Senior Solutions Architect

Senior Solution Architect

Location: Fully remote

Salary: £65,000 - £70,000 (+3% flex)

Clearance: You will be put through SC clearance

Benefits: £5,400 car (can be taken as cash) 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

As our Solutions Architect you will join a mature architect function working closely with the Enterprise Architecture team as well as Senior IT and Business Stakeholders on a strategic client account. You will have direct influence on Solution Architecture and delivery as expert in Application Architecture, with a background from Software design and development


What you'll be doing:

• Responsible for the provision of advice on policy implementation through such activities as scenario planning to inform strategic choices in decision making
• Define scope and deliverables for assignments with 'client' for the definition and execution of solutions architectures to integrate all of a client's requirements
• Responsible for the integrity of the solution areas
• Ensure effective client engagement and stakeholder management
• Promotes SSCL capability Architecture, application delivery , business process outsourcing services
• Track market trends and competitor activities in Application and Solution Architecture space and ensure this data is utilised for the ongoing service development
• Shares personal knowledge of 'specialist areas' through 'special interest groups' and other forums
• Identify and manage risk in business activities and take responsibility for reporting risks

What you'll bring:

• Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Microsoft Power Platform including Portals, Automate and CDS data models
• Microsoft Azure (especially APIM, Logic Apps, Functions, Service Bus, ADF)
• Good working knowledge across Process, Organisation, People, Information, Technology
• Architecture Knowledge
• Understanding of the application and use of solutions architecture
• Modelling, analysis and design techniques and approaches
• Industry best practice in the Application Solutions architecture space
• Produce solution architecture
• Experience of high level design models for the appropriate POPIT channels

It would be great if you had:

• Master Data Management design and deployment
• Agile Architecture practices (SAFe or similar)
• Archimate Modelling tools (Archi/BiZZDesign) or equivalent

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!