Solution Architect

Altura Partners Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global cybersecurity vendor is seeking a Solutions Architect in the UK to join their European Post-Sales team. The role involves developing advanced GUI components, analyzing network architectures, and creating data visualizations. Ideal candidates will have 6-8 years of experience, a Bachelor's degree, and strong skills in Python and JavaScript. This position offers a competitive salary ranging from £90k to £110k based on experience, along with performance bonuses and a benefits package.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong customer-facing background.
• Proficiency in Python and JavaScript.

Responsibilities

• Develop advanced GUI components.
• Asses customer network architectures.
• Produce high-quality data visualizations.

Skills

Customer-facing roles

Interpersonal skills

Networking fundamentals

Scripting languages (Python, JavaScript)

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

REST APIs

Job description

Role Summary

Our client are a leading, global cybersecurity vendor in the network security space, looking to add additional resource in the UK to support the European Post-Sales team.

The Solutions Architecture team operates as part of the post-sales organisation—prioritising customer outcomes and long-term success. As a Solutions Architect, you’ll play a key role in ensuring customer satisfaction, shaping product direction, and strengthening the company’s overall market position. This role involves solving complex business and technical challenges across a wide range of industries and technology environments. You can expect consistently varied and engaging work.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop advanced graphical user interface components
• Write complex trigger or event-based scripts
• Build intermediate-level integrations using external REST APIs
• Apply an intermediate understanding of networking and application design
• Assess customer network architectures and application stacks; identify strategies for extracting high-value telemetry from network traffic
• Analyze and document industry-specific applications across multiple verticals; create technical materials to support product enhancement and marketing
• Perform root-cause analysis on high-impact technical issues and guide customers toward effective resolutions
• Create custom tools using Python, JavaScript, and related APIs to extend platform capabilities
• Build tailored data analysis workflows for real-time monitoring of technical and business conditions
• Produce high-quality data visualizations for investigative and strategic purposes
• Develop automation to streamline repeatable tasks and increase focus on high-value solution development
• Deliver hands‑on enablement workshops for customer teams

Required Qualifications

• 6–8 years of relevant professional experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Strong background in customer-facing roles with excellent interpersonal skills
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (OSI layers 2–4) and common application protocols (e.g., HTTP, SQL, CIFS / NFS, HL7, caching protocols, DNS)
• Familiarity with principles of distributed systems, web technologies, databases, and application communication models
• Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python and JavaScript
• Excellent written communication abilities
• High degree of independence, initiative, and ownership mindset

£90-110k base dependant on experience + bonus + benefits package