Job Description:

Title: Solution Architect
Location: Bristol / Chippenham (UK)
Salary: £70,000-£80,000 + benefits + 10% bonus
Security Requirement: Must be eligible for UK Security Clearance (minimum 5 years UK residency)

What You'll Actually Do
The role combines:

1. Customer-facing solution architecture
   • Work with customers to understand requirements.
   • Design secure technical solutions.
   • Present recommendations and architecture designs.
2. Pre-sales and bid support
   • Support sales engagements.
   • Contribute to public and private sector bids.
   • Produce technical proposals and bid responses.
3. Technical leadership
   • Own end-to-end solution architecture.
   • Guide delivery teams.
   • Ensure solutions follow governance and security standards.
4. Defence and secure environments
   • Design systems for sensitive government and defence programmes.
   • Ensure "secure by design" principles are followed.

Core Skills They're Looking For
High Priority

• Solution architecture experience
• Enterprise networking and telecommunications
• Cloud technologies
• Cyber security fundamentals
• Stakeholder management
• Bid/proposal writing
• Requirements gathering
• Risk and dependency management
• Technical documentation

Particularly Valuable

• Defence sector experience
• Secure networks and boundary security
• Service provider environments
• Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, etc.)
• Architecture governance
• TOGAF or similar architecture frameworks

Ideal Candidate Profile
You would likely be a strong match if you have experience as:

• Solution Architect
• Network Architect
• Technical Architect
• Enterprise Architect
• Senior Pre-Sales Consultant
• Lead Infrastructure Architect
• Defence ICT Architect

Tech stack
Aruba, MPLS, Cisco WAN, and Juniper
Especially if you've worked with:

• Telecoms providers
• Defence contractors
• Government customers
• Secure or classified environments

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