Solution Architect

Job Description:Leonardo is seeking to enhance the leadership and strategic direction of its work within the C-UAS domain. As an area of significant value within the Business Area and where multiple new business opportunities present themselves it would be hugely beneficial to ensure approaches that support future growth and expansion, in addition to fully utilising synergies across multiple projects.The Solution Architect activities will refine existing implementations but more importantly support and define the strategic direction and architectures in order to fulfil future challenges in the C-UAS solution space. This shall range from SI Enterprise Architecture design, identification of technical solutions & architectures, technical leadership in bids and external studies, scope of and participation in PV through to support to Capability Management for product portfolios.·Maintaining high awareness of all relevant developments around C-UAS, the associated technologies and frameworks·Proposing and evaluating alternative technical and commercial approaches to delivering prime contract capability and systems to the customer.·Maximising the value of the Leonardo workshare ·Generation of white papers to shape thinking within the stakeholder community.·Developing the solution architecture for optimum cost effectiveness and URD compliance·Developing a combination of systems and software solutions.·Working with Systems Architects and Systems Engineering, develop candidate system architectures and derive requirements at all system levels·Supporting the Bid Team with cost estimation of solutions.·Perform cost benefit analysis of system component development versus COTS procurement.Contribute to the development of Enterprise Architectures for Major campaigns and programmes.Significant experience developing sensor and effector products/systems, including C2/GUI aspects. Specifically the integration of technologies to achieve desired outcomes - essentialExperience of working with customers/end-users at a senior commercial and technical level - essentialExperience of estimating costs and technical risk for each solution approach is essentialExperience of full life cycle for product and system development – concept through to disposalFamiliarity with open systems architectures/frameworks such as SAPIENT, LDM – essentialExperience of military electronic systems including an understanding of interoperability, scenarios and customer needs is highly desirableExperience of military command and control networks in the Land and Maritime context is desirableExperience of the methodology and production of the engineering documentation necessary to support a competetive tender is highly desirableExperience of formal user requirements capture, traceability and compliance management methodology and tools is essentialExperience of relevant tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody, System Architect and The Mathworks – highly desirableExperience working in a consultancy type role would be desirableAbility to understand customer’s business / technical needs and the ability to translate them into a technical solution, using language that customers can understand Excellent problem solving and innovation skills Driving an organisation to achieve short term goals and long term strategy Empowering others Motivating and communicating Ability to influence others Challenging and continuously improving Ability to work in a multinational team Ability to present at all levels, both internally & externally