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Solution Designer
Posting Date: 4 May 2025
Function: Architecture Solution and Design
Unit: Business
Location: Chippenham (4308), Chippenham, United Kingdom
Why this job matters
Have you ever wanted to play a key role in shaping innovative, enterprise network solutions for the defence sector?
As our lead consultant specialist in our Defence Service Provider Networks practice, you’ll work with defence customers, internal teams, and third-party technology providers to design and deliver complex, fit-for-purpose solutions. Reporting to the Practice Manager, you’ll collaborate across teams from Sales, Business, Technology, Security, and Operations to ensure seamless integration and alignment with customer digital strategies.
With a foundation in robust ICT frameworks, security principles, and industry best practices, you’ll provide expert technical design leadership throughout the entire solution design lifecycle. Your role involves creating innovative network architectures that transform customer operations while maintaining compliance with security and policy requirements.
Joining our Technical Design Authority team, you’ll work alongside architects, designers, and technology experts, bringing your knowledge and diverse experience to address unique and sensitive challenges, delivering impactful solutions.
What you’ll be doing
* Act as the solution designer for a domain or service platform, providing solution overviews and familiarisation to support teams.
* Create statements of work for internal/external design and delivery team engagement.
* Translate customer visions and business needs into actionable solution design requirements, including cost assessments (CAPEX/OPEX), dependencies, risks, and mitigation strategies to support business opportunities and service delivery.
* Offer subject matter expertise to stakeholders, shaping service changes, qualifying resource requirements, and addressing complex customer requests such as RFIs, CCNs, or solution proposals throughout the design lifecycle.
* Develop enterprise and solution architecture documentation, including ‘as-is,’ ‘to-be,’ and transitional states, aligning with business and technology needs and stakeholder requirements.
Skills You'll Need
* Familiarity with a wide range of ICT vendor solutions and products, including Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, F5, Nokia, Ribbon, Avaya, Microsoft, AWS, Dell/EMC, HPE, and Blackberry.
* Hands-on experience with industry-standard architecture approaches and languages.
* Ability to respond to change requests and bid proposals, tailoring solutions to customer requirements.
* Understanding of CAPEX/OPEX costings, ensuring proposed changes meet customer needs and budgets.
* Skills in risk identification, impact assessment, proposing mitigation strategies, and problem-solving.
* Ability to explain ICT solutions to stakeholders with varying levels of technical expertise.
Benefits of working for BT include:
* £5000 annual bonus for DV clearance
* 10% on-target bonus
* 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing with service
* Flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loans
* World-class training and development opportunities
* Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes
* Discounted broadband, mobile, and TV packages
* Access to retail discounts, including the BT shop
With over 175 years of heritage, BT is the flagship business brand of BT Group, serving 1.2 million business customers worldwide.
We are a global leader in secure connectivity and collaboration platforms, supporting businesses of all sizes, from large corporations and government to startups. Our focus is on technology that helps build stronger, smarter, and more secure businesses.
We value diversity and inclusion, championing digital skills and making a positive societal impact.
As part of our team, you'll be part of an organization that celebrates diversity, fosters innovation, and offers opportunities to excel. We encourage flexible working arrangements and provide reasonable adjustments for the application process.
We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, workplace. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every qualification, please apply — you might be the perfect fit for this or other roles in our wider team.
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