Solution Architect / Senior Solution Architect / Lead Solution Architect - Application & Software

Our clients Technology Solution Architecture team advise internal partners on how best to invest in the right IT solutions to realize organisations Strategic Ambitions.

• Produces (or ensures production of) all Architectural deliverables under our development methodology.
• Identify all areas of risk, including Architectural, Technical and Security, and to manage with the cooperation of the appropriate Stakeholders, defining appropriate work to address these or escalation as necessary
• Working on a Decommissioning project with significant stakeholder management involved.
• Ensures that the Architecture, any Divergences and Risks are both clearly communicated and agreed by all Stakeholders
• Provides Technical Leadership to other solution architects.
• Drives alignment of our clients technology landscape with the enterprise target picture, including system retirement.
• Provides Design Assurance for Solution Architecture to ensure they are implemented as designed, and to the correct standards and quality

Skills & Experience:

• Experience defining, documenting, and architecting solutions across a hybrid and on-premise cloud estate, potentially requiring integration with legacy technologies and products for large projects/programmes
• Experience of providing architectural support and assurance to DevOps team and an application of Agile practices would be advantageous.
• Broad knowledge of IT technologies and architectural styles/patterns (e.g. Event Driven, Serverless, Microservices Architectures as well as SOA, layered).
• Experience with Technical Selection and RFI/RFP processes and undertaking supplier assurance of third party products.
• Experience leading architectural design authorities for projects and working within Enterprise Architectural Governance and Enterprise Portfolio Management frameworks.
• Stakeholder management and the ability to influence at varying levels (e.g. C-Suite, Developers, Testers, Project Managers, etc)
• Ability to convey Architecture decisions through the use of a variety of communication techniques to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Broad knowledge of IT technologies and architectural styles/patterns (e.g. Event Driven, Serverless, Microservices Architectures as well as SOA, layered).
• Applied Knowledge of the Open Agile Framework (Open.org) would be desirable but not necessary.