Information Systems Solution Architect Engineering

**World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit an Information Systems Solution Architect subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract. The company has sites in Stevenage, Bristol and Bolton. The roles will be a split of workingfrom home and onsite from either Stevenage, Bristol and Bolton (depending on your choice).**
**Contract Duration**:12 Months initially and then ongoing.
**Hourly Rate**:£66.00ph (Umbrella)
Information Management (IM), defines implements and adapts the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and Information Systems (IS) strategy to the needs of the business and users.
The IS Engineering Solutions team work as part of IS to support programmes and transformation activities.

**Responsibilities**:
The IS Engineering Solutions team support contribution to the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme, an international programme to deliver a new aircraft and related technologies. The team supports the programme through participation in Enterprise workinggroups with key partners in UK Defence and abroad, as well as looking at the internal state of the IM systems to meet the needs and new ways of working FCAS will deliver. The IS Engineering Solution Architect will cover both of these key activities workingwith an established team to prioritise and deliver improvements to our Engineering toolsets.
Undertake the following tailored to the solution/programme approach:

- Interaction with counterparts in key partners for Enterprise goals
- Assess MBDA's compliance with Enterprise standards, and identify activities to improve our internal tooling
- Lead Business Case creation
- Participate in agile scrums where adopted
- Assist in the creation of feasible projects
- Propose or validate key technical solutions and lead design reviews
- Ensure all solution risks are identified and mitigated
- Gather and disseminate technical lessons learned and contribute to the action plan for agreed improvements, leading the technical actions.

The Solution Architect is responsible for supporting a variety of internal and external stakeholders within the scope of the programmes. Performing Business Analysis and Solution Design to define the digital transformation/adoption goals and develop solutionroadmaps. Fostering strong stakeholder relationships and integrating into the programmes and functions in order to support and guide them to good and effective decisions.
Where possible align new concepts and solutions to the existing enterprise and digital transformation strategies, and the existing MBDA engineering capability. Propose innovation in the toolsets and solutions when that directly meets a business goal or deliveryneed that cannot be met with current capability. This role will also be responsible for ensuring that all solutions proposed align to IM's own strategy and reports to the existing IS Engineering Solution Architect.
Agree solution concepts with IM & Security teams to ensure full compliance with all appropriate regulatory bodies.

**Skillset/experience required**:

- Essential - Designing technical solutions to meet business needs within security constraints
- Essential - Documenting designs clearly from an architectural perspective
- Advantageous - The lifecycle of information systems including acquisition and development of new technology, with a view on utilising automation
- Advantageous - Application integration approaches, e.g. use of OLSC
- Advantageous - Awareness of industry infrastructure and operating standards such as SQL, DB2, Active Directory, Virtual Machines, WebSphere

A broad level of Technical IT knowledge and expertise in the areas of; developing concepts and scoping enterprise systems and services, especially in the integration of disparate and distributed solutions in a defence environment.
Proven Business Analyst and Project Management skills with the ability to articulate technical information to different audiences. Able to communicate verbally and in writing at all company level with the ability to articulate problems and solutions in businesslanguage.