Solution Architect – All Levels

Rowden

Rowden seeks Solution Architects for various projects, providing technical leadership in complex systems. Focus on shaping engineering solutions for national security and resilience.

Posted 7/15/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £65,000 - £75,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in shaping technical solutions and delivery approaches in complex environments, with a strong focus on systems architecture, integration, and risk management. Engages effectively with stakeholders to communicate technical concepts and ensure alignment with architectural principles.

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Senior Solution Architect ExperienceSystems Architecture ExpertiseTechnical Risk ManagementStrong Communication SkillsEligibility For SC Clearance

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Hard Skills

Systems ArchitectureIntegrationNetworkingService DesignTechnical Risk ManagementAIData ScienceMachine LearningTechnical Solution DesignGovernance Frameworks

Soft Skills

Stakeholder EngagementClear CommunicationProblem SolvingTechnical Direction

Industry Keywords

Pre-SalesBid EnvironmentsClient-Side AssuranceGovernanceSecure EnvironmentsRegulated EnvironmentsService GovernanceLive Service Assurance

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Shape credible technical and delivery solutions for major bids and pre-sales opportunities, translating complex and often ambiguous customer problems into coherent engineering approaches that can be costed, planned and delivered.
Provide senior architectural oversight and assurance of solution designs, holding delivery partners to account for technical decisions and ensuring alignment with agreed architectural principles and integration requirements.
Engage confidently with customers, partners, and senior stakeholders - providing clear technical direction, resolving complex architectural challenges, and representing Rowden's technical authority in external conversations.
Produce high-quality technical content for bids, proposals, white papers, and presentations.
Interpret user requirements and translate them into architectural solutions that balance performance, risk, and delivery constraints.
Investigate and assess hosting, integration, and platform options, understanding constraints, capabilities and trade-offs across complex environments.
Identify, assess, and manage technical risks, ensuring they are clearly understood, communicated, and mitigated.
Work with technical SMEs and principal engineers to draw in specialist input while maintaining overall ownership of solution coherence and delivery approach.
Support early contract mobilisation, helping delivery teams translate bid-stage solution intent into executable engineering plans.
Support the development of governance frameworks, standards, and assurance artefacts to enable consistent and repeatable delivery.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrable experience operating as a Senior Solution Architect, Chief Engineer, or equivalent in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
Broad technical understanding across systems architecture, hosting, integration, networking, and service design, with the ability to integrate specialist input without losing ownership of the overall solution. However, we’d welcome applications from those with more specialised depth in AI, Data Science or Machine Learning.
Proven ability to engage externally with customers, partners, or programme stakeholders with clarity and confidence.
Experience shaping viable technical and delivery approaches - not just describing technical concepts, but defining solutions that can be costed, planned, and delivered.
Experience identifying and managing technical risks across the solution and programme lifecycle.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas, risks, and trade-offs to mixed audiences including engineers, commercial teams, and senior stakeholders.
Eligibility for SC clearance.
**Desirable (not essential)**
Experience in pre-sales, bid environments, or capture activity.
Experience operating in a client-side assurance or governance role.
Experience working in secure, regulated, or government environments.
Familiarity with service governance and live service assurance models.
Experience working alongside data, security, or platform architects, AI engineers or Machine Learning Engineers
Knowledge of common architecture frameworks and patterns used in large-scale systems.

Benefits

Comp & perks

We are committed to building a flexible, inclusive, and enabling company. Our aim is to create a diverse team of talented people with unique skills, experience, and backgrounds, so please apply and come as you are!
We also recognise the importance of flexible working and support this wherever we can. We typically operate a flexible, hybrid-working model, with an average 3 days in the office each week (dependent on the role). We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility, part-time working requirements and/or workplace adjustments with all our applicants.
Rowden is a Disability Confident Committed company, and we actively encourage people with disabilities and health conditions to apply for our roles. Please let us know your requirements early on so that we can make sure you have everything you need up front to help make the recruitment process and experience as easy as possible.
Finally, if you feel that you don’t meet all the criteria included above but have transferable skills and relevant experience, we’d still love to hear from you!