Solution Architect (Collaboration Technology) - East Kilbride (Hybrid) - £800+ - DV Cleare

Solution Architect (Collaboration Technology) - 6 months - East Kilbride (Hybrid) - £800+ - DV Clearance A critical national infrastructure organisation is seeking a hands-on Solution Architect to own the end-to-end architecture for secure voice, video, conferencing and persistent chat services. This is a delivery-facing role combining architectural ownership with practical technical involvement - you''ll work directly in development, test and service environments to validate designs, prove integrations and support engineering teams through complex troubleshooting across platforms including Jitsi Meet, Rocket.Chat, Matrix, Element and Pexip. Key Responsibilities: Own end-to-end architecture for secure voice, video, conferencing and chat services Work at implementation level with engineers - reviewing configuration, APIs, logs and packet captures Reproduce faults, validate fixes, and use prototypes/PoCs to test design decisions Design and assure integrations across identity, authentication, certificates, encryption and network boundaries Apply standards such as WebRTC, SIP and RTP/SRTP, including federation and interoperability Lead room-based collaboration design - conferencing appliances, codecs, cameras, DSP and control interfaces Provide architectural leadership across multiple programmes and complex domains Lead governance frameworks, reusable templates and reference architectures Mentor solution architects and act as final escalation point for architectural decisions ..... full job details .....