NCC Group

Global cyber security and resilience provider

Senior Solution Architect

IT OperationsPosted on Nov 13

Full-timeManchester, UKNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

Proven experience as an IT Solution Architect or in a similar role.
Prior knowledge of security architecture across a number of different technologies.
Strong working knowledge of IT risks, cybersecurity, and computer operating software.
Ability to quickly absorb technical detail about new or unfamiliar technologies.
Experience with requirements analysis, networking, domains and domain segregation, public cloud services, on-premises infrastructure, Microsoft O365, Active Directory, Azure AD, SharePoint, Power BI, high-availability deployment strategies, artificial intelligence, data governance, IT architecture, security principles, and written technical and functional documentation.
Familiarity with TOGAF or similar frameworks.
Experience writing architecture documentation.
Relevant framework knowledge, including TOGAF 9, Zachman, UAF, Agile, FEAF, or MoD AF; modeling language knowledge, including BPMN, UML, or ArchiMate.
Certifications such as AWS or Azure Solutions Architecture, CISSP or similar security qualifications, or Open Group Architecture certification are possible.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the architecture of business systems and group-wide services, aligning business requirements with NCC Group’s long-term IT strategy and objectives.
Engage with projects from their earliest stages, providing architectural guidance and ensuring solutions align with strategic goals and enterprise architecture principles.
Lead the review, design, and implementation of solutions across the technology estate, shaping solution architectures, evaluating technology options, driving architectural governance, and ensuring scalable, secure, and sustainable outcomes.
Support internal Global Technical Services projects and wider business projects, providing oversight and translating between business and technical teams to develop solutions with cross-group experts.
Deliver architecture documents that meet stakeholder requirements and align with strategy.
Share knowledge and skills with business engineering teams.
Gather and document functional and technical requirements.
Align business requirements with strategic long-term planning.
Present overall architecture to audiences including Data, Integration, Business Partners, project members, business-unit stakeholders, Security, and TechOps teams as needed.
Write long-term roadmaps and strategies.
Chair technical sessions with engineering teams and translate outcomes into written technical and functional documentation.
Investigate the current state of group systems and networks, produce an overview of company assets, and identify potential security concerns.
Define and document how new systems or interfaces between systems will be implemented.

The role holder will contribute to the architecture of both business systems and group-wide services. Your primary focus will be on aligning business requirements with NCC Group’s long-term IT strategy, ensuring that technology solutions support current and future business objectives.

The Design Authority at NCC Group is a collaborative and enabling function that promotes knowledge sharing, architectural consistency, and alignment across the organization. It acts as a bridge between Global Technical Services teams and business engineering teams, fostering cooperation, standardisation, and the adoption of best practices wherever possible.

You will engage with projects from their earliest stages, providing architectural guidance and ensuring that solutions are designed, developed, and implemented in alignment with NCC Group's strategic goals and enterprise architecture principles.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Solution Architect to lead the review, design, and implementation of solutions across our technology estate. You will be responsible for shaping solution architectures, evaluating technology options, driving architectural governance, and ensuring scalable, secure, and sustainable outcomes that deliver business value.

You will play a key role in supporting internal GTS projects as well as wider business projects with your expertise. You will work in various projects delivering oversight translation to and from business and technical teams and able to work out the final solution together with experts cross the group.

Deliver architecture documents that meet requirements from various stakeholders and are in line with our strategy.
Delivery your knowledge and skills to the business engineering teams
Able to gather and document requirements (functional and technical)
Align business requirements with strategic long-term planning.
Present overall architecture if needed to various audiences: Data team, Integration team, Business Partners, Project Members, Business unit stakeholders, Security team and TechOps.
Write long term roadmaps and strategies
Chair technical sessions with engineering teams and translating those in written technical and functional documentation
Investigating the ‘as is’ state currently in place across the groups systems and networks. Produce a picture of company assets and where any security concerns may arise.
Defining and documenting how the implementation of a new system or new interfaces between systems.

In this role you will need to be all round analytical with background in both IT infra and/or Systems development. You are a communicative and able to understand business needs and able to work on technical challenges.

Requirements analysis
Experience with at least the following:
Networking
Domains (and Domain Segregation)
Public Cloud services
OnPrem Infrastructure
Microsoft O365/ActiveDirectory/AzureAD/Sharepoint/PowerBI
High Availability deployment strategies
AI
Data Governance
IT Architecture
Security principles
Written Technical and functional documentation
Familiar with Togaf (or similar frameworks)
Proactive project membership and attitude
Strong in T’s and C’s
Proven experience as an IT Solution Architect or similar role.
Prior knowledge of Security architecture in a number of different technologies.
Strong working knowledge of IT risks, cyber security, and computer operating software
The aptitude and ability to quickly absorb technical detail of new or unfamiliar technologies is essential.
Proven experience with writing architecture documentation.

Frameworks:

Frameworks: Togaf9 / Zachman / UAF / Agile / FEAF / MoD AF
Languages: BPMN / UML / ArchiMate

Possible Certifications:

AWS or Azure Cert Sol. Architecture
CISSP or Similar Security Qualifications
Open Group Cert. Architecture

About the Company

NCC Group

Global cyber security and resilience provider

NCC Group provides cyber security and resilience services to organizations and governments around the world. It helps protect digital systems by offering a range of capabilities such as security testing, risk assessment, and resilience planning, backed by a global team of experts and supported by technology-enabled tools. The company’s approach combines human expertise with technical solutions to identify vulnerabilities, assess risk, and implement concrete steps to improve security and continuity. What sets NCC Group apart is its large, worldwide team and its emphasis on practical, end-to-end cyber resilience—working with clients from assessment through to implementation and ongoing assurance. The goal is to create a more secure digital future by helping customers manage cyber risk, reduce threats, and maintain business continuity at scale.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Manchester, United Kingdom
Founded: 1999

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