Software Architect - Active SC Clearance
- Location(s): Hampshire (Preferred), Gloucester or Woking - travel to Hampshire required
- Work Pattern: 3-4 days on-site.
- Salary: £80,000 - £100,000 (based on skillset & experience)
- Clearance: Must hold an ACTIVE SC Clearance with ability to attain DV
A leading global technology and research firm known for pioneering software and engineering solutions are looking to add multiple Software Architects to their specialist defence and security capability.
They offer a collaborative and innovative work environment with excellent benefits and professional growth opportunities. If you're passionate about technology and innovation, this would be the place for you.
The role:
They are recruiting for a Software Solution Architect who is driven by solving varied and interesting client problems in the field of Software Enabled Defence. The Architect will be responsible for the architecture and high-level design of software enabled solutions and will also support client Managers directly in a pre-sales capacity to develop relationships and solutions that can support future business growth.
Successful candidates will have strong experience in architecting distributed software solutions that include middleware technologies to move and manage information around a network where communications may be denied, degraded, intermittent and limited. While solutions are typically tested in cloud-based reference environments, these solution needs to be deployed to customer environments that are based on military tactical equipment and communications with no internet connectivity.
Responsibilities:
- Architecture Definition & Analysis (Essential)
- Stakeholder Engagement and Management (Essential)
- Solution Assessment and Validation (Essential)
- Requirements Elicitation and Analysis (Essential)
- User engagement and behavioural modelling (Desirable)
- Trade Studies (Desirable)
- Design and Delivery Assurance (Desirable)
Essential skills/experience
- Understanding of the Deployed and Tactical Military Domains in areas such as ISTAR, Communications and Information Systems (CIS) and Cyber
- Understanding of relevant technology domains including software applications, application hosting infrastructure, middleware, AI/ML, networks, data, security, system management and communications.
- Ability to apply architectural methods to define and assess effective technology solutions to meet critical user needs.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to create influence.
- Ability to build constructive relationships with clients, including adapting to their culture and ways of working.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to summarise, write and deliver concise technical information and to apply appropriate data visualisation techniques.
- Proven track record in software solution development, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external and internal customers.
- Demonstrable experience of defining robust engineering management plans and leading teams to follow them. These plans include use of continuous integration, continuous deployment, and test-driven development.
- Familiarity using Agile delivery methodologies such as SAFE v6.0, Scrum and Kanban.
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