Solutions Architect

Overview

Senior Solutions Architect – Location: Bristol (Hybrid - 3 days per week in office). Salary: £80,000 - £120,000 (DOE) + bonus / incentive scheme. Eligibility: Must be eligible for SC Clearance (dual nationals considered depending on country).

This role is based with iO Associates and focuses on understanding customer challenges in the defence and public sector space, then working with engineers and delivery teams to determine how to solve them. It is not about chasing sales or managing accounts.

What you’ll be doing

• Getting involved early in customer discussions — helping shape problems, not just respond to them.
• Defining solutions that bring together the right technology, delivery model and commercial approach.
• Working across domains such as C4ISR, defence, and government technology programmes.
• Identifying risks and challenges early and helping to structure delivery around them.
• Working wit...