At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovative solutions and solve customer problems in a dynamic, agile environment.
- Company: Join Leonardo, a global leader in tech with a focus on collaboration and innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, competitive salary, mental health support, and extensive learning opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of an inclusive workplace with excellent career growth and development options.
- Why this job: Make a real impact while shaping the future of technology and mentoring others.
- Qualifications: Experience in solution architecture and a passion for mentoring and leading teams.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity. At Leonardo, our Senior Solutions Architects are trusted experts who provide technical leadership across programmes, influence roadmaps, and ensure solutions are secure, resilient, and future-ready. Your work at Leonardo UK will see you take the lead in solving customer problems in an agile, innovative and team-centric manner. The role may involve a blended hybrid working model, with a mixture of working from home and working on site at one of our Leonardo offices to ensure close collaboration with the wider team and with our customers.
What you will do as a Solutions Architect:
- Act as the technical authority for solution design across large-scale or multi-project programmes.
- Lead technical reviews, trade-off studies, and risk assessments for major design decisions.
- Mentor and coach Solutions Architects and Engineers, raising capability across the community.
- Champion best practice, reuse, and model-based design approaches across the architecture community.
- Proven experience in solution architecture across multiple domains (infrastructure, applications, data, networking, cloud).
- Familiarity with service design, operational transformation, and digital modernisation.
- Advanced understanding of secure system design principles and cyber security standards.
- Experience shaping architectures within Agile or SAFe delivery environments.
- Ability to mentor, coach, and provide thought leadership within a technical community.
- Industry certifications (TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, ArchiMate).
This role can be based at one of our UK sites such as Bristol, with hybrid/custom working options where appropriate. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.
Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.
For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hybrid Working: Hybrid
