Solution Architect

Digital Catapult's Technology Solutions team and help shape the next generation of deep tech enabled solutions. As a Solution Architect, you'll work directly with customers and partners, as well as multidisciplinary delivery teams to understand complex challenges and translate them into practical, scalable technology solutions.

You’ll work across Digital Catapult's portfolio of deep tech programmes and commercial engagements, spanning areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Digital Twins, Quantum Computing, Advanced Connectivity, and emerging digital technologies. You'll play a key role in solution discovery, requirements definition, architecture design, and delivery, helping organisations adopt and realise value from frontier technologies.

• Lead requirements gathering and discovery workshops, as well as solution definition activities with customers and stakeholders.

• Design scalable, secure and maintainable digital solutions, platforms and services.

• Produce architecture artefacts including solution designs, requirements specifications, integration approaches, and technical documentation.

• Define and communicate non-functional requirements covering areas such as security, performance, resilience and compliance.

• Work closely with engineers, product owners, designers and technology specialists to support successful solution delivery.

• Contribute to architecture reviews, technology selection, governance activities and the continuous improvement of Digital Catapult's solution architecture capability.

• Experience designing and delivering software, cloud, platform, data or technology-enabled solutions.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience translating business requirements into practical technical solutions and architecture documentation.

• Knowledge of modern software delivery practices, including cloud technologies, Dev Ops, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.

• An understanding of solution architecture principles, systems integration and non-functional requirements.

• Curiosity about emerging technologies and enthusiasm for applying them to solve real-world business and societal challenges.

Salary: c. £45, (subject to experience) + discretionary bonus + competitive benefits package

Friday October 30, 3 pm BST (we do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so you are encouraged to submit your application at the earliest opportunity)

Due to the nature of our work across government and public sector contracts, including working with sensitive information, all applicants will needtosuccessfully complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance process priorto starting employment.

We recognise and value the advantages and opportunities that come with having people from diverse backgrounds working with us and it is our ambition to build an organisation which is representative and reflective of UK society.

We welcome applications from neurodivergent candidates, candidates from minority and underrepresented groups and from candidates with more or less experience, provided the requisite skills can be demonstrated.

As members of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Please do speak with us about adjustments that could support you through our interview process.

Digital Catapult is an equal opportunities employer.

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