Job Description

Key duties include:

• Working with clients in the Defence and National Security sectors, leading a small software engineering and/or research or consulting team, delivering quality solutions within complex and secure IT environments
• Contributing to technology strategies, roadmaps, design patterns and reviews for both the business and their customers
• Overseeing tasks and projects ensuring we deliver to the required deadlines, demonstrating leadership and guidance within your own specialism
• Providing support, technical expertise, advice and guidance to our internal and customer activities
• Helping identify and develop further business opportunities with Account Managers
• Provision of timely, accurate reporting and updates to all key stakeholders
• Mentor, coach and develop junior staff
• Reporting into a valued and knowledgeable Chief Architect

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Experience of architecting and implementing solutions for clients including leading technical teams, ideally in the Defence / National Security Sector Clear understanding of the principles and technologies surrounding information and data management and exploitation/analysis including; lifecycle management, NoSQL and relational databases Able to interact confidently with customers, always going the extra mile to achieve their goals Experience of producing clear, concise, well-written documents tailored to your target audience (including non-technical) A strong technical background and a desire to learn new skills Experience of working with TOGAF or Archimate Designing and deploying solutions in Windows and Linux-based systems Experience of software engineering lifecycles including Agile development methodologies Experience of integrating COTS and Open Source Technologies such as; Elastic Stack, ArcGIS, RabbitMQ, Apache NiFi or similar Ideally educated to at least BSc in a computer related subject, engineering or similar or have other relevant professional qualifications and experience Understanding of one or more of the following languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3 with the react framework SC/DV clearance or the willingness to undergo this process To be considered, it is essential that you are a British Citizen due to the required security clearance.