Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year Requirements: We require proven experience operating as a Solution Architect at scale across multiple programmes. We require strong technical breadth across cloud, infrastructure, applications, data, security, and service delivery. We require experience working in defence or national security environments. We require the ability to lead customers, not just respond to requirements. We require comfort balancing delivery, improvement, and growth activities. We require engineering credibility combined with strong stakeholder engagement skills. We require UK DV clearance to start; we may also consider sole UK nationals with SC. We require candidates to be sole UK nationals. We require the ability to work onsite in Farnborough 4–5 days per week. We prefer experience beyond a pure Enterprise Architect background. We prefer exposure to zero trust architecture patterns. We prefer experience with cloud modernisation in constrained environments. We prefer exposure to emerging AI capabilities and modern cyber approaches. Responsibilities: We act as a trusted technical authority across multiple programmes and customers. We lead solution design that responds directly to customer needs and operational realities. We immerse ourselves in existing environments and drive continuous improvement. We support incremental change rather than wholesale transformation. We work across engineering, delivery, and service to ensure solutions are operable long-term. We shape new opportunities and contribute to bids and growth activity. We bring broader domain awareness by understanding whats emerging and whats viable. We help guide longer-term ambitions around zero trust, cloud adoption, and evolving security posture. We work closely with engineering and service delivery teams end to end, from early solution shaping through design, implementation, and live service. We lead customer conversations and influence direction across programmes. Technologies: AI Architect Cloud Support Security More: We are hiring a Senior / Lead Solution Architect for a live and evolving National Security & Defence programme based in Farnborough. This is a senior, customer-facing role for someone with strong engineering roots who can shape pragmatic solutions, support incremental change, and help guide long-term technical direction across multiple projects and workstreams. We offer a salary of up to £105,000 with some flexibility for the right person, and a relocation package is available to candidates who are eligible and committed to moving local. This role is onsite 4–5 days per week due to the nature of the programme, and we value ambitious individuals who want to invest in their development while maintaining a realistic work-life balance. last updated 21 week of 2026