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Senior Solution Architect

Morgan Hunt Recruitment
Posted 9 days ago, valid for 11 days
Location

Glasgow, City of Glasgow G62 6EP, Scotland

Salary

£60,000 - £72,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • A permanent position for a Solution Architect is available with a public sector client in Glasgow, offering a salary between £55,000 and £70,000 depending on experience.
  • The role includes a competitive pension scheme and 41 days of annual leave, which encompasses bank holidays.
  • The Solution Architect will ensure that the organization's technology systems and processes align with business initiatives, requiring expertise across business, applications, data, and infrastructure.
  • Candidates should have experience in both traditional and agile environments, solutions architecture design for complex IT projects, and the ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders.
  • The ideal candidate must possess strong leadership skills, extensive analytical abilities, and experience in problem-solving within complex environments.

We have a current opportunity for a Solution Architect on a permanent basis for our public sector client in Glasgow.

  • Salary: £55-70k DOE
  • Pension: Competitive PS Scheme
  • Annual Leave: 41 Days (Inclusive of Bank Holidays)
  • Hybrid Working: 1-2 Days per week in the office

The Solution Architect is responsible for ensuring that the organisation's business initiatives achieve their goals through the proper architecture of its technology systems and processes.

The post-holder will bring a broad expertise across the domains of business, applications, data and infrastructure and be able to manage and balance change and impact across these domains, whilst growing the overall enterprise in a managed and controlled way, delivering on the strategic and tactical needs of the Business.

Skills/Experience Required;

  • Experience working in both traditional and agile delivery environments.
  • Experience pragmatically applying architecture frameworks to real world challenges.
  • Experience engaging stakeholders across the whole range from students to senior academics and University management.
  • Experience of taking responsibility for actions that can have considerable impact on a very significant number of the University community
  • Experience of solutions architecture design for complex IT projects such as enterprise CRM, ERP or Product Management.
  • Leadership, mentorship and the ability to establish, lead, mentor and develop a team.
  • The ability to balance short term and long term needs with pragmatism, clarity and transparency.
  • Ability to author and maintain substantial and critical deliverables and architectural artefacts.
  • Lateral thinking to propose innovative and practical solutions
  • Extensive analytical skills
  • Problem solving particularly in complex heterogeneous environments in which solutions need to be identified and enacted quickly whilst under pressure

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

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