Required skills
- Client Server Models
- Data Architecture
- IBM Systems Network Architecture
- Industry Standard Architecture
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert
- Software Architecture
- Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (SCEA)
- Service-Oriented Architecture
- Service Design
- Solution Architecture
- Alineación Estratégica
- Systems Architecture
- Systems Design
- Technology Architecture
- Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional
- Citect SCADA Software
- Scalable Processor Architecture
Job description
Project overview
Senior Solutions Architect to join the Cyber & Security Solutions Division team for an initial 6 months contract assignment based in Bristol. (Duration is very likely to extend)
This role requires min 2 days on site in Bristol and the rest can be carried out remotely.
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What you will do as a Senior Solutions Architect
What you'll bring
- Act as the technical authority for solution design across large-scale or multi-project programmes.
- Define and evolve architectures that balance customer needs, enterprise principles, and secure-by-design standards.
- Contribute to divisional and line-of-business roadmaps, identifying opportunities for technology insertion and innovation.
- Lead technical reviews, trade-off studies, and risk assessments for major design decisions.
- Represent Leonardo at senior customer forums, technical boards, and industry events.
- Support business winning, including solution strategy, bids, and proposal development.
- Champion best practice, reuse, and model-based design approaches across the architecture community.
- Extensive technical expertise with a proven track record of designing secure, integrated solutions.
- Ability to influence technical strategy and act as a recognised authority within your domain.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders.
Requirements
Desirable:
- Proven experience in solution architecture across multiple domains (infrastructure, applications, data, networking, cloud)
- Strong knowledge of enterprise and solution architecture frameworks (eg TOGAF, MODAF, NAF)
- Advanced understanding of secure system design principles and cyber security standards
- Experience shaping architectures within Agile or SAFe delivery environments
- Ability to mentor, coach, and provide thought leadership within a technical community
- Industry certifications (TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, ArchiMate)
- Experience contributing to technology roadmaps and enterprise strategy
- Familiarity with service design, operational transformation, and digital modernisation
- Exposure to cloud-native, DevSecOps, and automation approaches
- Experience presenting at technical boards, customer forums, or industry conferences
- Experience of government or defence sectors
Project details
- Start: flexible
- Remote: hybrid
- Location: Somerset, United Kingdom, GB
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