Solution Architect - (SC Cleared) - Telecom Networks (Ref: 194051)

Title: Solutions Architect (SC Cleared) - Telecom Networks

Job Type: Contract

Length : Initial 9-12 month contract (strong chance of extending further)

Rate: Competitive

Contact: Thomas.price@forsythbarnes.com

The Role

As a Solutions Architect, you’ll design scalable, repeatable, and customer-focused technical solutions that align with both business and technology strategy. You’ll play a central role in requirement capture, technical assurance, and decision-making—guiding stakeholders through the full design lifecycle.

You’ll act as the IP technical authority, influencing direction, shaping standards, and ensuring that solutions are robust, compliant, and ready for deployment. With a strong focus on quality and operational readiness, you'll produce both High-Level and Low-Level Designs and support the transition into live service.

Your work will involve breaking down solutions on a site-by-site basis, producing modular and industrialised configurations, and supporting hands-on build activities where required.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Capturing, analysing, and translating customer requirements into scalable, repeatable solutions
• Producing detailed HLDs and LLDs for customer deployments
• Providing technical sign-off across solution design, testing strategy, and operational handover
• Acting as the IP technical authority, guiding customers and stakeholders through decision-making
• Designing solutions using templated, modular, and industrialised approaches
• Supporting hands-on build activities and assisting the network design team
• Ensuring designs meet quality standards and operational expectations
• Influencing project direction to align with technical principles and best practices

What You’ll Bring

• Excellent presentation, communication, and problem-solving capabilities
• Self-starter mindset with the ability to take ownership and deliver under pressure
• Ability to produce complex HLD and LLD documentation

Strong technical knowledge of:

• Layer 2/3 networking
• IP networking and routing protocols
• MPLS, load balancing, Radio technologies
• Legacy technologies (SDH, PDH, ISDN)
• Firewall and security technologies
• IP and Data Centre expertise (essential)
• Classic Cisco networking skills, ideally with CCNP-level knowledge
• Data centre experience (preferably Cisco UCS / 9571K environments)
• Experience working with Telecom networks
• Ability to break down complex architectures into site-by-site deliverables
• 2+ years into your Solutions Architect career with growing autonomy
• Strong knowledge transfer and mentoring skills
• Hands-on build experience and willingness to “roll up your sleeves”

Security Requirements

• MOD SC clearance (mandatory)
• Contractors must hold SE clearance (preferably via MOD or DESNZ)
• Ability to pass BS 7858 vetting as part of onboarding