Solution Architect

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:

Architectural Assessment - Provides shaping, options and estimates to initiatives (pre-project)

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

High Level Design - Is responsible for writing the end-to-end high-level design, taking all stakeholders with them, and taking through QA and governance processes.

Options Analysis - Provides high level technology options and recommendations to solve problems.

Stakeholders and Coordination - Works with all digital functions/owners that contribute to the HLD (e.g. Infra, Security, Data etc)

Risks - identifies risks / issues from an architectural perspective.

Governance - ensures all parties (business & digital) are well informed throughout the design phase and seeks formal sign off in the appropriate governance forum

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.

Advice & Guidance - being a trusted advisor to the business and tech teams when they have questions.

Communication & Collaboration- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, collaborating with cross-functional teams, the architecture team and stakeholder management. Will run programme design authority meetings, where on a major programme, and guide decisions and actions