Job Description

Principal Solution Architect
Permanent
Salary: £110,000 - £130,000 (+ benefits)
Location: UK – Remote with travel to Andover

We’re looking to recruit an SC Cleared Principal Solution Architect for a specialist IT technology consultancy.

This is a senior, client-facing role where you’ll shape and deliver high-quality solutions across complex, secure environments, working closely with senior stakeholders and multi-disciplinary delivery teams.

The Role

As a Principal Solution Architect, you will act as a trusted advisor to clients, translating business needs into scalable, secure, and robust technical solutions.

You will:

• Lead the design and delivery of end-to-end solution architectures across complex programmes
• Act as a “front door” architect, shaping early-stage ideas and aligning them to architectural standards
• Engage with senior stakeholders, including military leadership, to guide decision-making
• Drive application modernisation and transformation initiatives
• Define architecture principles, standards, and best practices across programmes
• Ensure alignment to security, compliance, and governance frameworks
• Support pre-sales, bids, and client engagements
• Mentor and develop other architects and engineers within the practice

Key Experience

• Proven experience operating at Principal / Lead Solution Architect level
• Strong background delivering complex technology solutions in secure environments
• Experience working across Central Government and/or Defence sectors
• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders (including military leadership)
• Strong understanding of architecture frameworks and best practices
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams across full delivery lifecycles

Technical Expertise

• Cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS)
• Secure software development lifecycle and DevSecOps practices
• Integration patterns, APIs, microservices
• Identity and access management (OAuth, SAML, etc.)
• Data and application architecture
• CI/CD and modern engineering practices

Desirable

• Experience working in Defence or military environments (e.g. ex-military or reservist background)
• Knowledge of TOGAF or similar enterprise architecture frameworks
• Experience delivering AI-enabled or data-driven solutions