Senior Principal Solution Architect - Manufacturing

Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong Solution Architecture experience within complex enterprise environments
• Experience working in Defence, Government, regulated or similarly secure environments
• Broad technical knowledge across applications, integration, cloud, infrastructure, data and security
• Experience with manufacturing applications or engineering systems
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and application modernisation
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Teamcenter or another enterprise PLM platform is desirable
• Aerospace manufacturing or engine programmes is desirable
• CAD, ERP or MES integration is desirable
• TOGAF or equivalent architecture framework is desirable
• Secure by Design and Defence assurance experience is desirable
• SC Clearance is required

Responsibilities:

• Develop end-to-end solution architectures across complex programmes
• Provide technical leadership from concept through to delivery
• Define integration architectures across PLM, CAD, ERP, MES and enterprise platforms
• Produce architecture documentation, designs and technical requirements
• Provide technical assurance and maintain architecture decisions, risks and dependencies
• Work closely with Enterprise and Security Architects, delivery teams and key stakeholders

Technologies:

• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• ERP
• Security
• TOGAF

More:

We are a growing technology company supporting complex Defence and Public Sector environments. This is a permanent Senior / Principal Solution Architect role based in Bristol with a hybrid working pattern of 3 days per week onsite. The salary is £85,000–£105,000, with a car allowance and up to 10% performance bonus. In the initial phase, the role focuses on engineering and manufacturing applications supporting the design, manufacture and lifecycle management of engine programmes, working across applications, integration, cloud, data and security.

last updated 38 week of 2026