Principal Solutions Architect; UK

Description & Requirements

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Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year.

Here in the UK we employ around 5,000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people's lives.

From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.

Join our dynamic technology team and be at the forefront of digital transformation as a Principal Solution Architect, driving technical solutions and innovation across transformative programmes in both pre-sales and delivery in large scale BPX deals.

You will operate as a senior technology voice, combining deep technical expertise with strategic business acumen to drive outcomes that matter.

This strategic role drives solution architecture development, and cross-functional integration throughout the opportunity lifecycle-from initial shaping through successful transition to delivery.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with proven experience with large scale projects, including competitive analysis, estimation methodologies, and compliance frameworks.

This role will require you to see and drive towards the company strategy while rolling up your sleeves to create compelling, differentiated, and executable solutions for our customers.

• Lead solution design and strategy for large, complex government pursuits
• Define and oversee technical win themes, discriminators, and innovation differentiators
• Collaborate with capture managers and business development teams to shape opportunities pre-RFP through deep, meaningful and direct engagement with customers
• Facilitate and lead solution reviews with executives and subject matter experts
• Lead large, complex initiatives of strategic importance involving cross-functional teams

• Design scalable, extensible, and flexible solutions leveraging cutting-edge technologies
• Incorporate capabilities from Maximus Accelerators and internal reusable capabilities and offerings to drive differentiation
• Leverage reference architectures, demonstrations, playbooks, and various technology artifacts
• Stay current with leading solution architectures and industry hyperscalers (AWS, Microsoft, Google, Service Now, Salesforce)
• Ensure compliance with technical requirements and validate solution feasibility

• Own technical solutions for RFI, RFP, and RFQ responses, including white paper creation and concept development.
• Conduct competitive analysis of industry pricing approaches and award trends
• Support Black Hat exercises at bid level and perform market / sector competitive analysis
• Review technology solutions for compliance with federal and corporate standards

• Own and drive competitive top-down estimates using expert judgment, comparative / analogous estimation, parametric estimation, and three-point estimation techniques
• Guide teams on estimation best practices, cost optimizations, risk quantification, and pricing strategies
• Interface with pricing and delivery teams to ensure solution viability and cost realism
• Assess market trends, seasonal impacts, and service level agreement implications

• Lead and mentor other Solution Architects to advance in both their capabilities and their careers.
• Provide guidance, coaching, and training to technical employees across the organization
• Act as bridge between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders both internal and external to Maximus.
• Collaborate with operations, information security, and human resource teams early in capture process to ensure implementable solutions
• Work directly with customers to understand needs to design tailored solutions

• Work with delivery teams to build implementation plans addressing technical operational readiness
• Fulfil the chief engineer role for project delivery - you design it, you build it.
• Ensure solutions are designed with…