About us:

We are the Information Intelligence Group (IIG) of CACI UK, a specialist software consultancy providing bespoke solutions to solve complex operational problems. Due to some exciting growth within our Defence business, we are interested in speaking with an experienced Platform Solution Architect to join one of our live projects within our Defence Team.

Role Location:

You can work from any of our 6 offices in the UK (including Bristol, Cheltenham & London) or from home, you decide. The role will however require you to be 2-3 days per week onsite at Corsham on customer site.

The Opportunity:

As an experienced Platform Solution Architect, you will be working within our Defence team, working on a new large technology refresh project for one of our Defence customers. You will play a key role as the technical authority for the platform, taking a leading role in the development of Architecture and ownership of the design, configuration and specification requirements.

With a focus on the continued success of our Defence business stream, you will oversee the full project lifecycle including project concept formalisation; requirements analysis and specification; architecture design; implementation and delivery; software training and support and project lifecycle and maintenance.

Typical responsibilities include:

• Implementing complex platform solutions including design, development, and testing
• Providing technical assurance in partnership with Technical Leads
• Drafting technical Statements of requirements for platform solutions
• Defining and assessing technical architectures, solutions & business requirements
• Production of high- and low-level technical designs & high level operating model designs
• Ensuring best practice Agile methodologies (including SCRUM & Kanban) are implemented and followed
• Providing consultancy support to customers, assisting them with technology choices and solutions to complex problems
• Using a wide range of technologies, specialising in the use of open-source libraries and components
• Deploying in a mixture of environments including public (AWS and Azure) and private cloud
• Managing relationships with our customers
• Ensuring your knowledge and professional development keeps pace with an everchanging technology landscape
• Providing leadership and support to delivery team members as required

The Fit:

Our Solution Architects have the opportunity to work on a variety of interesting and challenging projects, so we want our team to have a proactive and can-do attitude to their work. We are passionate about technology and pride ourselves on keeping up with emerging technologies and delivery best practice so it is important that you enjoy learning and continuous improvement.

For our current requirement, we are looking for someone with experience of:

• Working with customers to build Enterprise IT systems in the Defence sector
• Defining and assessing technical architectures, business requirements and solutions.
• Creation of technical statements of requirements for cloud native applications and platform solutions.
• Production of high & low level technical designs.

Due to the industries we work in, we require the successful candidate to be able to obtain high level security clearance. To qualify for this, you must be a British citizen and have lived permanently in the UK for the last 5 years.

Why work for us?

IIG has the culture and feel of a small business, paired with the benefits of our position in a much larger organisation. The Senior Project Manager role is an excellent opportunity, and CACI reward their staff well with a competitive salary and impressive benefits package which includes:

• Flexi-time: 37.5 hour weeks to structure how you want.
• Hybrid working: Work from one of our offices or from home - you choose
• L&D: Budget for conferences, training courses and other materials.
• Social: Fantastic culture with monthly social events.
• Future You: Matched pension and health care package.

We offer a great L&D package including 5 days external training, a career coach and guilds to share innovation and learning. We also offer self-directed career progression, that fosters opportunities for success for us and our business.

We take great pride in taking care of our talent, providing a highly dynamic, inclusive and team-led environment where everyone can thrive.

Equal Opportunities:

CACI is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Embracing the diversity of our people, we are on a journey to build a truly inclusive work environment where no one is treated less favourably due to ethnic origin, age, gender, veteran status, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status, and disability or health condition, actively working to pre vent discrimination.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will;

• Provide reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process where requested (contact a member of the recruitment team on 020 7602 6000 to discuss individual requirements further).
• Offer people with health conditions and disabilities, meeting the minimum criteria for a role, an interview.

Our people are unique and we encourage, and support them, to be confident in contributing to our inclusion journey.