Solution Architect (London)
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- As a Solution Architect Lead, you will provide solution architecture expertise, supporting our clients to deliver their digital objectives
- Analyses and translates business, information and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint that outlines solutions to achieve business objectives for our client
- Work with our clients to provide solution architecture expertise, supporting our clients to deliver their digital objective
- Work with enterprise architecture, application and infrastructure teams to produce an optimal designs for the technology to support the product and identifies and designs dependencies with other systems in the enterprise
- Manage and lead the target design, policies and standards, working proactively to maintain a stable, viable architecture and ensure consistency of design across designated projects
- Provide hands-on support alongside the Dev Team for complex solutions and code migrations
- Coach and develop the AND Digital Product Developers across the squads
- Broad understanding of the key layers of IT architecture including enterprise, data, application and solution, specific to enterprise level eCommerce platforms such as Hybris, ATG and WebSphere
- Experience in cloud technologies such as AWS and Azure, Saas and Iaas, cloud infrastructure and multiple programming languages
- A track record of delivering end to end solution architecture for large and complex multi-channel eCommerce or digital projects
- Experience of best practices processes and frameworks such as TOGAF and architectural patterns / models
- Experience in a consulting role and confident in presenting /working and building relationships with all levels of seniority, from clients to dev teams
- Good knowledge of open source technologies (in full-stack environments) and stretching into code management, testing and deployment tools
- Good experience and knowledge of the Agile /Scrum delivery process
- Commercial awareness of implementing software i.e. cost of system, ownership, impact of new tech into established organisation
- You have worked for a professional services business, in a solution architecture role for leading corporate clients
- Understanding of IT organisations, functions, roles, activities