At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and optimise mission-critical systems for real-time monitoring and control.
- Company: Join a leading company in construction, engineering, and renewable energy with a Culture of Care.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, health benefits, and a focus on work-life balance.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for travel and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in innovative projects while working with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in relevant field and experience in monitoring/control systems required.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Senior Solution Architect – Mission Critical Controls/Data Center
You’ve discovered something special.
A company that cares.
Cares about leading the way in construction, engineering, manufacturing and renewable energy.
Cares about redefining how energy is designed, applied and consumed.
Cares about thoughtfully growing to meet market demands.
And ─ as “one of the Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America” ─ is focused on the mind/body/soul of team members through our Culture of Care.
The Senior Solution Architect for Mission Critical Controls/Data Center is responsible for designing, integrating, and optimizing mission‑critical systems that support real‑time BMS/EPMS monitoring, control, and analytics.
This role bridges business needs, operational requirements, and technical architecture to ensure high availability, security, scalability, and performance of data center mission critical control environments.
Minimum Requirements
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
Experience: Experience with monitoring, control systems, or real‑time data platforms.
Proven experience as a Solution Architect, Systems Architect, or similar role.
Knowledge of mission‑critical environments using PLC’s, SCADA, Rockwell and Ignition software, EPMS software knowledge.
Preferred.
Architecture or cloud certifications a plus.
Work Schedule: Typical work hours are between 7:00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. Monday – Friday. However, work may be performed at any time on any day of the week to meet business needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Design end‑to‑end solution architectures for mission control systems, including data gathering, processing, visualization, and BMS/EPMS control platforms.
- Define architecture standards, reference designs, and best practices for mission‑critical data center solutions.
- Ensure solutions meet requirements for availability, resilience, latency, and scalability.
- Integrate infrastructure, applications, OT systems, and monitoring tools into a unified mission control environment.
- Collaborate with client, customer, consulting engineers and vendor to ensure seamless interoperability.
- Oversee integration of vendors platforms and provide guidance in developing FTI mission critical solutions.
- Work closely with business leaders, operations teams, and engineers to translate operational needs into technical solutions.
- Lead design reviews, and architecture discussions to create a client functional design specification.
- Provide technical guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
- Embed monitoring, alerting, and incident response capabilities into solutions.
- Support implementation teams during deployment, testing, and go‑live phases.
- Validate that delivered solutions align with approved architecture designs.
- Troubleshoot complex system and integration issues.
- Evaluate emerging technologies relevant to mission control and data center operations.
- Recommend improvements to performance, automation, observability, and cost efficiency.
- Contribute to long‑term technology roadmaps.
- Have strong understanding of data center infrastructure, networking, and distributed systems.
- Have ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.
- Integrate systems across both BMS, EPMS and knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems.
- Design for high‑availability and resilience.
- Apply analytical thinking and problem solving.
- Maintain strong documentation and communication skills.
- Develop reliable, scalable mission control solutions that meet operational demands.
- Align business goals and technical architecture.
- Work strongly with the FTI teamwork and culture.
- Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
The job description and responsibilities described are intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee’s ability to perform the position described.
It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities.
Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.
Faith Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – veterans/disabled.
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Senior Solutions Architect in Swindon employer: Faith Technologies
Faith Technologies, Inc. is an exceptional employer that prioritises a Culture of Care, ensuring that our Electrical Superintendents thrive in a supportive and safety-focused environment. With a strong commitment to employee growth through ongoing training and leadership development, we offer unique opportunities for career advancement while working on impactful projects across diverse locations. Join us to be part of a team that values excellence and proactive risk management, making a meaningful difference in the construction and renewable energy sectors.
