Solutions Architect (Infrastructure, Divestment)

Solutions Architect (Infrastructure, Divestment) needed for an initial 6-month engagement with our Financial Services client based in Edinburgh. The right candidate must have extensive demonstrable experience as an IT Solution Architect working on large-scale IT/Infrastructure Transformations within corporate environments, ideally Financial Services. The role requires Design & Architecture expertise across a range of technologies, ideally including Servers, Cloud (AWS/Azure), M365, Virtualisation, Networks, IAM and Cyber Security.

The role requires candidates to engage via an FCSA accredited Umbrella company. The role is hybrid and candidates must be able to work 2-days per week onsite in Edinburgh.

The focus will be on designing and supporting the delivery of a large-scale separation followed by other projects including Data Centre builds, Business Application Migrations and a large-scale IT integration. Candidates must be able to demonstrate experience working on large-scale IT transformations including stakeholder engagement, eliciting requirements, creating solution designs, architecture artifacts etc.

Key Skills & Experience required:

• Proven experience in Solution/Enterprise Architecture and design within corporate environments.
• Experience in IT related migrations, divestitures or separations.
• Experience managing/supporting large-scale transformation projects (ideally within Financial Services environments).
• Strong experience in Architecture design for application and infrastructure separation and transition-state operations.
• Experience in producing Architecture artifacts, designs, patterns etc.
• Architecture governance - experience of programme level architecture review processes.
• Stakeholder engagement & requirement elicitation skills.
• Application portfolio analysis, including interface and dependency mapping.
• Strong communication skills

Technology areas include AWS, Azure, M365, HPE Greenlake, Virtualization, DBs, Monitoring etc., Networks/Firewalls, IAM (Active Directory, SailPoint), Security and Security tooling, Desktop services (Intune, Citrix, AVD Windows 11), ServiceNow, Jira/Confluence.

If interested and available to work in Edinburgh 2-days per week, please Apply Immediately!

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