Digital Catapult FDE
Solution Architect
- Location Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Compensation £45,000 – £55,000 / yr
- Type Full-time
- Team Software Engineering & Data Services
- Seniority mid
- Posted 2026-10-16
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role details
Design and deliver software solutions, lead requirements gathering and discovery workshops, and produce architecture artefacts.
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- Clearance:Experience designing and delivering software, cloud, platform, data or technology-enabled solutions.
- Work auth:not mentioned in the posting
- Travel:customer-facing; travel not stated
Skills
TerraformsoftwarecloudDevOpsCI/CDInfrastructure as CodeArtificial IntelligenceDigital TwinsQuantum Computing
Excerpt from the original posting
Digital Catapult's Technology Solutions team and help shape the next generation of deep tech enabled solutions. As a Solution Architect, you'll work directly with customers and partners, as well as multidisciplinary delivery teams to understand complex challenges and translate them into practical, scalable technology solutions. You’ll work across Digital Catapult's portfolio of deep tech programmes and commercial engagements, spanning areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Digital Twins, Quantum Computing, Advanced Connectivity, and emerging digital technologies. You'll play a key role in solution discovery, requirements definition, architecture design, and delivery, helping organisations adopt and realise value from frontier technologies. WHAT YOU’LL DO (Duties) - Lead requirements gathering and discovery workshops, as well as solution definition activities with customers and stakeholders. - Design scalable, secure and maintainable digital solutions, platforms and services. - Produce architecture artefacts including solution designs, requirements specifications, integration approaches, and technical documentation. - Define and communicate non-functional requirements covering areas such as security, performance, resilience and compliance. - Work closely with engineers, product owners, designers and technology specialists to support successful solution delivery. - Contribute to architecture reviews, technology selection, governance activities and the continuous improvement of Digital Catapult's solution architecture capability. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR (Experience) - Experience designing and delivering software, cloud, platform, data or technology-enabled solutions. - Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical audiences. - Experience translating business requirements into practical technical solutions and architecture documentation. - Knowledge of modern software delivery practices, including cloud technologies, DevOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code. - An understanding of solution architecture principles, systems integration and non-functional requirements. - Curiosity about emerging technologies and enthusiasm for applying them to solve real-world business and societal challenges. Salary: c. £45,000-55,000 (subject to experience) + discretionary bonus + competitive benefits package Deadline for applications: Friday October 30, 3 pm BST (we do reserve t…