Forward Assist Recruitment
Solutions Architect, Central London An exciting Solutions Architect role with a salary of 100,000 plus bonus and career progression opportunities for a permanent role based in our Marylebone, London office. We are offering a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Solutions Architect at a market leading, dynamic and renowned property, technology and innovative, technology-based car parking company. Our client is a market leading, renowned UK business, established over 50 years ago. The company operates over 3500 sites across the UK and Ireland providing specialist services to a wide range of blue-chip clients. The role We are seeking technical polyglots who enjoy both technical architectural design, hands-on coding and peer reviews, though also like the idea of the equally important social/client-facing aspect of the role. The role is responsible for defining the development architecture across a blend of in-house bespoke solutions and 3rd party products and helping to shape the longer-term strategic development architecture for the organisation. It will also involve understanding key business processes and consider approaches to delivering the required capabilities, including identifying and assessing new technologies. You will be involved in designing, developing, and deploying AI-powered automation solutions that can transform operational processes at scale. You will be assisting the head of business solutions and other architects on developing architecture strategy and target architecture model. You will be working closely with delivery team members to coach and promote best-practice solution development architecture as well as supporting business analysts and product owners in planning and story-mapping for new development. You will act as technical design authority (TDA) for delivery of technical stories and produce technical documentation artefacts to support the delivery process. Main Responsibilities Duties will include: The design and implementation of best-in-class software architecture Produce and communicate clear technical designs to guide and contextualise solution development across products, services, projects, and systems, including applications, technologies, processes, and information which meet the business strategic needs. Create and maintain the architecture models and related reference data in our enterprise repository as part of your normal project tasks. Provide solution architecture deliverables, including current and target state architecture, standard definitions, reference models, architecture designs and patterns Ensure that all work undertaken by you and your colleagues is of the highest quality and meets the agreed standards for software delivery. Support product managers in product decisions to maintain, refresh or retire services, or systems, including applications, technologies, processes, and information. Participate actively in all team ceremonies (daily stand-up, team retros, sprint reviews, story-mapping, backlog refinement) helping the entire delivery team be the best that they can. Essential Skills: C# .NET Core, REST API Design and Development, API Management Document or No-SQL database solutions (particularly Elasticsearch) Messaging and microservices based architecture (Azure Service Bus, Azure Functions) Formal architecture documentation and diagramming techniques (BPMN, UML, Wireframing) Experience with AI tools and frameworks such as Claude code. Test and behaviour driven development strategies (TDD, BDD, Gopher) Agile Delivery Methodologies, SCRUM, SCRUMBAN Working in an agile environment using JIRA and Confluence Experience working in a data-centric organisation Desirable Skills React front-end development React. Native cross-platform mobile application development Android development (Java/Kotlin/Dagger2) Image Processing, ANPR (automated number plate recognition) and OCR library implementations Exposure to process modelling, for example in BPMN IoT relay control systems Networking security (firewalls and network traffic control) Forward Assist Recruitment is operating as an employment agency. Forward Assist Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Solutions Architect, Central London An exciting Solutions Architect role with a salary of 100,000 plus bonus and career progression opportunities for a permanent role based in our Marylebone, London office. We are offering a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Solutions Architect at a market leading, dynamic and renowned property, technology and innovative, technology-based car parking company. Our client is a market leading, renowned UK business, established over 50 years ago. The company operates over 3500 sites across the UK and Ireland providing specialist services to a wide range of blue-chip clients. The role We are seeking technical polyglots who enjoy both technical architectural design, hands-on coding and peer reviews, though also like the idea of the equally important social/client-facing aspect of the role. The role is responsible for defining the development architecture across a blend of in-house bespoke solutions and 3rd party products and helping to shape the longer-term strategic development architecture for the organisation. It will also involve understanding key business processes and consider approaches to delivering the required capabilities, including identifying and assessing new technologies. You will be involved in designing, developing, and deploying AI-powered automation solutions that can transform operational processes at scale. You will be assisting the head of business solutions and other architects on developing architecture strategy and target architecture model. You will be working closely with delivery team members to coach and promote best-practice solution development architecture as well as supporting business analysts and product owners in planning and story-mapping for new development. You will act as technical design authority (TDA) for delivery of technical stories and produce technical documentation artefacts to support the delivery process. Main Responsibilities Duties will include: The design and implementation of best-in-class software architecture Produce and communicate clear technical designs to guide