Date Posted:
2026-03-10
Country:
United Kingdom
Location:
Warminster, Wiltshire
Position Role Type:
Hybrid
Raytheon UK is searching for a AI Solution Architect to join our OMNIA® Training team.
As a AI Solution Architect, you will be critical to the successful delivery of the programme, collaborating within matrix organisation, with multi-disciplinary teams within Engineering
OMNIA are redefining the British Army’s collective training. To do that, we are looking for the best and brightest minds from across the UK. We are backed by British innovation and powered by world-class experts, like you.
We are looking for individuals who want to serve. You’ll have a mission focus, and the enthusiasm and drive to deliver. You must be eligible and willing to obtain SC clearance and will be based at Warminster working in a hybrid style.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Lead the Exploration of opportunities for the development and deployment of AI based solution across our solution.
2. Lead the identification, evaluation, and delivery of AI opportunities that enhance Army training capability and operational effectiveness.
3. Act as the technical authority and primary point of contact for AI architecture, governance, ethics, and regulatory compliance.
4. Define and own scalable, secure AI/ML architectures aligned with enterprise strategy, Omnia principles, and hybrid cloud environments.
5. Design end-to-end AI solutions, including data pipelines, feature engineering, model development, deployment, and operational monitoring.
6. Provide architectural leadership across the full lifecycle, ensuring alignment with DevSecOps, security, and engineering best practices.
7. Establish standards for model performance monitoring, reliability, risk management, and continuous improvement (MLOps).
8. Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, engineering leaders, and Army/MoD stakeholders to integrate AI capabilities into existing platforms and services.
9. Evaluate and recommend AI platforms, tools, and frameworks to enable scalable experimentation and production deployment.
10. Lead technical horizon scanning, prototyping, and structured experimentation of emerging AI technologies.
11. Develop AI roadmaps and transition architectures to support the evolution of defence training systems.
12. Ensure AI solutions meet security, resilience, and compliance requirements within regulated defence environments.
Who we are looking for:
You’ll have a mission focus, and the enthusiasm and drive to ‘get things done’. You’ll want to work in collaboration with other defence training organisations, and the British Army. You won’t let bureaucracy get in the way of what needs to be done, you’ll learn lessons and share these lessons across the team. You’ll understand what it means to put the mission first.
Essential Skills and Experience:
13. Proven experience architecting AI solutions in secure or classified environments, with strong knowledge of data governance and access control.
14. Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale AI/ML solutions from concept through to production.
15. Strong expertise in AI/ML architecture, including model development, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management (MLOps).
16. Experience designing scalable, secure solutions within cloud and hybrid environments (e.g. Azure, AWS, or equivalent).
17. Solid understanding of data architecture, including data pipelines, feature engineering, data governance, and model training strategies.
18. Experience integrating AI capabilities into complex legacy and enterprise systems.
19. Demonstrated application of DevSecOps principles, including CI/CD for AI/ML workloads and automated deployment pipelines.
20. Strong knowledge of AI ethics, responsible AI, and regulatory compliance, particularly within regulated or sensitive environments.
21. Experience selecting and evaluating AI platforms, frameworks, and tooling (e.g. Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, MLflow, Kubeflow, etc.).
22. Ability to define and implement model performance monitoring, drift detection, and continuous improvement approaches.
23. Experience working within secure or regulated environments (e.g. defence, government, healthcare, finance).
24. Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to senior technical and non-technical audiences.
25. Experience working within or alongside enterprise architecture frameworks and governance processes.
26. Demonstrated ability to lead technical design decisions and provide architectural oversight across multiple delivery teams.
Desirable Skills and Experience:
27. MSc in Computing, AI/ML, or equivalent professional accreditation (e.g., CEng).
28. Experience working with UK MoD, Defence Digital, or government programmes.
29. Familiarity with secure-by-design and classified environments.
30. Knowledge of simulation, training systems, or digital learning environments.
31. Relevant certifications (e.g. Azure/AWS Architect, TOGAF, AI/ML specialisations).
32. Experience in cloud platforms and container orchestration tools, particularly Azure, AWS, and Red Hat OpenShift.
33. Experience with Hugging Face Transformers to enable capabilities such as intelligent document processing, conversational AI, and semantic search.
34. Knowledge and experience of some of the following tools;Apache Spark, Databricks, Pandas for data processing and feature engineeringSQL, MongoDB for structured and unstructured data managementSageMaker, Azure ML for model deployment, tracking, and monitoring.Terraform, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins for infrastructure automation and DevSecOps
*Formal offers to successful candidate will be conditional upon award *
What we offer:
35. Chance to join a groundbreaking mission - to shape the future and drive innovation within a team focused on collaboration across a matrix organisation.
36. You will join at a unique time, where you can join in shaping this team and be rewarded with ongoing development opportunities, and clear pathways to progress within a trusted defence industry partner.
37. 37hr working week with early finish Fridays - start your weekend early!
38. 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days and up to 5 paid days volunteering
39. 10.5% company pension contribution with 6% employee contribution
40. Annual company bonus scheme (discretionary)
41. 6 times salary Life Assurance with pension
42. Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work, amongst others
43. Enhanced sick pay
44. Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave
Raytheon UK
We take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence. Together, we are not just advancing technology; we're building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.
RTX
Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.
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