Senior Solutions Architect

The Associates Global Published: August 30, 2022
Location
London, United Kingdom
Job Type

Description

The Associates are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to work for an incredible organization.

The role is Hybrid and typical weeks see you in the office for 1 day.

As a skilled Digital Solution Architect you will have experience delivering modern, distributed architecture and will be an advocate of microservices and a devops approach to delivery.

You will have a good knowledge of containerization and building infrastructure through code.

In addition, you will be supporting third parties to integrate into the companies service offering.

Your main responsibilities as the Solution Architect are to :

1. Define and document standards around solution design and delivery

2. Help with designing and implementing key enterprise components (CRM, CMS, DMP etc), integrating them across the digital platform

3. Contribute to design, planning and delivery of services and APIs

4. Support third parties integrating with different services and SaaS components

5. Design and document technical solutions and APIs

6. Define non-functional requirements and key performance indicators for the platform capability and ensure they are met

7. Ensure that products can be delivered to agreed schedule from a technical perspective

8. Define a blueprint for automated integration tests

9. Help deliver Digital and Technology strategies

10. Help govern adoption of and adherence to delivery processes

11. Assist with product and supplier selection

12. Run proof of concepts

13. To complete all mandatory training within specified timelines.

In terms of the Solution Architect skill matrix for this role, the following list is what makes up the base for the right candidate:

  • You have experienced of system and software design in either a developer or architect role
  • You are familiar with cloud computing including Amazon Web Services
  • Familiar with agile workflows and TDD / BDD development practices
  • You have designed APIs, are able to demonstrate past work and talk through design decisions
  • You have experience of an API management tool such as Swagger, Mashery or Apigee
  • You can write automated integrations tests and create mock interfaces / stubs
  • You have delivered infrastructure through code, including practical experience of virtualization, containerization and automated deployments using Ansible or Puppet etc.
  • You have defined KPIs and implemented monitoring services around them
  • You have worked with data streams and have scaled data and enterprise services to a large consumer audience
  • Software and system architecture, design patterns and principles
  • Full stack development experience, including web technologies from HTML / CSS / JS to Java, Perl, Ruby, Go etc
  • REST API design and implementation
  • Defining NFRs and KPIs and specifying how to measure them
  • Collaboration tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence, Git, Slack)
  • Security around digital products and platform infrastructure
  • Able to evaluate build vs buy

It would be ideal if you have:

  • You have developed web and mobile products
  • You have implemented enterprise tools and processes within an organization
  • You have a good understanding of and disciplined approach to delivery process

If you are a Solutions Architect who is looking to work in a business with a start-up mentality on fast paced projects as the organization push forward with their digital transformation, then this is a role worth exploring.

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