HSS Solution Architect

Location: Gloucestershire, Central London or Manchester - on site 5 days a week. Due to security vetting requirements candidates must be eligible for or currently hold clearance. Candidates must be sole UK national/British citizen and resided in the UK for 10 years and over.

DXC Technology is committed to building diverse, inclusive teams. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage interest from women, underrepresented groups, and neurodivergent candidates. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process and are dedicated to creating a supportive, accessible environment for everyone.

At DXC Technology, delivering excellence for our customers and colleagues is more than just a motto, it’s something we strive towards constantly through our work. Every day we deliver mission critical services in a secure environment whilst promoting our people first agenda, a real sense of community and a healthy work-life balance. Our consistently positive customer feedback and continuous growth helps us cement our place as one of the world’s leading IT solutions enterprises, helping us deliver services and solutions in both challenging and exciting situations.

One of our platinum accounts has openings for a Solution Architect. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated self-starter who is passionate about conceptualising, designing, and resolving architectural problems and is able to switch between system design/architecture, hands on development, implementation, and client engagement activities.

Role responsibilities:

• Interacting with project roles as required, to gain an understanding of the complex business environment, technical context, end client requirements and organisational strategic direction.
• Advising our customer on the latest technologies and methodologies.
• Designing, and implementing innovative approaches to their problems and challenges.
• Understanding security policies and implementing solutions to satisfy security requirements.
• Designing and implementing solutions which have high availability, achieve performance metrics and are scalable.
• Helping to shape, evolve and document the architecture that underpins the existing platforms and services and lead their on-going transition from legacy systems to cloud based architectures.

What you will bring to the team:

• Enthusiasm for collaboration and excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• An interest in keeping up with emerging tools, techniques, and technologies.
• Effective time management and organisational skills.
• A flexible and Agile way of working within a fast paced and everchanging environment.
• Attention to detail with a pragmatic and enthusiastic attitude to work.
• Demonstrate a high level of energy, enthusiasm, and tenacity to achieve a positive result.
• Is a self-starter, overcomes obstacles and is driven to succeed.
• Works well under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Rapid adaptability in terms of technology and approach are key.

Required Skills and Technologies:

• A proven track record in technical computing-based environments.
• Design of large, complex systems including practical experimentation and development skills.
• A deep understanding of Linux and its broader eco system.
• Network design, implementation, and administration.
• Working knowledge and a deep understanding of Virtualisation and Container technologies such as AWS, Azure, or other Cloud technologies.
• The ability to code, especially Infrastructure as code and CICD pipeline, code assurance, test and build.
• A track record in the design and application of systems, leveraging automation technologies.
• A practical understanding of deployment automation.
• Has both technical breadth and depth and great client engagement skills.
• Some working knowledge or appreciation of the listed technologies or their equivalents; Foreman; Puppet; Satellite; Ansible; Nagios; AI/ML; Big Data; Elastic Search; IaaS; PaaS; HPC; DevOps; AWS; Azure; Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift; Linux based applications.

What we will do for you:

• Competitive compensation.
• Pension scheme.
• DXC Select – Our comprehensive benefits package (includes private health/medical insurance, childcare vouchers, gym membership and more).
• Perks at Work (discounts on technology, groceries, travel and more).
• DXC incentives (recognition tools, employee lunches, regular social events etc).

At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritises in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.