Solution Architect
Responsibilities
- Develop application and system roadmaps associated with applications transformation and modernisation
- Develop flexible, adaptable, modular, and reusable solution designs in collaboration with business stakeholders and the IT development teams while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards
- Support the definition of high-level operational models, and prepare business cases in alignment with the IT security and quality guidelines. Present business cases, for operational and tactical technical initiatives, for approval, funding and prioritisation
- Uphold appropriate solution architecture governance processes and tools while maintaining focus on design patterns and technology standards
- Be the accountable individual for the finalisation, acceptance and approval of solutions you architected, by relevant stakeholders
- Act as an enabler of Agile and DevSecOps practices in collaboration with product delivery and operation support teams
- Explore, evaluate and promote technology innovation within the organisation
- Review high-level designs with technical leads and developers, review code, enforce best practices, assist with debugging critical issues, and enforce performance testing to deliver efficient and performant applications
- Be the responsible individual to identify technology risk(s) of initiatives you are leading as an architect and develop corresponding mitigation strategies
- Stay current on, evaluate and recommend the use of cutting-edge technologies and methods, considering their technical pros and limitations. Leverage market and technology trends to identify the business benefits of alternative technical solutions
- Support the requirements gathering process to right-size initiatives and solution strategy
- Collaborate with development teams and assist with the application of Agile and DevSecOps techniques within architecture and designs
- Create comprehensive solution architecture specification documents and other required documentation
- Exceptional analytical and critical thinking skills, with thorough attention to detail.
- Excellent planning, documentation and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of design and implementation of solutions and systems using custom built and CoTS / MoTS applications hosted in the cloud and on-prem.
- Experience designing solutions including policy administration systems, ERP and customer / agent-facing portals.
- Substantial knowledge of the system development life cycle and the scaled agile methodology. Certifications preferred.
- TOGAF certification is a significant plus.
- Demonstrate competence to work at the highest technical level of all phases of system architecture design, using state of the art rule/framework-based architecture, object-oriented component analysis and proficiency in web-based systems architecture, service-based architecture and enterprise application architecture.
- Ability to guide and mentor development teams on sound design and coding principles, best practices in API based, Micro Services and Cloud technologies.
- Experience in integration architectures from Service Bus to API mediation and event bus models.
- Strong knowledge of contemporary technologies and business trends that allows architecture to solve problems in a creative and cost-effective manner.
- Experience developing roadmaps outlining the evolution of the enterprise application portfolio from current to desired state
- Bachelor's degree or above in Computer science or related tech discipline or equivalent work experience
- Deep Knowledge and proven hands-on experience with cloud technologies
- 7+ years' of IT experience with 6+ years of architecture experience
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Company
- ENGINEERINGUK
- Location
- Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom M21 0
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- GBP Annual
- Posted
- Company
- ENGINEERINGUK
- Location
- Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom M21 0
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- GBP Annual
- Posted