidance
• Architecting modernisation of capability (Systems, Applications, Platforms)
• Technical Design: application integration & hosting (on prem and cloud)
• Data migration
• Transition and transformation
• Experience of application portfolio delivery within a complex environment
• Understanding of Networking (LAN, WAN)
• Integration of business processes/workflows with COTS/GOTS software
• End user environments (VMware, inc. Horizon, SCCM)
• Containers and microservices integration
• Delivery using agile and DevOps concepts
• Bid experience in public sector / defence an advantage
• Ability to working under pressure in large multi discipline teams to tight schedules
• Ability to lead architecture and engineering teams within a larger project
• Ability to engage with stakeholders from multiple areas of the business
• Estimating and planning skills to support project and agile planning
• Communication skills to produce written, verbal, and visual deliverables

Responsibilities

• Architecture experience – work within a complex programme and solution ecosystem focusing on your areas of responsibility while keeping the big picture in mind.
• Design – own the High Level Designs (HLD) of complex solution changes spanning multiple technologies.
• Domain Architect lead – encourage dialogue, create a safe environment, and advocate for change and innovation.
• Delivery – support implementation of project elements, PoCs and other deliverables through to Service Acceptance.
• Collaborative – work with Programme, Engineering, Security and Service teams within SAFe-based execution.
• Growth – identify opportunities to enhance delivered capability and convert gaps into propositions for future business.
• Supplier Management – collaborate with existing and potential suppliers per customer requirements.

Job description

Description

Solution Architect

Location: Huntingdon F/T on-site

Clearance level - High DV - Developed Vetting

UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL

Working across a range of diverse, complex and secure systems a Domain Architect should be highly innovative and versatile. You will be working as part of the programme delivery team supporting the development and sustainment of the NCGIs portfolio of systems and services managed through Programme.

You will be able to demonstrate an enterprise mindset and the ability to work in partnership with key customer stakeholders to drive successful delivery and realise the maximum business value from NCGI’s investment.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Architecture experience – ability to work within a complex programme and solution ecosystem focussing on your areas of responsibility but ensuring to keep the big picture in mind by building relationships within and outside the team;
• Design - accountable for the High Level Designs (HLD) of a range complex solution changes encompassing multiple technologies and areas of expertise;
• Inclusive - as a Domain Architect, you are the solution lead - encourage people to speak freely, create an environment of safety, listen to people, be an advocate for change and innovation;
• Delivery - enable and support the implementation of project elements, proof of concepts and other technical deliverables through to Service Acceptance;
• Collaborative – working with the project leadership – Programme, Engineering, Security and Service and aligned to SAFe-based iterative programme execution.
• Growth – working closely with customer stakeholders to identify opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of the delivered capability. Identification of solution gaps and the ability to convert these to credible propositions for future business.
• Supplier Management – working closely with both existing and identifying new suppliers when required from customer suggestion or agreed requirements

Required Skills:

• Provide overarching architectural guidance,
• Architecting modernisation of capability (Systems, Applications, Platforms)
• Technical Design
  • Application integration & hosting (on prem and cloud)
  • Data migration
  • Transition and transformation
• Experience of application portfolio delivery within a complex environment:
  • Enterprise business applications
  • Understanding of Networking (LAN, WAN)
  • Integration of business processes/workflows with COTS/GOTS software
  • End user environments (VMware, inc. Horizon, SCCM)
  • Containers and microservices integration.
  • Delivery using agile and DevOps concepts.
  • Bid experience in public sector / defence an advantage
• Ability to working under pressure in large multi discipline teams to tight schedules
• Ability to lead architecture and engineering teams within a larger project
• Ability to engage with stakeholders from multiple areas of the business including product design, service design and operations
• Estimating and planning skills to support project and agile planning.
• Communication skills to produce written, verbal, and visual deliverables, explaining complex topics concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences

Desired Skills:

• Security Architecture including Secure by Design
• Experience of MoD Architecture and Solution processes and methods
• Familiarity with Enterprise geospatial systems
• Bid experience in public sector / defence an advantage

CLEARANCE REQUIRED:

• Clearance toRole – DV (with ability to gain STRAP)

What we do for you:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexi-TIme

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Securing Your Data

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure (including marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

What Makes Us Different

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration

Having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People

Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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