Senior Solution Architect – Technical Services & Cloud

Leonardo

Roma

On-site

EUR 108,000 - 156,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Leonardo is seeking a Senior Solution Architect (Technical Services) for GCAP HQ in Reading, UK. You will design, build, maintain and enhance Technical Service capabilities, ensuring scalable, secure, and cost-effective architectures aligned with enterprise standards.

You will provide hands-on architectural guidance to engineering and operations, liaise with Product Owners, Cybersecurity and Enterprise Architects, and drive modernisation through cloud, IAM, network and DR strategies while

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in solution architecture with a focus on technical services.
Experience designing and deploying technical services, including cloud infrastructure, network solutions, and IT systems.
Strong knowledge of cloud-native services, IAM, and cost optimisation strategies.
Experience implementing security measures, such as IAM, firewalls, and threat detection systems.
Experience driving digital transformation initiatives, such as cloud migrations or DevOps adoption.
Experience managing costs related to IT services, including infrastructure, licensing, and cloud usage.
Strong understanding of servers, networking, storage, and virtualization technologies.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
High ethical standards when handling confidential information.

Responsibilities

Design and develop scalable, secure, and cost-effective technical architectures for technical services and related infrastructure and applications.
Architect technical services that ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of IT systems.
Incorporate strong security practices into the design of technical services, such as identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and threat detection.
Provide hands‑on architectural guidance to engineering and operations teams during design, build, and deployment phases.
Act as a key liaison between Product Owners, Technical Leads, Cybersecurity, and Enterprise Architects to ensure technical service solutions address functional and non‑functional requirements.
Monitor emerging technologies and trends, recommending and implementing innovative solutions to modernise IT systems.
Optimize the costs of technical services by selecting cost‑effective technologies and managing resource usage.
Design technical services with disaster recovery, failover mechanisms, and redundancy to ensure business continuity.
Create and maintain documentation for solution designs, technical standards, and best practices to share knowledge with team members and stakeholders.