Senior Solutions Architect

Join our team as a Senior Solutions Architect supporting the design and delivery of complex autonomous and missioncritical systems within a defence environment. You will be responsible for defining managing and delivering endtoend solution architectures working across multidisciplinary teams to ensure systems meet operational regulatory and performance requirements.

This role spans the left side of the Vmodel requiring strong architectural judgement technical leadership and the ability to balance design tradeoffs across software infrastructure and system integration.

Location: Stockport (Manchester)
On-site: 45 days per week
Seniority: Senior
Clearance: Candidates must be willing and eligible to obtain SC clearance.

Key Responsibilities

• Create manage and deliver solution architectures for complex defence systems
• Analyse stakeholder needs and system requirements assessing architectural options and technical tradeoffs
• Develop and manage System and Subsystem Requirements Specifications
• Define and authorise design descriptions interfaces and verification objectives
• Support the definition and application of architectural frameworks and engineering standards
• Conduct impact analysis compliance assessments and requirement resolution
• Provide technical leadership and architectural direction across engineering teams
• Engage with key stakeholders to ensure alignment of architecture delivery and operational intent
• Review technical risks opportunities and mitigation plans throughout bids and project lifecycles
• Ensure solutions comply with regulatory safety security and environmental requirements

Qualifications :

Required Skills

• Proven experience working as a Solutions Architect or Senior Systems Engineer on complex systems
• Strong understanding of softwareled system architectures operating on the left side of the Vmodel
• Ability to work across multiple programming and scripting languages including Python Java C/C and Bash / PowerShell
• Experience with containerised and virtualised environments (e.g. Docker Kubernetes VMs)
• Working knowledge of Linuxbased systems networking fundamentals (TCP/IP) and cloud architectures
• Familiarity with UML (basic) and architectural modelling approaches
• Experience in regulated or safetycritical environments with exposure to manual and automated testing

Soft Skills & Collaboration

• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to communicate complex architectural concepts clearly at all levels
• Confident providing technical leadership and influencing decisions
• Structured analytical thinker with strong deductive reasoning
• Selfmotivated and able to operate effectively under pressure

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Software Engineering Computer Science or related discipline or relevant technical military background with equivalent experience.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with automated deployment and CI/CD approaches
• Exposure to robotics or autonomous systems
• Broader systems engineering background spanning software infrastructure and networking
• Previous experience working across multidisciplinary engineering teams

Additional Information :

Why join us 

We bring together entrepreneurial tech-driven people to deliver innovative solutions for leading companies.

At ALTEN youll work on exciting projects supported by ongoing learning mentoring and clear career development tailored to your goals.

Join a passionate team and help build tomorrow today.

In short you get: 

• A personalised career path and a rewarding management style 
• A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle & Tech Scheme 
• Employee assistance programme
• Life insurance & Pension Scheme
• Social atmosphere regular gatherings & team buildings
• Flexible way of working (role dependent)

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant & actively encourage applications from members of the Armed Forces community including veterans reservists service leavers and military spouses/partners. We recognise the value of military skills and experience and are committed to ensuring that no applicant is unfairly disadvantaged during our recruitment and selection processes. 

ALTEN is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and values the strength that comes from a global mix of backgrounds and perspectives. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of background or protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process please let us know. 

This role may require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website . If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria then your employment may be delayed or rejected . Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time