Senior Solutions Architect

Daintta are a rapidly growing, values-driven team of specialists who work with government clients across Cyber Security, National Security, Law Enforcement and Telecommunications. We are seeking a talented and motivated Solution Architect to join our team and contribute to our mission of protecting the UK by developing novel solutions to unique challenges. As a Solution Architect, you will work closely with our public sector clients and project teams to design, develop, and implement solutions that meet our clients’ specialised requirements.

What’s in it for you?

You will be joining Daintta with accountability for delivering client projects and enabling others to deliver through leadership and collaboration. In addition to being rewarded fairly for your contribution to the business, you get to work in a dynamic organisation that is agile and responsive. A business that is growing fast and where you get to drive and shape the future. A place where you are respected by everyone and your voice is important. Somewhere where you can be innovative and creative. 

Key Responsibilities

• Develop project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Facilitate workshops and meetings such as risk analysis, pre-mortems, technical design workshops, requirements elicitation
• Design and plan the whole lifecycle approach for complex projects and programmes
• Train and advise clients in Solutions Architecture best practice
• Organise and coordinate internal technical resources and third parties/vendors for effective delivery of projects, including delivery assurance and integration, within scope and budget, and with managed risk
• Deliver and manage high quality Solution Architecture documentation
• Prepare presentations and reports, and present them to senior management as needed
• Build and maintain strong relations with clients and key stakeholders
• Analyse, manage, mitigate and treat risks to reduce impact on a project
• Build and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
• Prepare and review comprehensive project documentation
• Provide expert input to bids and proposals, scoping future work and helping to grow the business
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to colleagues and clients, sharing knowledge and experience

Skills/Knowledge

The role requires the following key skills / knowledge, non-exhaustively:

• Degree level educated, or significant relevant experience
• Experience of working as an engineer within IT, infrastructure, networking, systems or a related field
• Capable of managing complexity to deliver high quality work
• Experience of working in a consultancy, systems integrator or public sector organisation delivering complex products and services
• Experience desirable in delivering projects as an engineer to defence, public sector, national security or law enforcement organisations
• Good understanding of common tools, standards, techniques and methodologies for delivering systems and solutions, including modern deployment models (e.g. CI/CD, agile development, etc)
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Outstanding organisational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Location

Hybrid, with 2-3 days working from Daintta office (London/Cheltenham) or on client site as required.