Senior Architect - Radio

Smart Data Communications Company; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A national smart metering organization is seeking a Senior Domain Architect to define and evolve the technology strategy for the UK’s smart metering ecosystem. In this strategic role, you will own your domain, guide integration, and influence supplier roadmaps to ensure secure and scalable solutions. Ideal candidates will have proven expertise in radio infrastructure design, knowledge of 3GPP standards, and strong stakeholder engagement skills. This role offers competitive benefits and a hybrid work policy.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonuses tied to performance

Pension and private healthcare

Flexible benefits

Hybrid work policy

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in end-to-end radio infrastructure design.
• Strong knowledge of 3GPP standards.
• Experience in integration across complex networks.
• Ability to engage with senior stakeholders.
• Competence in designing secure, scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain long-term architecture strategy.
• Provide oversight of supplier solutions.
• Develop and enforce domain-specific standards.
• Influence technology roadmaps and investment decisions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders.

Skills

End-to-end radio infrastructure design

3GPP standards for 2G/3G, 4G, 5G

Integration and interoperability across networks

Engaging and influencing stakeholders

Designing resilient and secure solutions

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Domain Architect to take a leading role in defining and evolving the technology strategy for a specific domain within the UK’s national smart metering ecosystem. This is a strategic position where you will own your domain, influence supplier roadmaps, and ensure technical solutions are secure, scalable, and future-ready.

You will define domain-level roadmaps, standards, and patterns, ensuring they are applied consistently across programmes and projects. Working closely with suppliers and internal teams, you’ll provide architectural assurance, guide integration, and shape the evolution of critical technology that underpins the UK’s smart energy infrastructure.

How you will contribute to transforming energy and shaping the future.

• Define and maintain the long-term architecture strategy for your domain.
• Provide oversight and assurance of supplier solutions, ensuring alignment with strategic direction.
• Develop and enforce domain-specific standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Influence technology roadmaps and investment decisions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, translating business needs into architectural outcomes.

Your skills that will enable us to fulfil our purpose:

• Proven expertise in end-to-end radio infrastructure design, including RF fundamentals and network optimisation.
• Strong knowledge of 3GPP standards for 2G/3G, 4G, 5G, and non-terrestrial connectivity.
• Experience in integration and interoperability across complex network environments.
• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders and suppliers.
• Competence in designing resilient, secure, and scalable solutions for mission-critical systems.
About the DCC

We’re powering Britain’s smarter, greener future. Today. Tomorrow. Together.

Today, we’re deeply invested in building a resilient, sustainable smart energy network that drives transformation. Our success is driven by curiosity, ambition, and tenacity.

Tomorrow, we see vast opportunities for growth and development, contributing to decarbonisation and the Net Zero mission. We’ll continually develop Smart DCC, to fulfil our obligations to consumers, and achieve even more with our customers, partners, and each other.

Together, we embrace change, unite in our shared passions and support each other. Working as one team and across our industry, we rise to the challenge to shape Smart DCC, and the future.

A career at Smart DCC means being part of something bigger – a dynamic organisation that’s not just helping transform energy but also shaping the future. We offer a unique, fulfilling environment where you can thrive today, build tomorrow, and achieve together.

Company benefits:

At DCC we reward fairly and recognise fully because our continued success depends on our people.

We offer competitive salaries with regular benchmarking, together with bonuses tied to personal and company performance and our core benefits include pension, holidays and private healthcare.

We want you to feel respected and able, so we also offer a competitive 8 days per month hybrid work policy together with other flexible benefits that you can tailor to you needs.

This is meaningful work, with meaningful reward.

Your application to help shape what’s next:

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