Solutions Architect

Roles responsibility::
define and deliver end-to-end IT solution architecture, create repeatable architecture patterns, produce solution designs, and advise internal partners on how best to invest in the right IT solutions to realise customer strategic ambitions in the UK.
Security and service are key aspects of all designs and deliverables.
working closely with and influencing a wide variety of business and technical stakeholders, understanding overall business and IT strategy, organisational fit, compliance, and ongoing business change requirements. It includes leading architectural design authorities, providing technical leadership to other architects, and driving alignment of the Customer landscape with the enterprise target picture
the role is responsible for the architectural assurance of deliverables and for the QA of peer deliverables.
A key element of the role is the research of market-leading technologies and technology services, along with the generation of business cases to present to architectural design authorities to justify purchase and implementation.
You will also be highly process-orientated, able to ensure that the architecture process can demonstrate traceability of the design decisions made, successfully arguing both the pros and cons of each option.
The role sits within a small team of architects, reporting to the principal architect for technology, working closely with technical, solution, and integration architects across the wider team and with the enterprise architects in the Customer UK team.
Skills and Experience:
Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to interact at all business levels — from the CEO and C-suite through to technical SMEs, developers, testers, and project managers
Working across enterprise technologies, including prior SME roles across infrastructure, cloud, and application domains
Defining, documenting, and architecting solutions across hybrid, on-premise, and public cloud estates, potentially requiring integration with legacy technologies for large projects and programmes
IT security and risk management within an architecture role
Experience working within architectural design authorities and governance forums
Technical selection and RFI/RFP processes, including supplier assurance of third-party products and contractual due diligence including drafting statements of requirements for third parties or commenting on vendor statements of work (SoW)
Working in a highly regulated environment (e.g. financial services)
Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and waterfall methodologies along with associated toolsets (such as Jira)
Use of documentation tools such as Atlassian Confluence along with diagramming or architectural modelling tools and languages (draw.io, Sparx, ADOIT, ArchiMate, Mermaid, C4)
Broad knowledge of IT technologies and architectural styles and patterns (e.g. event-driven, serverless, microservices, SOA, layered architectures)
Supporting implementation and solution design for large public cloud implementations, preferably both AWS and Azure
Supporting implementation and technical design across core technologies (Windows, Linux, VMware, Hyper-V, web, database, security gateways, LAN/WAN networking)
Designing solutions involving middleware and integration including JBoss / WebLogic, enterprise service bus / message queueing / integration platforms (iPaaS) such as RabbitMQ, MuleSoft, Boomi, Kafk
Ability to work with cutting-edge AI LLM technologies, producing work in conjunction with models such as Anthropic Claude, whilst experimenting and exploring different methods of co-working with AI
Your education and qualifications should include:
Degree or HND in information technology, or equivalent experience.
Relevant technical and business qualifications (e.g. Microsoft or AWS certifications, TOGAF, ITIL).
Evidence of your commitment to continuous learning

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