Solution Architect - Leeds

Solution Architect

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- Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 8EQPermanent
- Full-TimeSalary: NegotiableWhy Greencore?We are a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better.

We supply all of the major supermarkets in the UK.

We also supply convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice and other retailers.

We have strong market positions in a range of categories including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, chilled ready meals, chilled soups and sauces, chilled quiche, ambient sauces and pickles, and frozen Yorkshire puddings.

Why we embarked on Making Business Easier?Over time processes have become increasingly complex, increasing both the risk and cost they pose, whilst restricting our agility.

At the same time, our customers and the market expect more from us than ever before.

Making Business Easier forms a fundamental foundation for our commercial and operational excellence agendas, whilst supporting managing our cost base effectively in the future.The MBE Programme will streamline and simplify core processes, provide easier access to quality business data and will invest in the right technology to enable these processes.

Why is this exciting for your career as a Solution Architect?The MBE Programme presents a huge opportunity for colleagues across the technology function to play a central role in the design, shape, delivery and execution of an enterprise wide digital transformation programme.

The complexity of the initiative, within a FTSE 250 business, will allow for large-scale problem solving, group wide impact assessment and supporting the delivery of an enablement project to future proof the business.

You will have the opportunity to work with colleagues across the business and bring a best practice approach to the function.

Designing and shaping the solution and methodologies utilising your experience and expertise gives a platform for success and team ship building as Greencore, build, mature, strengthen and bolster their Technology department.

What you'll be doing as a Solution Architect at Greencore? As a Solutions Architect at Greencore, you will be providing architectural guidance, direction, design, and governance to both internal and external partners across a range of applications and technologies.

You will be:Defining the future state for applications and infrastructure delivering business outcomes and capabilitiesProducing capability roadmaps and supporting documentation to define how we will get to future stateProduction and maintenance of capability maps and supporting documentation for functional areas and key elements of the IT architectureOwning the production and quality of High-Level Design documents (HLD) that identify the solution and all aspects of the solution including support, disaster recovery and any licensing considerationsWorking with business stakeholders to design solutions that satisfy the requirements of the business, take into consideration the full lifecycle, including strategic direction, TCO and supportabilityDelivering designs that provide appropriate levels of security, resilience and recovery capabilitiesIdentifying and monitoring new trends and directions in IT and industry that could bring benefit to Greencore and present these back to the teamWorking closely with delivery teams, successfully handing over designs, providing guidance and governance to ensure that designs and company standards are followed, any exceptions recorded and approved as requiredInvolved in driving innovative thinking and assisting colleagues to prototype ideas that can bring real advantage to the businessDefining and maintaining technical policies, procedures and standards and provides assurance on adherenceProviding technical and financial estimate input into proposal documentsProviding technical governance and/or assurance into the delivery and operations functions to ensure designs, policies and procedures are understood and followed What we're looking for?Ideally educated to Degree level or equivalent, significant experience across different types of IT project.

Infrastructure, Public Cloud services, Applications (Inc.

SaaS)Experience of working cross functionally, experience of agile project managementA minimum of 3 years experience working as an architect at a similar levelSupporting business transformation on a significant scale, in particular implementations and/or consolidations of significant applications in an an enterprise environment.Experience of developing and maintaining enterprise-wide capability maps and specific technology roadmapsExperience of developing complex solution architectures in modern compute paradigms eg.

Combining SaaS, cloud, low-code, data platforms, integration technologies to design solutions.Sufficient technical skill to evaluate all aspects of a solution and guide technical teams in their detailed design and delivery processes and operations teams in supportability of new solutions.Confident in your ability to make decisions that encompass the entire end-to-end lifecycle of a solution and its application within the organisation What you'll get in return:Competitive salary and job-related benefitsHolidaysCar AllowanceAnnual Target BonusPSP Target BonusPension up to 8% matchedLife insurance up to 4x salaryPMI CoverCompany share save schemeGreencore QualificationsExclusive Greencore employee discount platformAccess to a full Wellbeing Centre platform