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Form of workYou will have the opportunity to work for a leading engineering specialist who solves the toughest problems in marine, space, aeronautics, defence and cyberspace engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of their customers worldwide. A corporate benefits package and transparent career development opportunities are on offer within this vibrant Engineering environment.
About the job:
Our client currently requires a Systems Architect to become a key member of the Capture and Delivery team. This role will lead the analysis of capability needs and provide the solution architecture vision from a range of options. This will involve defining and delivering an approach to successfully design, describe and manage the solution engineering of safe and secure C2IS. Demonstration of very strong systems thinking skills and will be expected to provide support to bids and proposals and project delivery tasks.
The role will include;
- Undertake architecture cost/benefit trade off studies across the spectrum of available solution options.
- Identifying the most appropriate technical solution to solve present and future capability needs.
- Describe the function, structure, characteristics, behaviour and other aspects of a solution to a wide array of key stakeholders.
- Define features, phases and solution requirements.
- Develop architectures and specifications in order for the solution to be elaborated, defined, managed and delivered.
- Able to develop and manage interpersonal relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide technical proposal inputs and support to the Bid team.
- To be the Solution Lead during governance reviews both internally and externally facing.
- Provide technical Systems Engineering and Project Management inputs to contribute to planning, scheduling and cost control/monitoring activities.
- Formulate the strategic technical vision of the solution by exploiting knowledge of available technologies.
- Have the ability to understand how all parts of the overall system operates to allow a viable solution to be developed.
- A well-built architecture will help teams to develop the product to time and budget constraints and achieve the intended needs.
- Drive a Digital culture to help develop new solutions that integrates digital technology into all areas of the business. (eg. Digital Twin and Model Based approaches).
About you:
As a Systems Architect your skills and qualifications will include:
- Degree-qualified in an Engineering or Science discipline or equivalent underpinning knowledge and understanding.
- Proven track record of delivering complex systems.
- Evidenced substantial experience in the structured analysis of user needs and solution options within the Defence industry.
- Substantial experience of systems requirements management, definition, design, integration, acceptance and analysis.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience in solution architecting, utilising techniques and tools to help communicate the solution.
- Team leadership or a strong aptitude for managing and developing people.
Preferred qualifications / experience / knowledge
- Relevant experience within defence, maritime, aerospace, or a similarly regulated industrial sector.
- Experience of Architecture Framework approaches, such as NAF and UAF.
- Experience of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
- Experience in use of Enterprise Architecture or System Modelling toolsets, such as MOOD and Cameo.
- INCOSE Certified/Expert Systems Engineering Professional.
- Chartered Engineer with up-to-date Engineering Council registration.
Systems Architect
New Malden
Competitive salary
Permanent
Keywords: Solutions Architect, Marine, Defence, Requirements management, Definition, Design, Acceptance, Analysis, DOORS, command, control and information systems, C2IS, MOOD, MBSE, Cameo, Enterprise Architecture, System Modelling.
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.
Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, to SC level.
This is a permanent position.