and contextualise solution development across products, services, projects, and systems, including applications, technologies, processes, and information which meet the business strategic needs. Create and maintain the architecture models and related reference data in our enterprise repository as part of your normal project tasks. Provide solution architecture deliverables, including current and target state architecture, standard definitions, reference models, architecture designs and patterns Ensure that all work undertaken by you and your colleagues is of the highest quality and meets the agreed standards for software delivery. Support product managers in product decisions to maintain, refresh or retire services, or systems, including applications, technologies, processes, and information. Participate actively in all team ceremonies (daily stand-up, team retros, sprint reviews, story-mapping, backlog refinement) helping the entire delivery team be the best that they can. Essential Skills: C# .NET Core, REST API Design and Development, API Management Document or No-SQL database solutions (particularly Elasticsearch) Messaging and microservices based architecture (Azure Service Bus, Azure Functions) Formal architecture documentation and diagramming techniques (BPMN, UML, Wireframing) Experience with AI tools and frameworks such as Claude code. Test and behaviour driven development strategies (TDD, BDD, Gopher) Agile Delivery Methodologies, SCRUM, SCRUMBAN Working in an agile environment using JIRA and Confluence Experience working in a data-centric organisation Desirable Skills React front-end development React. Native cross-platform mobile application development Android development (Java/Kotlin/Dagger2) Image Processing, ANPR (automated number plate recognition) and OCR library implementations Exposure to process modelling, for example in BPMN IoT relay control systems Networking security (firewalls and network traffic control) Forward Assist Recruitment is operating as an employment agency. Forward Assist Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Forward Assist Recruitment
Security Solutions Architect -Home-Based 54 + 6k car allowance About Us Our client is an Independent Security Systems Integrator, with expertise built over four decades delivering security solutions for high-security, public space, transport, and infrastructure projects throughout the UK and Ireland. Job Description This role will be responsible for defining designs and solution architectures that are robust, cost-effective and are tailored to ensure the utmost value to our customers. A key element of the role is ensuring the design remains truly customer focused, fit for purpose and in line with standards and policies. The principal responsibility of the technical team is to ensure a high quality of technical and commercial input during the bidding process and the smooth transition from design to project delivery. A deep understanding of customer requirements during the design stage is clearly captured, documented, and delivered upon through design, delivery and supporting the transition to service support. Key Responsibilities Prepare commercially compelling designs that wherever possible are compliant to agreed customer requirements or specifications. Pivotal in the production of creative written propositions that succinctly define our offering and where we add value to customer operations. Work collaboratively with Sales, Procurement, and the wider business to identify preferred technology and product sets. Perform site visits and conduct technical surveys whilst working with customers to gather preliminary information regarding design requirements. Provide a leading role in terms of technical support/input in relation to the compilation of tender submissions by liaising with the respective Bid Manager. Undertake design checks and endorse accordingly, prior to design submissions being issued to the client. Prepare, in accordance with the tender documentation and the proposed design, any necessary specifications and drawings for subcontractors and equipment suppliers to bid against. Prepare technical design and solution summaries for inclusion in written tender return/proposal. Liaise closely with Procurement to enable competitive costings to be sought from suppliers and sub-contractors for the equipment and services required. Perform other job-related duties as assigned. Skills & Personal Qualities Team player with a positive, flexible, can-do attitude and the ability to work well under pressure. Enjoys discovering and learning about the latest technology trends. A driven, motivated, self-developer with the ability to use own initiative. Able to assimilate new technical concepts and product information quickly and effectively to explain to others, especially to customers. Good commercial awareness, verbal communication skills, and attention to detail. Uses creativity to solve problems. Able to make technical information easy to understand. Detail-oriented with great time management, organisation, and the ability to work to deadlines. Able to support and inspire others to achieve goals through innovation, quality, and excellence. A flexible approach to work and the ability to adapt to change when necessary. Qualifications A high-level of competence in the design of Electronic Security Systems. A detailed understanding of CCTV (Analogue & IP), Access Control, Intruder Detection, Integrated Security Management Systems (including PSIM), Video Analytics and Wireless Transmission Technologies. An excellent understanding of digital communication infrastructure technologies, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, wireless and LAN networking. An excellent understanding of IT infrastructure including Hardware, Software, Data Centre, and Storage Facilities. Able to evaluate and mitigate cyber security vulnerabilities within designs. A good understanding of virtualisation systems such as VMWare, Hyper-V, and HA. Have a good understanding of cloud services such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud. Excellent written skills to write technical proposals and responses to tender documents. Excellent interpersonal skills. Great customer-facing skills with the ability to assimilate customer feedback into