Telecommunications Solutions Architect

Position Description

At CGI, we're shaping the future of telecommunications by delivering innovative, resilient and secure solutions that help our clients transform complex communications environments. As a Telecommunications Solutions Architect, you'll take ownership of defining architectural strategies, influencing critical technology decisions and guiding high-impact programmes from concept through to operational delivery. Working alongside talented engineering teams, industry experts and clients, you'll bring fresh thinking to complex challenges across telecommunications, with opportunities to apply your expertise to satellite communications and emerging technologies. You'll have the freedom to innovate, the support of a collaborative global community and the opportunity to strengthen CGI's technical leadership while making a lasting impact on the communications systems of tomorrow.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK 'Best Employer' by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you'll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We'll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position.

Your future duties and responsibilities

In this role, you will provide senior technical leadership across complex telecommunications and communications systems, shaping end-to-end architectures that connect business objectives, operational requirements and technology delivery. You'll take ownership of architectural direction, guide critical design decisions and ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient and ready for operational use. Drawing on your software and systems architecture expertise, you'll work across network infrastructure, service platforms and operational environments, with opportunities to contribute to satellite communications and ground segment programmes.

You'll collaborate with customers, programme leaders, architects and engineering teams to turn complex requirements into practical, high-value solutions. As a trusted technical authority, you'll encourage innovative thinking, mentor colleagues and help strengthen CGI's architecture capabilities across multiple sectors. Supported by a collaborative community of experts, you'll have the autonomy to influence strategic decisions, develop reusable solutions and contribute to the successful delivery of business-critical programmes.

Key responsibilities include:
•Lead & Architect: Define and deliver end-to-end telecommunications architectures across mobile, fixed, core, access, transport and communications platforms.
•Design & Innovate: Translate customer requirements and operational concepts into coherent system, software and subsystem architectures.
•Assure & Govern: Act as senior design authority, managing technical risks, evaluating architectural trade-offs and ensuring design integrity throughout delivery.
•Develop & Deliver: Guide engineering teams through requirements decomposition, interface design, integration, verification and operational acceptance.
•Optimise & Secure: Shape scalable, resilient and secure distributed software architectures, incorporating automation, observability, performance and recovery.
•Collaborate & Influence: Align technical solutions across customers, suppliers, network operations, service platforms and engineering disciplines.
•Strategise & Grow: Develop technical roadmaps, contribute to proposals and solution strategies, and support business development opportunities.
•Mentor & Inspire: Provide technical guidance to architects and engineers, promoting knowledge sharing, creativity and architectural excellence.
•Explore & Apply: Transfer telecommunications expertise into satellite communications, ground segment and emerging technology programmes where relevant.
•Leverage AI & Automation: Apply AI tools, including ChatGPT and Codex, to enhance engineering productivity, improve technical workflows and support delivery efficiency.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

To succeed in this role, you'll bring extensive experience in telecommunications, communications systems or a closely related technology domain, combined with strong software and systems architecture expertise. You'll be confident leading complex technical decisions, influencing senior stakeholders and translating strategic requirements into deliverable solutions. Your ability to balance technical excellence with practical business outcomes will be essential, alongside a collaborative approach to leadership and a passion for developing innovative, future-ready architectures.

Essential experience and capabilities:
•Telecommunications Architecture: Significant experience designing and delivering complex telecommunications, network or communications systems.
•End-to-End Solution Delivery: Proven ability to lead architectures from requirements and concept through design, integration, verification and operational deployment.
•Software & Systems Engineering: Strong expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, requirements engineering, interfaces and systems integration.
•Technical Leadership: Demonstrable experience acting as a senior technical authority, influencing architecture decisions across multidisciplinary teams and suppliers.
•Network & Service Knowledge: Strong understanding of telecommunications networks, service platforms, network operations and associated technical constraints.
•Architecture Governance: Experience evaluating design options, managing technical risks and maintaining architectural consistency throughout delivery.
•Stakeholder Engagement: Excellent communication, facilitation and documentation skills, with the ability to engage technical teams, customers and executive stakeholders.
•AI-Enabled Productivity: Proficiency in using AI tools such as ChatGPT and Codex to improve technical productivity, workflows and performance.

Desirable experience and qualifications:
•Experience in satellite communications, SATCOM ground segments or Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation systems.
•Knowledge of network planning, resource management, service orchestration, mission control or network operations centres.
•Familiarity with cloud-native platforms, event-driven architectures, Linux and modern software delivery practices.
•Experience in defence, aviation, regulated industries or other mission-critical environments.
•Chartered Engineer status, a relevant degree or equivalent professional experience.

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