Solution Architect - DNS
Version 1, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom.
Company Description
Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital‑First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers receive the highest quality solutions and services.
We are an award‑winning employer with a culture that puts employees at the heart of Version 1. We have been recognized as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK for over 10 years, Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland, and Best Workplace for Wellbeing by GPTW.
Job Description
As a Solution Architect focused on DNS, you will partner with government, financial services, and private sector clients to design solutions that solve complex digital challenges. You will bring together technical capabilities, user needs, and business objectives through critical thinking that breaks down problems and identifies practical approaches, considering non‑functional requirements from the outset.
You will work closely with delivery teams, tackling solution challenges across the full lifecycle – from options analysis for major system modernisation programmes, facilitating design sessions with multi‑disciplinary teams, creating solutions that balance user needs with business constraints, to presenting your recommendations to architectural review boards and senior stakeholders.
Examples of work include evaluating options for a government department’s citizen portal, designing integration approaches for a bank’s digital transformation, or guiding development teams through implementation decisions. Your role combines solution design expertise with practical problem‑solving skills.
As part of our central architecture team, you will collaborate with experienced Technology Principals and other Solution Architects, providing a support network for learning and tackling complex challenges together. Continuous learning is pivotal; you will stay current with industry trends, modern practices, and emerging technologies.
Qualifications
Essential
* Experience designing and validating enterprise‑scale solutions across cloud platforms, application architecture, data architecture, and system integration.
* Evidence of responsibility for complex solution design with successful outcomes, demonstrated through career progression or professional development.
* Leading technical designs based on customer requirements, communicating to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
* Experience with DNS (cloud‑native services, BIND) and private DNS resolution in IaaS/PaaS environments.
* Delivery of Azure technologies and solutions that are highly available, high performing, and secure according to Cloud Adoption Framework and Well‑Architected Framework.
* Experience with cloud‑native solutions, CI/CD pipelines, and Terraform.
Design & Implementation Experience
* Designed and delivered enterprise‑scale digital solutions using microservices, APIs, cloud platforms such as Azure, and application modernisation strategies.
* Applied architectural patterns and design principles to real‑world challenges, making informed technology choices, DevOps practices, and monitoring decisions in agile teams.
Stakeholder Engagement & Problem‑Solving
* Worked directly with clients and senior stakeholders to understand complex problems, facilitate discussions, and build consensus around solution approaches.
* Translating business requirements into solution designs and communicating complex concepts to technical and non‑technical audiences.
Desirable
* Delivered solutions for government departments, major financial institutions, or large private sector organisations, understanding governance, security, integration challenges and multi‑supplier contexts.
* Hands‑on software development background informing solution design approach, digital standards, Azure cloud architectures, or GenAI/AI solution integration.
* Active participation in technical communities, staying current with technology trends, and contributing through knowledge sharing, presentations, or thought leadership.
* Client sector expertise in government digital services, financial services transformation, or large‑scale private sector modernisation.
Additional Information
Why Version 1?
* Quarterly Performance‑Related Profit Share Scheme.
* Career progression & mentorship through Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes and a quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
* Flexible/remote working options and support for work‑life balance.
* Financial wellbeing initiatives: Pension, private healthcare cover, life assurance, financial advice, employee discount scheme.
* Employee wellbeing schemes: gym discounts, bike to work, fitness classes, mindfulness workshops, employee assistance programme, generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave.
* Educational assistance and incentives for certifications in AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat.
* Reward schemes: annual excellence awards, Call‑Out platform.
* Environmental, social and community initiatives encouraging local fundraising and development.
We offer many more exciting benefits – contact us to find out more.
Seniority Level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Information Technology
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