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# Solutions Architect

- **Company:** Leidos, Inc.
- **Location:** UK (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Access, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Data Architecture, Data Security, High-Level Architecture, Interoperability, Cloud Services, Zero Trust Network Access, Togaf, Event Driven Architecture
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/DF77BC14C3CC4E91AB018AC851CD0370/job/

## About the Role

* End-to-end solution architecture
 * Enterprise architecture methods and viewpoint modelling
 * Secure cloud architecture on Azure and/or AWS
 * Application, integration, API and event-driven architecture
 * Data architecture, analytics and information governance awareness
 * Identity, access, Zero Trust and security-by-design principles
 * Non-functional requirements and architectural assurance
 * COTS, SaaS and legacy integration
 * Option analysis, trade studies, roadmaps and transition planning
 * Bid support, estimation and senior stakeholder communication

Required experience:

 * Solution architecture leadership on complex, multi-domain technology change.
 * Experience engaging customers to shape ambiguous needs into feasible solution options.
 * Experience developing architecture artefacts that can be used for estimation, engineering and assurance.
 * Experience balancing mission outcome, security, delivery risk, cost, schedule and maintainability.

Desired experience:

 * National security, defence or wider public-sector environments.
 * Cross-domain integration, secure data platforms or mission systems.
 * TOGAF, BCS, AWS, Azure or equivalent architecture accreditation.
 * Product, IRAD, pre-sales or competitive bid shaping.

## Description

Shape a secure, integrated and deliverable technology solution for ESCS. The Solution Architect works across customer needs, business outcomes, enterprise constraints and delivery capabilities to create a coherent solution architecture, roadmaps and evidence for investment and implementation.

The role you will play:

 * Translate complex mission and business needs into a clear end-to-end solution architecture.
 * Connect reusable Leidos capabilities, COTS products, cloud services, integration and data approaches into an achievable solution.
 * Provide architecture leadership from early shaping and estimation through delivery assurance and transition.

Primary responsibilities:

 * Lead discovery and architecture definition across business, application, data, integration, technology and security viewpoints.
 * Develop solution options, trade studies, architecture decisions, roadmaps and transition states.
 * Define non-functional requirements and assure security, resilience, performance, scalability, interoperability and supportability.
 * Create high-level designs and guide decomposition into engineering work packages and low-level designs.
 * Support estimates and investment cases with architectural assumptions, risks, dependencies and resource needs.
 * Assess reuse opportunities, legacy constraints, supplier propositions and build-versus-buy choices.
 * Engage customer, programme, security, commercial, supplier and engineering stakeholders to resolve design decisions.
 * Maintain traceability between customer outcomes, requirements, architecture, delivery and acceptance.
 * Provide technical assurance during implementation and support controlled transition into service.


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