The role will involve creating winning technical solutions to the needs of potential new customers. It will involve close working with Account, Business Development, Product, Bid, Procurement, Project and Service functions within Telent, and close working relationships with both suppliers and customers.
Reporting to the Enterprise Architect, the Solutions Architect will play a key role in delivering the Transport for London Video Management System (TVMS) programme. You'll define the end-to-end solution architecture, working with technical teams, customers and delivery partners to ensure the solution is secure, scalable, resilient and aligned to business and technical requirements.
This is a hybrid working role, with a requirement to travel to our Warwick and London offices.
What You’ll Do:
- Define and own the end-to-end solution architecture for the TVMS programme, ensuring alignment with customer and business requirements.
- Lead technical workshops with customers and stakeholders, providing consultancy and developing solution options to meet operational needs.
- Produce high-quality solution designs, technical specifications, architecture documentation and supporting bid or project documentation.
- Collaborate with engineering teams, suppliers and technology partners to ensure integrated, secure and scalable solutions.
- Evaluate and integrate new technologies and vendor solutions, driving innovation and continuous improvement.
- Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, supporting governance, risk management, testing and deployment.
- Build strong relationships with customers, partners and internal teams, presenting technical solutions and providing expert guidance where required
Who You Are:
You're an experienced Solutions Architect with a strong background in designing and delivering complex, enterprise-scale technology solutions. You enjoy solving technical challenges, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and communicating architectural decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Key Requirements:
- Proven experience as a Solutions Architect delivering large scale systems integration or enterprise technology programmes.
- Experience with CCTV or Video Management Systems (VMS) is essential
- Experience engaging with customers to develop technical solutions, lead workshops and present architectural designs.
- Strong understanding of solution architecture across applications, infrastructure, networking and security.
- Ability to produce high-quality architecture documentation, technical specifications and solution designs.
- Transferable solution architecture experience from sectors such as transport, operational technology (OT), telecommunications, defence, utilities or physical security is desirable
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience collaborating across customers, suppliers and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
What we offer:
At Telent, we’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued, supported, and able to thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage diverse perspectives across our teams.
The additional benefits with this role:
- Car Allowance
- Private Medical Cover
- 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually OR 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually
- Company pension scheme
- A range of family friendly policies
- Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
- Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.
We are guided by our values and behaviours:
Be Inclusive
Take Responsibility
Collaborate
Be Customer-focussed
Join us and help deliver critical infrastructure projects that make a real difference.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
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