Job Description

:

Leonardo are excited to offer a new and immediate opportunity for a Solutions Architect, based on site in either in Southampton, Basildon or Bristol.

The Solution Architect activities will range from SI Enterprise Architecture design, identification of technical solutions & architectures, technical leadership in bids and external studies, scope of and participation in PV and support to Capability Management for product portfolios.

About the Role

As the Solutions Architect, you will enhance the leadership and strategic direction of work within the LCA domain. As an area of significant value within the Business Area and where multiple new business opportunities present themselves it would be hugely beneficial to ensure approaches that support future growth and expansion, in addition to fully utilising synergies across multiple projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintaining high awareness of all relevant developments around LCA.
• Proposing and evaluating alternative technical and commercial approaches to delivering prime contract capability and systems to the customer.
• Maximising the value of the Leonardo workshare.
• Generation of white papers to shape thinking within the stakeholder community.
• Developing the solution architecture for optimum cost effectiveness and URD compliance
• Developing a combination of systems and software solutions.
• Working with Systems Architects and Systems Engineering, develop candidate system architectures and derive requirements at all system levels.
• Work with the Bid Team to estimate the cost of solutions.
• Perform cost benefit analysis of system component development versus COTS procurement.
• Contribute to the development of Enterprise Architectures for Major campaigns and programmes.

About You

You will have proven experience as a Solutions Architect, with significant experience developing communications, EW and/or other vehicle mission systems based architectures, products and systems, throughout the full lifecycle.

Essential experience required includes;

• Experience of dealing with customers at a senior commercial and technical level.
• Experience of estimating costs and technical risk for each solution approach.
• Experience of full life cycle for product and system development (concept through to disposal).
• Familiarity with open systems architectures such as SOSA, LCA, GVA, OpenVPX, MORA, OpenCPI, VITA.
• Experience of formal user requirements capture, traceability and compliance management methodology and tools.

Desirable experience

• Experience of military electronic systems including an understanding of interoperability, scenarios and customer needs.
• Knowledge of military communications architecture[s] and principles.
• Experience of military command and control networks in the Land and Maritime context.
• Experience of the methodology and production of the engineering documentation necessary to support a competitive tender.
• Experience of relevant tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody, System Architect and The Mathworks.
• Experience working in a consultancy type role.

Other attributes include

• Ability to understand customer\xe2\x80\x99s business / technical needs and the ability to translate them into a technical solution, using language that customers can understand
• Excellent problem solving and innovation skills
• Driving an organisation to achieve short term goals and long term strategy
• Empowering others
• Motivating and communicating
• Ability to influence others
• Challenging and continuously improving
• Ability to work in a multinational team
• Ability to present at all levels, both internally & externally

All successful applicants must be eligible for full security clearance and access to UK-caveated and ITAR controlled information. For more information and guidance, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

What we Offer

A competitive salary based on your experience and skills and an award winning benefits package that includes;

• Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us.
• Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (\xc2\xa3500 annual allowance)
• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
• Pension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution)
• Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers)
• Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
• Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
• Bonus: Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below

For a full list of our Company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 8,000 are based at 8 sites throughout the UK.

Primary Location: GB - Basildon

Additional Locations: GB - Bristol - Coldharbour Lane, GB - Southampton

Contract Type:

Hybrid Working: Hybrid

Leonardo