Solution Architect
£80-90k + Permanent Benefits
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; you will collaborate with technical teams and stakeholders to deliver these programmes.
Duties & Responsibilities
You will work on multiple projects and/or major programmes to provide the following architectural services:
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, taking all stakeholders with them, and taking 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 solutionise when detailed issues come up 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, guiding decisions and actions on major programmes.
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