SC Cleared Design Solution Architect

Job Title: SC Cleared Design Solution Architect

Location: Corsham
Type: Contract
Security Clearance: Active SC (Security Check) Clearance required
Salary/Rate: £550-£750

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced and security-cleared Design Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of robust, scalable, and secure enterprise architectures. You will play a key role in shaping high-level solution designs across complex environments, ensuring alignment with business objectives, technical standards, and compliance requirements.

This role requires someone with strong technical acumen, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a track record of delivering enterprise-grade architectural solutions in secure or regulated environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design of end-to-end solution architectures, ensuring integration with existing platforms and services

• Translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and high-performance technical solutions

• Collaborate with engineers, developers, and project managers to ensure successful solution delivery

• Produce high-quality architectural documentation including HLDs, LLDs, and design blueprints

• Ensure solutions adhere to architectural standards, principles, and best practices

• Evaluate and select technologies, tools, and frameworks to meet project and organisational needs

• Identify and mitigate architectural risks and technical debt early in the design phase

• Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the project life cycle

• Ensure alignment with security, compliance, and data protection requirements

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Active SC Clearance (Security Check) is required

• Strong background in solution architecture within complex, high-assurance environments

• Experience designing enterprise-level systems including integration, application, data, and infrastructure components

• Deep understanding of architectural frameworks (eg, TOGAF, Zachman)

• Proven experience across cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP), hybrid, and on-premises architectures

• Familiarity with secure design principles and standards (eg, ISO 27001, NIST)

• Ability to work with diverse stakeholder groups, translating technical designs into business context

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including documentation and presentation

Desirable:

• Professional certifications such as TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, or similar

• Familiarity with DevSecOps and modern software delivery practices

• Experience in highly regulated sectors (eg, finance, telecoms, energy)

• Exposure to containerisation, microservices architecture, and API management

• Knowledge of data architecture and security-by-design practices