Junior Architect

Would you like to join an international defence company to support their clients by improving the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets? Due to continued investment, this global business is currently looking for a Software Architect to join their existing team in Bristol (hybrid working) on a 24 week contract.
As a Software Architect, you will be responsible for but not limited to the following:
Delivering software input into a variety of tendering opportunities.
Mobilising and maintaining software development teams to deliver against the requirements of successfully bid opportunities.
Acting as Product owner for software delivered into in-service projects, R&D and the wider campaigns. Understanding and reporting on software delivery timescales and risk across a software portfolio.
Developing and maintaining software architecture for our software solutions. Working closely with the System Architect and Programme technical lead to integrate software solutions into the wider system architecture.
Driving agile delivery within the focus area software delivery activities.
Ensuring that all stakeholders including management and technical staff are clear of the design, architecture and how software will be delivered.
To succeed within the role of a Software Architect, you should have the following skills:
Demonstratable experience of delivering significant software bids and building and leading software development teams to meet requirements
Successful delivery of software architecture to control complex distributed networked systems.
C, C++, Python and Database architecture.
Driving the implementation of Agile development methodologies.
Knowledge / Experience of software architecture in at least one of the following areas:
Improve work-life balance
Increase earning potential