Digital Architect – Rolls-Royce Submarines
As a Digital Architect you will be responsible for owning solution designs and content. You will be responsible for architectures across a wide variety of Digital product applications. Working closely with assurance and security colleagues, you’ll ensure all architectures and designs are compliant, ensuring we can maintain our trusted relationship with our customers.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Drawing on your passion and energy, evangelise the impact Digital technology can make within Rolls‑Royce Submarines.
* Provide extensive hands‑on architecture and technical leadership to support scalable application design and delivery.
* Take ownership of all aspects of application architecture within the Submarines Digital product portfolio, considering, in line with architectural and security standards, reference architectures and enterprise road maps.
* Form a close working relationship with other architects and security teams within Rolls‑Royce to share best practice and continually learn.
* Form a strong and trusted relationship with agile DevOps teams, providing technical guidance and thought leadership during continuous delivery.
* Be the “brain” and see the entire Digital picture enabling exploitation of data and services across the organisation to more effectively model and simulate our business.
* Converse directly or facilitate engagements with business communities to better understand business drivers for content development.
* Help shape our Digital technology road maps ensuring your experience supports and enhances decisions made relating to the technology.
* Stay current with your understanding of the fast‑changing technology market and ensure architectures align with current best practices.
* Recruit, encourage, inspire and develop our people, helping them to be at their best.
Who We Are Looking For
* Professionally qualified Engineer (UK minimum BEng degree or other national equivalent, higher degree preferred)
* UK CEng (Chartered Engineer) or other national equivalent relevant to specialist subject area
* Member of a relevant professional body/institute
* A deep understanding of specialist subject and proven ability to influence key decision
* Understanding of Intellectual Property and Export Control requirements
* Experience of delivering value quickly into business, balancing pace of delivery, quality, technical debt and cost
* Experience working with a mix of internal digital teams and suppliers in the UK
* Passion for automation, CI/CD and modern software practices (containerisation, micro‑services etc.)
* Experience in cloud (On‑Prem and cloud) and building strong relationships with technology providers
* Experience of Big Data Platform and cutting‑edge technology designs
* Team player who enjoys mentoring and encouraging less experienced members of the DevOps team
* Business‑centric mindset, able to translate business knowledge into working solutions.
Why Rolls‑Royce?
We’re a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.
What We Offer
* Excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits including bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts
* Hybrid working: balance time between office, home or other remote location, with a minimum of three days per week in the workplace
Legal and Security Requirements
To work for Rolls‑Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats. Rolls‑Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work you must hold UK nationality. Dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.
Equal Opportunity
We’re an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.
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