At a Glance
- Tasks: Review and challenge design deliverables, ensuring quality before live service.
- Company: Established UK tech organisation in secure environments.
- Benefits: Hybrid work model, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: SC Clearance eligibility required; open to conversations even if you don't tick every box.
- Why this job: Be the independent technical voice and make a real impact on complex projects.
- Qualifications: Experience as a Solutions Architect in multi-stakeholder settings.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Solutions Architect — Technical Assurance & Governance
Hybrid — a mix of home and client sites across the Bristol / Wiltshire corridor
SC Clearance eligibility essential - Sole British Citizen (dual nationals considered)
I'm partnering with an established UK technology organisation working in secure and regulated environments on a genuinely interesting Solutions Architect role — one for someone who's moved past building and into the harder discipline of judgement: reviewing others' work, holding a delivery partner to account, and being the independent technical voice in the room. This is not a hands‑on implementation job. It's about governance, assurance, and technical challenge in a complex, multi‑stakeholder environment.
What you’ll actually be doing:
- Reviewing and constructively challenging design deliverables — the kind of scrutiny that catches problems before they reach live service
- Holding a delivery partner to account against architectural principles, integration constraints, and customer standards
- Assuring interoperability across systems, platforms, and evolving hosting environments
- Providing technical governance from design through into live service operation
- Laying out patterns, options, and trade-offs so the customer can make informed decisions
What makes someone a fit:
- A solid track record as a Solutions Architect (or similar) in complex, multi‑stakeholder settings
- The ability to review, assure, and challenge someone else's architecture — not just produce your own
- A strong grasp of system architecture, integration, hosting, and through‑life service
- Experience on the client / governance side rather than pure delivery
- The credibility and composure to push back on senior stakeholders and suppliers, and to do it constructively
Helpful, not essential:
- Background in secure, regulated, or government environments
- SFIA Level 5 in Architecture, Solution Design, or Technical Governance
- Familiarity with service governance and live service assurance
- Knowledge of common architectural frameworks and large‑scale system patterns
One essential: you'll need to be eligible for SC Clearance — so a sole British citizen or dual citizen.
Interested, or know the right person? Drop me a message for a confidential chat.
