Company Description
Every minute of every day, Smiths Detection’s threat detection and security screening technology helps to protect people and infrastructure, making the world a safer place.
Smiths Detection is a global leader in the development, manufacture and management of security and detection solutions designed to make the world a safer place. Our technology provides threat detection and screening solutions for customers in our key markets: aviation, ports and borders, defence, and urban security.
Our expertise spans 21 global offices, seven manufacturing sites and five R&D centres, with a global network of 3,500 dedicated colleagues contributing towards over 40 years at the frontline of advances in safety and security.
This results in careers built on variety and the opportunity to work on a range of state-of-the-art solutions, where you can develop your knowledge and experience every day.
Job Description
Job Purpose
The Senior Solution Engineer plays a key role in assessing technology solutions, evaluating vendors, and supporting strategic technology decision-making across the organization. Working closely with Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and Digital teams, this role is responsible for maintaining visibility of the enterprise technology landscape, managing architecture repositories, and ensuring proposed solutions align with business, security, and architectural objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Technology Assessment & Vendor Evaluation
- Lead the assessment and evaluation of new technologies, platforms, and vendor solutions.
- Conduct solution comparisons, market research, and technology assessments to identify risks, dependencies, and strategic fit.
- Support procurement and technology selection activities by providing technical recommendations and assessments.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations aligned to business and technology strategies.
Enterprise Architecture & Technology Landscape
- Create and maintain architecture artefacts across Infrastructure, Network, Storage, Compute, Cloud, and Security domains.
- Develop and maintain technology landscape documentation, ensuring clear visibility of enterprise systems, platforms, and dependencies.
- Support the development of strategic technology roadmaps and architecture presentations for leadership and key stakeholders.
Architecture Repository & Technology Inventory Management
- Maintain architecture repositories and technology catalogues.
- Ensure accurate documentation and inventory of enterprise applications, software assets, cloud services, infrastructure platforms, and technology solutions.
- Support application portfolio, technology lifecycle, and governance activities.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Partner with Architecture, Cyber Security, Infrastructure, Digital, and Business teams to support technology planning and decision-making.
- Communicate technical findings, recommendations, risks, and opportunities to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Contribute to architecture governance processes and technology standards.
Qualifications
Required
- 8+ years of experience in IT, Technology, Infrastructure, Cloud, Data, or Business Systems environments.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess technologies and translate complex technical concepts into practical business recommendations.
- Broad technical knowledge across enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, networking, and cybersecurity.
- Experience evaluating technology solutions, platforms, vendors, and emerging technologies.
- Experience creating technical documentation, architecture artefacts, roadmaps, and technology inventories.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Proven ability to influence technology decisions and deliver business and technology outcomes.
Preferred
- Experience with cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, and/or GCP.
- Exposure to enterprise technologies such as SAP, MuleSoft, Data Lakes, and enterprise application ecosystems.
- Understanding of networking, infrastructure, data centre, cloud, and cybersecurity technologies.
- Exposure to Enterprise Architecture or Solution Architecture practices.
- TOGAF certification or experience working within architecture frameworks is desirable but not mandatory.
Planning & Decision Making
- Ability to independently plan, prioritize, and execute work within established timelines.
- Adhere to technology governance, documentation, and architecture standards.
- Conduct thorough reviews and assessments to ensure quality and desired outcomes.
Impact & Scope
- Provide technical leadership through technology assessments, architectural recommendations, and solution evaluations.
- Support strategic technology decisions through analysis of risks, dependencies, and business impacts.
- Influence technology direction across infrastructure, cloud, applications, and security domains.
Additional Information
Join us and we’ll help build your career, with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business, both locally and globally. You’ll experience an inclusive environment, with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. You’ll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle, offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing, financial and lifestyle perspective.
Join us and work for a world-leader, with the benefits and training to reward your dedication and skills. Be part of a team where we are making the world a safer place.
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
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