Senior Solution Architect
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Occupation Type
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
Sponsorship Salary Threshold
£54,900
(£28.15 per hour)
Occupation rate applies
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Description
Job Description
Your impact
Are you ready to shape and lead solution designs that underpin the UK’s most critical missions? At Leonardo, our Senior Solutions Architects are trusted experts who provide technical leadership across programmes, influence roadmaps, and ensure solutions are secure, resilient, and future-ready.
Your work at Leonardo UK will see you take the lead in solving customer problems in an agile, innovative and team-centric manner. The role may involve a blended hybrid working model, with a mixture of working from home and working on site at one of our Leonardo offices to ensure close collaboration with the wider team and with our customers.
What You Will Do As a Senior Solutions Architect
Your impact
Are you ready to shape and lead solution designs that underpin the UK’s most critical missions? At Leonardo, our Senior Solutions Architects are trusted experts who provide technical leadership across programmes, influence roadmaps, and ensure solutions are secure, resilient, and future-ready.
Your work at Leonardo UK will see you take the lead in solving customer problems in an agile, innovative and team-centric manner. The role may involve a blended hybrid working model, with a mixture of working from home and working on site at one of our Leonardo offices to ensure close collaboration with the wider team and with our customers.
What You Will Do As a Senior Solutions Architect
- Act as the technical authority for solution design across large-scale or multi-project programmes.
- Define and evolve architectures that balance customer needs, enterprise principles, and secure-by-design standards.
- Contribute to divisional and line-of-business roadmaps, identifying opportunities for technology insertion and innovation.
- Lead technical reviews, trade-off studies, and risk assessments for major design decisions.
- Extensive technical expertise with a proven track record of designing secure, integrated solutions.
- Ability to influence technical strategy and act as a recognised authority within your domain.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders.
- Proven experience in solution architecture across multiple domains (infrastructure, applications, data, networking, cloud)
- Strong knowledge of enterprise and solution architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, MODAF, NAF)
- Advanced understanding of secure system design principles and cyber security standards
- Experience shaping architectures within Agile or SAFe delivery environments
- Industry certifications (TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, ArchiMate)
- Experience contributing to technology roadmaps and enterprise strategy
- Familiarity with service design, operational transformation, and digital modernisation
- Exposure to cloud-native, DevSecOps, and automation approaches
- Experience presenting at technical boards, customer forums, or industry conferences
Security Clearance
This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit https //careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting
Location
This role can be based at one of our UK sites, typically Bristol, with hybrid/custom working options where appropriate. Customer is based in Reading.
Why join us
At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.
- Time to Recharge Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.
At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.
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Primary Location
GB - Bristol - Coldharbour Lane
Additional Locations
GB - Basildon - Home Based
Contract Type
Permanent
Hybrid Working
Hybrid
Additional Locations
GB - Basildon - Home Based
Contract Type
Permanent
Hybrid Working
Hybrid