Location(s):UK, Europe and Africa : UK : London UK, Europe and Africa : UK : Guildford UK, Europe and Africa : UK : Leeds
BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.
Solution Architect
Job Summary
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence has a number of opportunities for creative problem:solvers, to play a decisive role in a wide variety of exciting projects. As a Solution Architect you will take ownership for the solution elements of major opportunities and delivery programmes and manage the solution design process for initial concepts through to end of life.
Key Responsibilities
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Shaping and driving solution thinking for complex bids and delivery engagements
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Shaping solution blueprints and/or designs : for example through the tailored application of architecture frameworks (eg Zachmann, TOGAF, MODAF) and other design articulations (including the UML)
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Overseeing the implementation of the design in collaboration with other design team members such as Technical Architects, System and Software Designers, Data Architects, Security Architects, Functional and Information Architects
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Ensuring the design meets key functional and non:functional requirements and allows for operational and through life scenarios required for the solution to be satisfied
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Working with client technical authorities or architecture functions to ensure that they have a clear understanding of architecture and design proposals at an appropriate level, and that environmental and other standards/constraints within the client domain have been dealt with appropriately
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Working with quality and test management functions to ensure that the approaches and test strategies followed are appropriate for the solution
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Working with Delivery Assurance functions to agree how the quality and progress of a given solution delivery should be tracked, and become an expert resource to support interventions on projects where solution quality or progress has become an issue
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Retaining overall ownership of solution through delivery and transition into operation and/or subsequent refinement, or modification
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Leading estimation efforts to develop an understanding of potential solution costs and delivery timescales including appropriate Service regimes for solutions in production operation
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Establishing policy and strategy for the selection of systems architecture components, and co:ordinates design activities, promoting the discipline to ensure consistency
JOB ROLE
Are you passionate about working with cutting edge technology and owning the design and engineering on projects delivering solutions that are central to our customer's missions? Join BAE Systems as a Solution Architect.
You'll be working with our global teams and be responsible for ensuring that the solution meets its functional and non:functional requirements, and the correct application of relevant technologies, processes and tool chains. You'll needto define innovative solutions to problems, underpinned by robust delivery and engineering methods.
You'll enjoy working as part of a team, working with other architects and engineers to get the best out of the team, allowing everyone to contribute the skillsets. You will be an excellent communicator both internally within your project, as well as externally to senior customer stakeholders to facilitate decision making and co:ordinate design activities with related teams. You'll occasionally get involved in technical detail, self educating from and working with the deep technical experts in the team.
What background are we looking for?