Location: New Malden
Duration: 6 months
Rate: Up to £700 per day via an approved umbrella company
Must be willing and eligible to go through the SC Clearance process
Our Client is hiring to strengthen their Business Development team with an SC Cleared Solution Architect. If you enjoy shaping solution visions, turning capability needs into secure, safe architectures, and helping bids succeed through clear technical thinking and persuasive proposal support-this could be the role where you make real impact.
What you'll be doing:
Lead analysis of capability needs and develop a solution architecture vision from a range of options
Carry out architecture cost/benefit trade-off studies across available solution options
Identify the most appropriate technical solution to meet present and future capability needs
Describe solution function, structure, characteristics and behaviour for a wide range of stakeholders
Define features, phases and solution requirements, then develop architectures and specifications to enable solution elaboration and delivery
Support bids and proposals with technical proposal inputs and contribution to bid activity
Act as Solution Lead during internal and external governance reviews
Provide Systems Engineering and Project Management inputs to support planning, scheduling, and cost monitoring activities
Support risk reviews, programme reviews and design reviews
Drive a digital culture by integrating digital technology approaches (e.g., Digital Twin and Model Based approaches) into solution thinking
Help identify and develop opportunities across both traditional and adjacent domains, working alongside Business and Technical Directors, Business Development, and Chief Technologists
Contribute to organisation/enterprise and technology environment analysis, requirements analysis and documentation, collaborative ways of working, technology selection, solution prototyping, and programme management support
Drive decision-making for exceptional activities or deviations, and contribute to design review discussionsWhat you'll bring:
Strong systems thinking skills, with the ability to understand how parts of a system operate together to form a viable solution
Proven problem-solving approach across complex issues, with good attention to detail
Organised workload management-able to prioritise and meet deadlines, even when priorities change
Proactive, collaborative working style and a genuine "can do" attitude
Strong interpersonal and influencing skills-able to engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders and present information clearly at all levels
Customer-focused mindset
Good presentation delivery and strong technical writing skills
Confident, proficient use of MS OfficeIf you're an SC Cleared Solution Architect ready to help shape secure, safe command, control and information system solutions-and bring your expertise to bids, governance and delivery planning-apply today and let's talk.
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Salary description
£600.00 - £700.00 per day