winning propositions. Experience of using software packages: Visio, Excel, Word to intermediate or advanced level and design tools. E.g., JVSG. Have a detailed understanding of the UK security industry. E.g., Products, suppliers, market dynamics and competition. Have a general understanding of Electrical Installations and Civil works to support Security Infrastructure. A general understanding of other IT technologies such as Active Directory, Group Policy, SQL, Certificate Authority, Ai as a service, Predictive analytics etc. What We Offer We offer a range of benefits that help make our client a great place to work. Please note that benefits may vary depending on region and role. Remote & Hybrid Working Supported Flexible Working, Around Core Hours Health & Wellbeing Programme Life Assurance (4 x Annual Salary) 5% Matched Pension Scheme Carry Over Holidays (Up To 5) Reward & Recognition Programme Long Service Rewards Forward Assist Recruitment is operating as an employment agency. Forward Assist Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Security Solutions Architect -Home-Based 54 + 6k car allowance About Us Our client is an Independent Security Systems Integrator, with expertise built over four decades delivering security solutions for high-security, public space, transport, and infrastructure projects throughout the UK and Ireland. Job Description This role will be responsible for defining designs and solution architectures that are robust, cost-effective and are tailored to ensure the utmost value to our customers. A key element of the role is ensuring the design remains truly customer focused, fit for purpose and in line with standards and policies. The principal responsibility of the technical team is to ensure a high quality of technical and commercial input during the bidding process and the smooth transition from design to project delivery. A deep understanding of customer requirements during the design stage is clearly captured, documented, and delivered upon through design, delivery and supporting the transition to service support. Key Responsibilities Prepare commercially compelling designs that wherever possible are compliant to agreed customer requirements or specifications. Pivotal in the production of creative written propositions that succinctly define our offering and where we add value to customer operations. Work collaboratively with Sales, Procurement, and the wider business to identify preferred technology and product sets. Perform site visits and conduct technical surveys whilst working with customers to gather preliminary information regarding design requirements. Provide a leading role in terms of technical support/input in relation to the compilation of tender submissions by liaising with the respective Bid Manager. Undertake design checks and endorse accordingly, prior to design submissions being issued to the client. Prepare, in accordance with the tender documentation and the proposed design, any necessary specifications and drawings for subcontractors and equipment suppliers to bid against. Prepare technical design and solution summaries for inclusion in written tender return/proposal. Liaise closely with Procurement to enable competitive costings to be sought from suppliers and sub-contractors for the equipment and services required. Perform other job-related duties as assigned. Skills & Personal Qualities Team player with a positive, flexible, can-do attitude and the ability to work well under pressure. Enjoys discovering and learning about the latest technology trends. A driven, motivated, self-developer with the ability to use own initiative. Able to assimilate new technical concepts and product information quickly and effectively to explain to others, especially to customers. Good commercial awareness, verbal communication skills, and attention to detail. Uses creativity to solve problems. Able to make technical information easy to understand. Detail-oriented with great time management, organisation, and the ability to work to deadlines. Able to support and inspire others to achieve goals through innovation, quality, and excellence. A flexible approach to work and the ability to adapt to change when necessary. Qualifications A high-level of competence in the design of Electronic Security Systems. A detailed understanding of CCTV (Analogue & IP), Access Control, Intruder Detection, Integrated Security Management Systems (including PSIM), Video Analytics and Wireless Transmission Technologies. An excellent understanding of digital communication infrastructure technologies, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, wireless and LAN networking. An excellent understanding of IT infrastructure including Hardware, Software, Data Centre, and Storage Facilities. Able to evaluate and mitigate cyber security vulnerabilities within designs. A good understanding of virtualisation systems such as VMWare, Hyper-V, and HA. Have a good understanding of cloud services such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud. Excellent written skills to write technical proposals and responses to tender documents. Excellent interpersonal skills. Great customer-facing skills with the ability to assimilate customer feedback into winning propositions. Experience of using software packages: Visio, Excel, Word to intermediate or advanced level and design tools. E.g., JVSG. Have a detailed understanding of the UK security industry. E.g., Products, suppliers, market dynamics and competition. Have a general understanding of Electrical Installations and Civil works to support Security Infrastructure. A general understanding of other IT technologies such as Active Directory, Group Policy, SQL, Certificate Authority, Ai as a service, Predictive analytics etc. What We Offer We offer a range of benefits that help make our client a great place to work. Please note that benefits may vary depending on region and role. Remote & Hybrid Working Supported Flexible Working, Around Core Hours Health & Wellbeing Programme Life Assurance (4 x Annual Salary) 5% Matched Pension Scheme Carry Over Holidays (Up To 5) Reward & Recognition Programme Long Service Rewards Forward Assist Recruitment is operating as an employment agency. Forward Assist Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
