Solution Architect (JN -012025-411029) West Sussex, England
Solution Architect
West Sussex – Flexible Working
A leading private utility organisation is looking to strengthen their architecture team by recruiting a Solution Architect focusing on programme delivery and overall end-to-end high-level design. My client will be going through a large transformation upgrading legacy systems over the next few years, and you will collaborate with technical teams and stakeholders to deliver these programmes.
Duties & Responsibilities
1. Architectural Assessment – Provides shaping, options and estimates to initiatives (pre-project).
2. RFP / Production Selection – Reviews technology products & vendors that may be able to deliver a system into the landscape to provide business value to an initiative.
3. High Level Design – Responsible for writing the end-to-end high-level design, ensuring all stakeholders are included, and taking it through QA and governance processes.
4. Options Analysis – Provides high-level technology options and recommendations to solve problems.
5. Stakeholders and Coordination – Works with all digital functions/owners that contribute to the HLD (e.g., Infra, Security, Data, etc.).
6. Risks – Identifies risks/issues from an architectural perspective.
7. Governance – Ensures all parties (business & digital) are well informed throughout the design phase and seeks formal sign-off in the appropriate governance forum.
8. Design Assurance – Works with delivery/engineering teams to explain the end-to-end design and oversees/QAs detailed design. Helps solutionize when detailed issues arise before delivery & updates HLD accordingly.
9. Advice & Guidance – Acts as a trusted advisor to the business and tech teams when they have questions.
10. Communication & Collaboration – Strong communication and interpersonal skills, collaborating with cross-functional teams, the architecture team, and stakeholder management. Will run programme design authority meetings for major programmes and guide decisions and actions.
Application Information
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