IT Solution Architect

<p><b>Date Posted:</b></p><span>2026-08-07 </span><p><b>Country:</b></p>United <span>Kingdom </span><p><b>Location:</b></p>Harlow, <span>Essex </span><p><b>Position Role Type:</b></p>Hybrid<p></p><p></p><p><b>Benefits:</b></p><ul><li>£: Competitive salary</li><li>Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)</li><li>6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension</li><li>25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)</li><li>Car/Car allowance</li><li>Company bonus scheme 5% (discretionary)</li><li>Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others</li><li>Enhanced sick pay</li><li>Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity &amp; shared parental leave</li><li>Private Medical Insurance</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Work Culture</b></p><ul><li>37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.</li><li> Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!</li><li>Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.</li><li>Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.</li><li>Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Location</b></p><p>Harlow, Glenrothes or Livingston (Hybrid with 3 days a week on site)</p><p><b>SC Required</b></p><p>Eligible for SC</p><p></p><p><b>About us</b></p><p>At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.<br/><br/>Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; we're building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.</p><p></p><p><b>Our Business</b></p><p></p><p>As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.</p><p></p><p>With circa 2000 employees and major facilities operating throughout the UK including Broughton (Wales), Livingston and Glenrothes (Scotland), and Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester (England); we are committed to investing in British careers and technology development.</p><p></p><p><b>About the role:</b></p><p>As an IT Solution Architect, you'll bridge business needs and technology, designing scalable, secure, and effective solutions across applications, systems, and services. Join a culture built on trust, collaboration, and innovation, where your ideas are valued and your career development is actively supported.</p><p><b>Main Duties:</b></p><p>The Solution Architect will demonstrate competencies across three key areas:</p><p><b>Design and Analysis</b></p><ul><li>Ability to create high-level and low-level architectural designs to guide solution development across products, services, projects, and systems (including applications, technologies, processes, and information).</li><li>Contribute to technology roadmaps, technical strategy and architectural principles.</li></ul><p><b>Delivery</b></p><ul><li>Attends required governance forums associated with ensuring solutions architecture assurance and compliance.</li><li>Adheres to the principles, guidelines, standards, and solution patterns to ensure solution decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision.</li><li>Contributes to the creation of new standards and patterns.</li></ul><p><b>Facilitates and Collaborates to Deliver Business Outcomes</b></p><p><span>·       Works</span> closely with the product owners and product managers to ensure a robust architectural runway that can support future business requirements throughout the product lifecycle.</p><ul><li>Works closely with the Programme Management Office (PMO) or project management office to ensure the execution of plans corresponds with what is being promised throughout the project or product lifecycle</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Candidate Requirements:</b></p><p><b>Essential:</b></p><ul><li>Proven experience in <b>solution architecture</b>, application design, or infrastructure architecture.</li><li>Strong understanding of <b>enterprise,