Senior Solution Architect
Leonardo
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Gloucester • United Kingdom
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About the role
- 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.
- Mentor and coach Solutions Architects and Engineers, raising capability across the community.
- 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.
Requirements
- 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.
- Proven experience in solution architecture across multiple domains (infrastructure, applications, data, networking, cloud).
- Strong knowledge of enterprise and solution architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, MODAF, NAF).
- Advanced understanding of secure system design principles and cyber security standards.
- Experience shaping architectures within Agile or SAFe delivery environments.
- Experience with cloud-native, DevSecOps, and automation approaches.
- Ability to mentor, coach, and provide thought leadership within a technical community.
- Industry certifications (TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, ArchiMate) are desirable.
- Experience contributing to technology roadmaps and enterprise strategy.
- Familiarity with service design, operational transformation, and digital modernisation.
- Experience presenting at technical boards, customer forums, or industry conferences.
Benefits
- Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
- Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
- Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
- Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
- Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
- Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
- Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
- Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
solution architecturesecure system designcloud-nativeDevSecOpsautomationenterprise architecture frameworksAgileSAFetechnology roadmapsoperational transformation
Soft Skills
communicationmentoringcoachinginfluencingthought leadershipengagement with stakeholderstechnical authoritybest practice advocacycommunity capability raisingpresentation skills
Certifications
TOGAFAWS ArchitectAzure ArchitectArchiMate