Digital Architect (Defence Specialist)

AtkinsRéalis is growing its Digital Blueprint consulting team and is looking for Digital Architects with extensive experience of working with defence organisations. We are looking to build our multi-disciplinary team with people from business, technology consulting or ex-forces backgrounds who bring architecture expertise to the digital transformation of our defence clients.

We welcome applications from creative and adaptable systems thinkers who want to be part of shaping the future, whilst expanding your own career potential. We have a collaborative inclusive team culture where people will help, guide and mentor you to help you grow. Our flexible and remote working policies are designed to support different personal priorities and needs.

As a Digital Architect in our Secure Government business unit you’ll bring your specialist defence experience to a wide variety of digital transformation programmes. This could involve working with the armed services or defence industry companies and could provide opportunities for overseas working if that’s what interests you. AtkinsRéalis provides significant investment in training and development: we want to help you be successful.

This role will particularly suit individuals with a Defence background who have developed a deep understanding of how Defence functions and how information supports decision-making across military headquarters, operational commands and front-line users. Successful candidates are likely to have experience within one or more of the J2, J3, J4, J5 or J6 domains and understand the realities of Defence operations, planning, intelligence, support or command-and-control environments.

We are looking for individuals who:

• Bring credibility with Defence stakeholders, based on a practical understanding of Defence operations and the challenges faced by military organisations, plus how operational, information and technology ecosystems interact.
• Are comfortable engaging with stakeholders at all levels, from front-line users and subject matter experts through to senior military officers and executive decision-makers.
• Can rapidly assimilate complex information, identify patterns and relationships, and apply lessons learnt from previous programmes, systems and operational environments.
• Possess strong critical-thinking and analytical skills, enabling them to challenge assumptions and develop evidence-based recommendations.
• Are capable of operating in ambiguous environments where requirements are still emerging and the pathway to delivery is not always clear.
• Demonstrate creativity and innovation when solving complex Defence challenges.
• Understand the opportunities and limitations of emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, data analytics and automation.
• Can effectively leverage AI-enabled tools to accelerate research, analysis, modelling and documentation activities.
• Have sufficient domain knowledge and professional judgement to validate, challenge and refine outputs generated by AI and other decision-support technologies.

About you

Education: Degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering and/or equivalent Industry experience.

Experience: Experience in systems/enterprise architecture within defence, aerospace, or national security sectors. C4ISR domain desirable.

Technical knowledge: Wide but not deep across software, Infrastructure and Networks, with the ability to communicate effectively with non-technical stakeholders and highly technical SMEs alike. Solid grounding in modern software development process (DevSecOps). Strong understanding of information-driven decision-making within Defence environments. Ability to develop operational, business, information and enterprise architecture products. E.g. familiarity with TOGAF, NAF v4, along with formal modelling using ArchiMate. Familiarity with AI-enabled tools and techniques, with the ability to critically evaluate and validate outputs using domain expertise.