Solution Architect

Location: Basingstoke, with travel to customer and other FJ sites, and home working

Security clearance will be required to be in place ahead of commencing the role

Are you a Solution Architect who combines a wide breadth of technical knowledge in different technical domains with strong communications and analytical skills? Can you design and modify technical solutions to solve customer business problems? Do you want to make an impact and change the way the world works?  Do you want to collaborate and achieve together with committed people to design and document solutions of varying size and complexity. This is your world and your opportunity to transform it for the better.

Your role
We are looking for a Solution Architect to work on a large program bid and support the delivery of complex technical solutions to our customer. This is within the secure Defence and Government sector. You will provide technical leadership to a team of architects, collaborating across the bid and resulting program with the Project and Program Managers, and your role will involve ensuring the technical solution meets the given bid requirements within the constraints of costs, time and quality, identifying technical issues and risks with the program, collaborating with the different stakeholders and teams, and help ensure people are all moving in the same direction through the different program phases through to successful handover to service.

Your experience
•A strong technical background in Network Architecture and a wide breadth of technical knowledge across multiple technologies (e.g., virtualisation, infrastructure, security, applications).
•Experienced and demonstrable ability to ensure interoperability between designs/technical solution elements.
•Adept at creating technical solution propositions and bid responses/proposals from customer requirements.
•Demonstrable ability to define and track technical program deliverables to achieve successful technical delivery and handover into Operational Service.
•Strong governance skills and experience to ensure accurate, quality component designs and collateral.
•Experience of coordinating and leading large teams (15-20 people) of specialist Architects and Engineers.
•Solid understanding of the program/project end-to-end life cycle, with good commercial and financial awareness as well as managing technical risks and dependencies.
•Experience of working with multiple vendors towards smooth technical delivery.
•Proactive in advising program/project management of changes to plans and resourcing required to cover all technical deliverables.
•Escalation point for technical issues in the program; excellent troubleshooting of complex technical issues and defects, mitigating business, technical, and operational risks, and making recommendations to senior management.
•Demonstrable experience of working with multiple teams, supporting project managers in planning and reporting activities, service readiness, and providing guidance and support to live service teams.
•Excellent communications skills with multiple stakeholders, able to take ownership and responsibility, good attention to detail and can make quick decisions. Able to communicate calmly and concisely with the Customer.

Your benefits:

25 Days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)

Pension – Double matching contributions of up to 10%

Life assurance

Companywide incentive plans

Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays/ travel/ dental critical illness and more)

Perks at work – employee discounts

Employee assistance programme/ virtual GP

Role dependent benefits: Private medical/ company car or car allowance 

Recruitment process

The recruitment process consists of two stages of interview.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Email EMEIArecruitment@fujitsu.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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