Solution Architect

Reporting to the Solutions Architect Manager, the Solution Architect will join our Network Pre-Sales team, designing complex, secure and commercially viable network solutions for new and existing Defence customers. This is a customer-facing architecture role, requiring strong practical technical experience, broad networking knowledge and the ability to translate customer requirements into realistic, end-to-end solutions.

The role is primarily home-based, with occasional travel to our Farnborough office and UK customer sites as required.

What you’ll do:

• Develop end-to-end network architectures and technical solutions for customer requirements, RFPs and business opportunities.
• Translate customer business and operational requirements into appropriate network architectures.
• Own the technical solution across the pre-sales lifecycle, from initial engagement through bid and engineering handover.
• Develop solutions that are secure, resilient, supportable and commercially viable.
• Lead technical discussions with customers and senior stakeholders, presenting solutions through workshops, presentations and technical reviews.
• Work with commercial, service, bid and engineering teams to ensure solutions are technically deliverable and aligned to customer and business requirements.
• Balance technical requirements, commercial constraints, risk, timescales and customer expectations to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions.

You’re a technically strong, customer-focused Solution Architect with a solid networking background and the ability to turn complex requirements into practical, secure and commercially viable solutions. You’re naturally curious, self-driven and confident working with customers, engineering teams and internal stakeholders to shape solutions from initial opportunity through to delivery.

Key Requirements:

• Current Security Clearance is essential (DV preferred)
• Experience within the Defence / Military Sector is advantageous
• Significant experience in network engineering, architecture and solution design, underpinned by strong previous technical experience.
• Proven ability to design and deliver complex, business-critical network solutions across multiple technologies and environments.
• Broad networking knowledge across multiple domains and vendors including Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper, Aruba, Palo Alto, Nokia, Ericsson, Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud
• Experience in a pre-sales, consultancy, architecture or customer-facing technical role
• Strong understanding of Enterprise & WAN Networking, Cloud & Data Centre Networking, Network & Cyber Security, Communications & Bearer, Technologies, Operational & Physical Networking & Network Services, Automation & Management

• Car Allowance
• Private Medical Cover
• 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually OR 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually
• Company pension scheme
• A range of family friendly policies
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.

We are guided by our values and behaviours:

Be Inclusive

Take Responsibility

Collaborate

Be Customer-focussed

Join us and help deliver critical infrastructure projects that make a real difference.