Software Architect

3 weeks ago

Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom Roke Full time

About Roke

Roke is a leading provider of defence solutions, and we are currently seeking a highly skilled Software Architect to join our team.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in software architecture, with experience in designing and implementing distributed software solutions, including middleware technologies.

As a Software Architect at Roke, you will be responsible for the architecture and high-level design of software-enabled solutions, as well as supporting client managers in a pre-sales capacity to develop relationships and solutions that can support future business growth.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for supporting the development of capability within their own technical area, and will be able to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders.

The Opportunity

Roke is recruiting for a Software Architect who is driven by solving varied and interesting client problems.

The Software Architect will be responsible for the architecture and high-level design of software-enabled solutions, and will also support client managers directly in a pre-sales capacity to develop relationships and solutions that can support future business growth.

Your Role

  • Research and develop novel software solutions in the Defence domain, for example distributed middleware, software defined networks, and the application of artificial intelligence, large language models, reinforcement learning, and others, to customer problems.
  • Define and develop software solutions in architecture terms, including system boundaries, data flows, workflows, system layouts, and deployment plans.
  • Be the technical lead for delivery of internally and externally funded projects.
  • Provide guidance, mentoring, and coaching to other engineers across the customers to understand their problems and demonstrate solutions.
  • Contribute to installing an architecture-driven approach in existing engineering processes.

Key Skills

  • Proven experience as a software architect in Defence, public sector, or industry and developed software in more than one software language.
  • Demonstrable experience of defining robust engineering management plans and leading teams to follow them, including the use of continuous integration, continuous deployment, and test-driven development.
  • Familiarity with using Agile delivery methodologies, such as Scrum and Kanban.
  • Proven experience in taking research outputs and data science experimentation and turning them into robust software products.
  • Familiarity or experience of designing software solutions with a key focus on performance resource utilisation, and implementing solutions using middleware technologies.
  • Knowledge or experience of designing solutions using software architecture patterns that promote reuse, productivity, and quality.
  • Experience of designing both plug-in and micro-service architectures.
  • Experience of designing software based on different data storage, including relational, NoSQL, Big Data, and streaming data analytics.
  • Experience of designing software in a variety of deployment settings, including on-device, on-premises, and cloud.
  • Ability to clearly express design decisions in text and graphical formats, such as UML or Archimate.
  • An ability to pick up new tools, frameworks, and languages fast.
  • An ability to analyse problems and communicate well-thought-through solutions.
  • An ability to develop new solutions where no pre-existing solution fits.

What You'll Bring

As a Software Architect, you will have a degree-level qualification in a STEM subject, or an equivalent level of practical experience.

You will use a range of technologies, some of which you will be deeply familiar with already, but others you will pick up to support specific projects.

The rest, you should be able to pick up as required:

  • Python/Java/Kotlin and supporting backend and middleware frameworks.
  • SQL and NoSQL database systems – PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis.
  • Linux-based operating systems – Ubuntu, Centos/RHEL.
  • Mobile operating systems – especially Android.
  • Virtual machines – especially VMWare.
  • Message brokering, serialisation, and queuing systems – MQTT, Kafka, Protobuf, DDS, XML.
  • Microservices, containers, and hosts – Docker, Podman, Kubernetes.
  • Infrastructure as Code – Vagrant, Ansible, Terraform.
  • AWS and Azure Cloud.
  • Git and version control systems – especially GitLab.
  • Architecture tooling – SPARX EA, Archimate.

Areas of Responsibility

  • Join and contribute to agile ceremonies following Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe Agile.
  • Coach team members in Software Engineering.
  • Work with product owners and DevOps to schedule releases and use CI/CD pipelines.
  • Work with security architects to ensure the products and services are secure by design.
  • Work with quality engineers to ensure the products and services are of high quality.
  • Work with architects to translate from high-level architectures expressed in systems engineering terms SysML and Archimate to designs that are implementable in code.
  • Work with senior leadership (Head of Engineering) to effectively implement changes to products and services.
  • Participate and contribute to code reviews.
  • Work with client managers to understand customer problems and propose solutions.

Why You Should Join Roke

We have a competitive salary and access to a number of additional flexible benefits, which will cover Health and Wellbeing, Savings and Protection & Life, Leisure and Entertainment.

Roke has a great community of groups with shared interests. These enable people to share ideas and be passionate about tools, technologies & techniques, which interest them.

We are committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion. Our working environment is friendly, creative and inclusive. We will consider flexible working arrangements and support a diverse workforce and those with additional needs.

Clearances

Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible to achieve SC clearance.

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