Strategic Data & Solution Architect — Defence (Hybrid Onsite)

Searchability; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 149,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Searchability is seeking a Data & Solution Architect to translate business requirements into Information Exchange Requirements and shape the target-state architecture. You will contribute to roadmaps across infrastructure, data, platforms and applications in a secure, scalable, and resilient environment.

This contract role requires delivering enterprise data fabric solutions, real-time streaming, API-led connectivity, and robust CI/CD practices within a UK Defence context.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Solution Architecture / Data Architecture.
• Strong experience translating requirements into Information Exchange Requirements (IERs).
• Experience with enterprise data fabric architecture.
• Strong understanding of data integration and interoperability.
• Experience with real-time data streaming.
• Strong understanding of API-led connectivity and integration.
• Experience with data connectors and integration services.
• Strong Kubernetes and enterprise container platform knowledge.
• Experience with container-based application architectures.
• Strong understanding of VMware / on-premises infrastructure.
• Understanding of CI/CD architecture and implementation.
• Experience contributing to technical design reviews and architectural governance.
• Ability to work across infrastructure, data, platform and application teams.
• Experience developing target-state architectures and technology roadmaps.
• Understanding of secure, scalable and resilient enterprise architectures.
• Knowledge of JSP453 and Architecture Policy.

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into Information Exchange Requirements (IERs) for data feed integrations.
• Shape overall solution architecture and future-state architecture.
• Contribute to architecture vision, principles and technology roadmaps.
• Support technical design reviews through the Technical Design Authority.
• Provide architectural input into infrastructure, data, platform and application decisions.
• Design and integrate enterprise data fabric solutions.
• Support real-time data streaming, API-led connectivity and data integration.
• Define data movement and interoperability across platforms.
• Provide input into container-based application architectures.
• Support scalable, resilient and modern application delivery.
• Contribute to Kubernetes and enterprise container platform architecture.
• Support the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, data and application teams.
• Provide technical challenge and guidance to ensure secure, scalable and resilient solutions.
• Ensure alignment with JSP453 and Architecture Policy.

Skills

Solution Architecture

IER translation

Data fabric

Data integration

Real-time data streaming

API-led connectivity

Kubernetes

Enterprise container platforms

CI/CD

Security architectures

Architectural governance

Tools

VMware

Job description

Searchability is seeking a Data & Solution Architect to translate business requirements into Information Exchange Requirements and shape the target-state architecture. You will contribute to roadmaps across infrastructure, data, platforms and applications in a secure, scalable, and resilient environment.

This contract role requires delivering enterprise data fabric solutions, real-time streaming, API-led connectivity, and robust CI/CD practices within a UK Defence context.