Solution Architect
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Job Location:
Southampton - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
WereKingfisher A team made up of over 74000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q Screwfix Brico Depot Castorama and Koctasto life. Guided by our purpose Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone. We believe a better world starts with better homes and we work every day to make that a reality. Join us and help shape the future of home improvement.
Whats the job
- Own the creation and documentation of architectural decisions ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements and appropriate governance.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to produce clear endtoend highlevel designs that integrate with existing systems and adhere to architecture principles.
- Conduct analysis of existing systems and technologies recommending improvements and exploring innovative solutions.
- Lead and manage product selection processes to ensure the right technologies are chosen to meet business capability needs.
- Provide technical leadership to project teams guiding solution implementation and promoting the use of cloudnative AI technologies and architectural patterns.
- Act as the key liaison between business and technical stakeholders ensuring clarity of requirements communication and expected outcomes.
- Work closely with product engineering and enduser communities to support the delivery of cohesive highquality solutions.
What youll bring
- Strong understanding of architecture frameworks reference architectures and designing across business data application and technology domains.
- Experience architecting solutions across cloud providers SaaS platforms and inhouse systems ideally within a retail environment.
- Knowledge of cloudnative integration patterns and how to apply AI to drive measurable business outcomes.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts for nontechnical stakeholders with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience designing solutions in both agile and waterfall delivery environments working effectively with multiple thirdparty solution providers.
How We Work
We believe in flexibility and balance. Our hybrid model blends home working for focus with time spent connecting and collaborating - whether in our offices or at offsite locations. On average around 60% of your time will involve in-person collaboration.
We value the perspectives new team members bring and encourage you to apply - even if youdontmeet 100% of the requirements.
What We Offer
An inclusive environment where your potential is limited only by your imagination. We encouragenew ideas support experimentation and strive to create a workplace where everyone can be their best out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisherhere.
We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your down below to find out more aboutour benefits.
Diversity & Inclusion
Our customers come from allwalks of life- and so do to ensuring all colleagues future colleagues and applicants are treated equally regardless of age gender marital or civil partnership status ethnicity culture religion belief political opinion disability gender identity gender expression or sexual orientation.
Interested Great apply now and help us to Power the Possible.
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
About Company
Kingfisher plc is an international home improvement company with over 1,360 stores in nine countries across Europe. We operate under retail banners including B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt, Screwfix, Tradepoint and Koçtaş, supported by a team of 77,000 colleagues
