SC Cleared Solution Architect | AI, Data & Automation |

Opus Recruitment Solutions
United Kingdom
Today
£80,000 – £90,000 pa

Salary

£80,000 – £90,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
13 Oct 2026 (Today)

Benefits

Private medical care 25 days annual leave

SC Cleared Solution Architect | AI, Data & Automation | £80,000 - £90,000

Are you a Solution Architect who wants to work at the forefront of AI, Data and Automation?

I’m supporting an organisation that is expanding its AI capability and looking for a Solution Architect to help shape enterprise-scale solutions, working with customers to take ideas from initial discovery and requirements through to architecture and implementation.

This is a great opportunity if you enjoy sitting at the intersection of customers, architecture and emerging technology, helping organisations understand what’s possible with AI and turning that into solutions that deliver genuine business value.

What you'll be working on:

Designing enterprise AI, Data & Automation solutions

Architecting Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions

Designing RAG, vector database and enterprise search architectures

Working across OpenAI / Azure OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Gemini

Designing multi-agent systems, tool calling and orchestration

API-led and event-driven architecture across Microsoft and enterprise platforms

Running customer discovery and solution-design workshops

Creating reference architectures and implementation roadmaps

Supporting proposals, technical pre-sales and solution estimates

Helping customers navigate Responsible AI, governance and securityWhat they're looking for looking for:

You'll ideally have experience as a Solution Architect within AI, Data, Analytics or Digital Transformation, with a strong understanding of modern AI architecture.

Experience within Defence & Security and SC Cleared, alongside knowledge of MLOps / LLMOps, Knowledge Graphs and enterprise architecture standards.

Salary is up to £90,000 and they are remote first with client site visits when required. Other benefits include private medical care, 25 days annual leave,

If you're interested please apply or send your CV to (url removed)

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