Solution Architect

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

This Solution Architect role specializing in Infrastructure and Systems Deployment of C2 Solutions is pivotal for designing and implementing advanced security operations systems that ensure real-time response and efficient coordination during security incidents. Your expertise will drive the innovation and integration of smart, connected security systems that protect people, assets, and infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and design Command and Control (C2) systems tailored to manage and coordinate site protection, surveillance, and emergency response efforts, through data analytics, data correlation and artificial intelligence
• Develop end-to-end solutions integrating physical security technologies (CCTV, access control, intrusion detection) with centralized C2 platforms to enable real-time monitoring, decision-making, and operational coordination.
• Lead the integration of C2 solutions with various physical security systems, such as surveillance cameras, access control systems, alarm systems, and emergency communication platforms.
• Design solutions that allow seamless interoperability between C2 systems, IoT devices, and security monitoring platforms to enable fast, informed decisions during critical events.
• Define Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) architectures (e.g. Terraform, Ansible) to provision reproducible, self-healing environments for development, staging and air-gapped production sites without external internet dependencies
• Design enterprise Kubernetes clusters tailored for mission-critical C2 microservices, leveraging GitOps workflows to automate state synchronization and deployment state consistency
• Architect multi-site active-active/active-passive data center topologies with automated DNS/BGP failover, multi-region database replication, and low-latency messaging guarantees to meet customer system availability targets
• Design fault-tolerant event-driven architecture for up to sub-second telemetry ingestion, video streaming metadata, sensor alert propagation and system event distribution across federated C2 nodes
• Architect resilient data flow topologies connecting field-deployed sensor sub-systems, access control units, Video Management Systems (VMS) to centralized core C2 visualization platforms, ensuring reliable delivery over customer-provisioned network connections
• Size and tune distributed messaging clusters to support high-throughput, low-latency workloads generated by analytics engines, AI video analytics, and spatial mapping layers
• Design and right-size hyperconverged compute and software-defined storage (SDS) clusters optimized for heavy IOPS workloads such as multi-channel video ingestion, spatial indexing and event logging.
• Standardize hardware appliance profiles for localized command centers, mobile control units, and ruggedized edge nodes running containerized C2 agent worklods.
• Ensure that all C2 security systems comply with relevant regulatory and industry standards (e.g., ISO 27001, NFPA, GDPR, physical security regulations).
• Embed “Security-by-Design” principles across all environment tiers, ensuring solution blueprints satisfy data protection, cryptographic, and system hardening benchmarks
• Advise stakeholders on building automated CI/CD pipelines enforcing static code analysis, artifact sign-off, dependency vulnerability scanning, and automated deployment verification.
• Innovate to improve system resilience, scalability, and performance, ensuring the C2 solution can evolve to meet new security threats and operational demands.
• Collaborate with site security managers, IT teams, facilities management, and external contractors to ensure the C2 solution is deployed effectively and meets operational goals.
• Provide leadership in security architecture discussions, offering expertise on best practices and future trends in physical security and C2 technologies.
• Guide teams on the deployment, integration, and operation of the C2 systems, ensuring smooth implementation and user adoption.

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Certifications in Command and Control systems or security management (e.g., Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)) are highly desirable.
• Proven experience (typically 5+ years) in designing and deploying C2 systems for defence, public safety, airport/maritime or critical infrastructure protection.
• Strong experience in integrating security technologies with C2 platforms, such as surveillance systems, access control, incident management tools, and communication systems.
• Expertise in developing or integrating real-time monitoring systems, dashboard solutions, and communication platforms for security operations centers (SOCs) or control rooms.
• Deep understanding of real-time situational awareness platforms, C4ISR/C2 frameworks, telemetry ingestion, physical security information management (PSIM), video analytics pipelines, and sensor integration protocols
• Hands-on architecture experience with HCI platforms (e.g. Nutanix, VMware vSAN) and edge-to-core hybrid infrastructure deployment models
• Proficiency in automated provisioning and deployment using tools like Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Helm, and GitOps tools like ArgoCD/Flux
• Demonstrated expertise in active-active data center topologies, disaster recovery strategy and automation, air-gapped environment updates, and sub-second failover mechanics

At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference – for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.