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C4S Search Ltd
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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Solution Architect (AWS)
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £60,000 per annum |
Overview
My client who are a leading UK Service provider are looking for a strong Solution Architect to join their team. The Solutions Architect (SA) is responsible for 'translating’ business requirements into IT solutions, taking into account the complexity of existing systems, through effective negotiation of the priority of scope and requirements, to help the organisation get best value from its IT investment Key accountabilities: • Translate business requirements into cost-effective IT solutions, taking into account the complexity of existing systems, working with a number of technologies including, but not limited to, Salesforce, Mulesoft, AWS, Drupal, and Microsoft. • Support the development of the overall IT strategy and technical architectural blueprint. • Analyse enterprise architecture artefacts, and validate the completeness of technical and business requirements for the purpose of designing sound technical solutions and services, highlighting inconsistencies and gaps. Develop and ensure compliance to my clients technical architecture standards and policies (across application, integration, data, and security layers), as aligned with enterprise architecture standards and policies. • Design technical solutions and services to meet business and operational requirements. • Ensure that technology architecture roadmaps and blueprints are developed, maintained, and integrated within the process of the overall IT strategy development and technology planning, including service transition. • Define architectural considerations across data, applications, infrastructure, integration, interfaces, security, scalability, and performance, as well as product transition and support documentation. • Produce options and, where necessary, conduct feasibility studies, for delivery of the business requirements and key non-functional requirements. • Estimate the cost of implementing requirements and advising on high risk/high cost/complex solution/service aspects where these could be omitted/reduced, or where requirement change could result in a more cost-effective and lower risk implementation. • Utilise the overall IT architecture strategy to recommend project delivery approach, typically reuse, package purchase, in-house build, or outsourced build. • Accountable for the production of system designs, according to agreed design standards and patterns, while taking account of the differing requirements of in-house and outsource development approaches. • Set functional, non-functional, and architectural acceptance criteria, and evaluate potential products against those criteria. • Maintain a holistic understanding of my clients technology and services estate, and client-specific IP. • Work with the Enterprise Architecture Team, to define and maintain the overall IT architecture, applications portfolio, architecture vision, and design patterns, and promote these within IT, and to the business. • Provide consultancy services to the business teams, to help the business maximise the capability from current and future IT technologies. • Track and understand emerging technologies. and advise on the use of them while developing solution designs. • Provide consultancy services to IT functions in my clients customer groups, to support their technical queries. Key skills: • Understanding of Salesforce CRM. • Deep understanding of AWS components and product features. • Microsoft technologies (Azure, O365, SharePoint, Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS) and .Net architectures. • Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL database technologies. • Drupal content management system. • Atlassian (Jira, Confluence, BitBucket). • Knowledge of agile ways of working, specifically scaled agile (SAFe). • Knowledge of service management best practice, based on ITIL V3. • A high degree of personal initiative, with the drive and ability to meet challenging goals and work closely with developers. • Flexibility to recognise, adapt, and work effectively within diverse situations, with various individuals or groups with differing perspectives and objectives. • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with an ability to influence stakeholders up to Director level, and across the organisation. • The ability to perform well under pressure, with strong problem-solving and negotiating skills. • Possess determination and persistence. • Mulesoft ESB, AWS SNS, or relative integration experience is desirable. • Demonstrate strong analytical ability and attention to detail.