Technical Solutions Architect

Technical Solution Engineer | Contract Role | Sheffield/Burmingham (2-3 days/week onsite)

We're hiring a hands-on Technical Solution Engineer to join a Cyber Data & Analytics (CDA) function within Cybersecurity — a team spanning cybersecurity, data science, AI, and cloud engineering.

What you'll do:

1. Own end-to-end solution designs for custom cybersecurity applications
2. Define and maintain architecture artefacts (HLDs/LLDs, reference architectures, ADRs)
3. Drive technology evaluation across an open-source, petabyte-scale data platform
4. Partner with engineering, platform, and governance teams; run design forums and influence without authority
5. Contribute hands-on, including coding, when needed

What we're looking for:

1. Strong big data platform design/deployment experience
2. Cloud experience (Azure/AWS/GCP a plus)
3. Security architecture know-how: IAM, encryption, secure SDLC, threat modelling
4. Great communicator, comfortable balancing target architecture with delivery realities
5. Onsite in Sheffield 3 days/week (non-negotiable)