Solution Architect
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Solution Architect London (Central London) Hybrid remote
#TeamCandour are on the hunt for an accomplished Solution Architect to join a thriving multinational out of their Central London offices on a hybrid 2 days in the office per week) basis.
The successful candidate will have a strong sense of ownership proactivity and pride in their work. They will use their experience on a range large and small change initiatives providing architectural oversight to delivery and producing architecture deliverables that suit the size and nature of the change. They will also work with a wider group of solution domain and enterprise architects from across the group to drive forward the wider IT strategy and commercial gains.
Skills/Experience:
- Strong demonstrable knowledge of solution architecture its constituent phases/layers and the importance of architectural process.
- Experience of onpremise cloud and hybrid solution design: Windows and Azure PaaS experience strongly preferred containerisation knowledge desirable.
- Experience of producing architecture deliverables and artifacts required.
- Experience in conceptual and logical data modelling with the ability to clearly represent complex ideas graphically.
Nice to haves:
- Experience with Software Delivery Lifecycles and DevOps practices preferred.
- Understanding of TOGAF Zachman Kotusev or similar EA frameworks preferred.
- Understanding of Agile (Scrum) is necessary SAFe knowledge also useful.
- Firsthand experience with Confluence Teams LucidChart and Jira preferred.
- Experience of team leadership and mentoring preferred but not essential.
Key Responsibilities:
- Taking full ownership for the design and delivery of modern solutions that are secure scalable performant resilient compliant costeffective and commercially viable. Solutions will need to satisfy not just immediate stakeholder requirements but also align to wider strategies standards and principles.
- Engage with assist and empower Agile delivery teams across the whole lifecycle of a change initiative from requirements gathering through to BAU.
- Deliver architecture deliverables (HLDs/MLDs diagrammatic artifacts) that are suitable for the change in question using consistent templates and approved tooling. The successful candidate does not need to be an expert in all areas of architecture but they will need to own the responsibility for seeking the information collating it and documenting it.
- Work with the Lead Architect to mature the architecture practice helping to embed architecture principles standards and strategies into Agile team planning and deliveries.
- Working closely with business domain experts and product owners to understand problem statements and value realisation opportunities often working alongside business analysts.
- Engagement with a range of colleagues from deeply technical staff to senior business colleagues from across the enterprise. The ability to understand stakeholder interests and adapt your engagement style approach and terminology is essential.
- Collaborating closely with vendors to ensure their suitability and the suitability of their product(s) including active contribution to and reviewing RFIs and RFPs.
Curious Were available anytime to chat through the finer details of what could be an amazing career movereach out anytime!
Employment Type
Full Time
