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Job title: Solution Architect

Locations: Manchester / Gloucester / London / Remote Options

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Summary of role

A fantastic opportunity to join Raytheon UK in our Cyber Innovation Centre in Manchester or Gloucester. We develop software using a variety of Agile methodologies. You will be part of a growing team, working alongside world class partner organisations.

Main duties of the position

To be the lead / senior architect for a particular domain or department responsible for mission critical software solutions. You will be part of a leadership team collaborating with agile software teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Discover, Define and evolve strategic architectures for complex software based systems applicable at an enterprise or organisational level.
• Own the architectural roadmap for your domain, considering the horizons required to support your Product Manager
• Partner with senior stakeholders to ensure architecture designs fulfil functional and non-functional requirements and align with broader architectural goals
• Act as an Architectural Design Authority for the domain and able to communicate risks and impacts of design changes to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Key contributor & independent reviewer at enterprise level architecture reviews
• Act as technical focal point for your domain
• Personal development of key technical team leaders through coaching and mentoring
• Act as an authority on tool, process and environment selection
• Keep abreast of relevant technology changes and incorporate into architecture roadmaps as applicable
• Bring technical context of the wider business to your domain
• Promote and share technical decisions and choices made in your domain with the wider business
• Set the architectural guard rails for your domain

Candidate Requirements

Essential Skills

The suitable candidate must have demonstrable experience as a software / solution architect or technical lead on projects of significant size and complexity. They will have extensive skills in the following areas:

• Designing software for critical applications. Particularly designing for high availability, scale and resilience.
• Using software design paradigms, specifically Micro Services, Distributed Systems, Hexagonal Architecture and Big Data Platforms.
• Articulating complex designs to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Translating business outcomes into technical approaches.
• Influencing business and technical stakeholders to convey approaches and suggest ideas.
• Building productive working relationships with technical stakeholders
• Creating high-level architectural roadmaps
• Translating theoretical concepts into real world designs
• Practicing high quality engineering practices such as TDD, Pair programming, strong encapsulation, DevOps techniques and SOLID principles.
• Experience working with cloud technologies and distributed systems
• Familiarity with structured and unstructured storage of data
• Experience Working with Agile teams using SCRUM or Kanban

Desirable Skills

• Experience building enterprise level applications or services
• Experience with high performance distributed systems
• Experience Working within a SAFe delivery construct
• Experience of Data Analytics and Visualization
• Experience of Big Data Technologies
• Experience in secure development techniques

Key Behaviours

• Good interpersonal skills for customer liaison
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Good time management, organization and prioritization skills
• An inquisitive mind and a desire to promote innovation
• Ability to work under pressure
• Willingness to travel if required

About Raytheon UK

Raytheon UK is invested in the British workforce and the development of UK technology. Across the country Raytheon UK employs 1,700 people and supports 8,000 jobs. As a prime contractor and major supplier to the U.K. Ministry of Defence, Raytheon continues to invest in research and development, supporting innovation and technological advances.

Raytheon UK is a landed company, part of the Raytheon Technologies organisation and sits within the Raytheon Intelligence & Space business

About Raytheon Technologies

Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defence company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises four industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defence. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cyber security. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Raytheon Career Development:

Raytheon has a wealth of resources available to help you develop your career. Activities range from on-line learning modules, to external training and support for taking professional qualifications relevant to your role.

Standard Benefits:

• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice scheme’s.
• Enhanced sick pay scheme
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies, including enhanced Maternity & Shared Parental leave.
• 37hr working week, with an early finish Friday (hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site specifics arrangements).

• Flexible working arrangements can be considered wherever we can (depending on the role) so please enquire or highlight any request to our Recruitment team to explore flexible working possibilities.

Diversity:

Diversity is a core business imperative at Raytheon. We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes inclusiveness and always employs the best professionals for the job. Having a diverse workforce allows Raytheon to draw upon a range of different ideas and experiences which supports growing our business and creates an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity for success. Raytheon UK pro-actively encourages diversity of ideas, thoughts, and networking opportunities and has created Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) including Raytheon Women's Network, YesNet (Young Employees Success Network), Raytheon Reservist Network (RaRe), Raytheon Alliance for Diverse Abilities (RADA), RayPride and all work together with our Diversity & Inclusion council, and all Raytheon employees are welcome to participate regardless of their background.

As a proud contributor to the HM Armed Forces, Raytheon UK signed the HM Armed Forces covenant in 2014. Due to the varied activities and support to our Armed Forces & Reservists,
Raytheon UK has since been awarded the prestigious Covenant ‘Gold Award’ Employee Recognition.

Security

All successful applicants must be eligible & willing to obtain a SC clearance with the view to progressing to DV level which would be sponsored by Raytheon UK. For further information on the criteria to obtain this please visit - https://www.gov.uk/security-vetting-and-clearance.

Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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