Solution Architect at BAE Systems Taleo
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Jul 15, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Solution Architect role within a large defence organisation's Enterprise IT team, responsible for defining and assuring solution designs across a portfolio of information management and technology projects — from small-scale initiatives to multi-million pound, multi-year programmes. The work involves capturing current and target architectures, providing technical authority over solutions and third-party teams, and collaborating with project managers and stakeholders throughout the engineering lifecycle. Suits candidates with hands-on IM&T architecture experience, familiarity with frameworks such as TOGAF, and a background in technical leadership.
Senior level · National · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $108,178 (middle half $84,682–$137,059). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
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This role is based in the UK (Preston or Frimley, England) — US compensation benchmarks do not apply.
Salary is quoted as 'circa £70,000' with no explicit range; both min and max are set to 70,000 GBP/Year to reflect this.
The posting is hybrid (not fully remote); candidates must be commutable to Preston or Frimley.
All applicants must achieve at minimum Baseline Personnel Security Standard; many roles require higher National Security Vetting (5–10 years UK residency). No specific clearance level is hard-gated in the posting itself, so clearance is marked as None.
The role title carries no seniority level word, but the scope — acting as Project Technical Authority, leading cross-functional teams, delivering multi-million pound programmes — supports a Senior classification.
SOC code 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is used as the closest US equivalent for a Solution Architect role focused on enterprise IT architecture, design, and governance rather than hands-on software development. 15-1299 is noted as an alternative given the architect/technical authority framing.
Skills are sparse in this posting; only the Essential Skills section names concrete disciplines. No specific tooling, platforms, or languages are mentioned beyond TOGAF and Agile methodologies.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Solution Architecture, Information Systems design.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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