Solutions Architect
Our Client is an international consultancy with over 3000 employees.
They are now looking to recruit a Senior Solutions Architect to be based at the Company’s Central London Offices.
You will have extensive and deep expertise in the following Application Development areas:
* Expertise in application architecture using modern technologies such as cloud native development, 12 factor Apps, microservices, serverless, API management, Kafka, etc.
* Deep knowledge of Microservices, Containers, REST APIs development, API Management tools (e.g. MuleSoft, Apigee), Kafka
* Solution architect with broad expertise in a wide range of digital technologies in areas of application platform development, web and mobile development, cloud, integration, security, etc.
* Application development experience with at least one of the cloud providers - Amazon AWS or MS Azure
* Understanding of distributed computing paradigm and exposure to building highly scalable systems.
* Experience with platform modernization and cloud migration projects
* Expertise in Agile development methodologies like TDD, BDD, Performance/Load testing etc.
* DevOps experience – CI/CD, Test Automation, Containerization – tools and processes
* Should be conversant with emerging technologies - chatbots, voice/conversational interfaces, RPA, Machine Learning, etc.
* In-depth, hands-on experience in developing web/mobile applications or platforms with either Java/J2EE or .NET tech stack and database technologies such as Oracle, MySQL, etc.
* Exposure to polyglot programming languages like Scala, Python and Golang will be a plus
* Ability to read/write code and expertise with various design patterns
* Have used NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cassandra, etc.
Responsibilities include:
* Work on opportunities along with sales, practice, delivery teams through the pre-sales process
* Develop customer proposals – solution architecture, pitch decks, estimating solution effort, resourcing and timelines
* Translate requirements into solution architecture diagrams, implementation roadmap, delivery approach and other artifacts
* Understand business & technology issues/challenges and translate that into modern technology solutions
* Engage with business and IT groups to align solution architecture with strategic business direction
* Build a trusted advisor relationship with business and technology leaders
* Stay periodically engaged throughout the entire project lifecycle to ensure ongoing alignment to established solution vision
Qualifications:
* Bachelors or master’s degree in engineering (computer, electronics, etc.)
* 20+ years of Solutions Architecture experience (or equivalent enterprise architecture experience) and in customer-facing roles
* Vertical domain knowledge in Financial Services will be an advantage
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Experience in client-driven large-scale application platform implementation projects
* Experience and desire to work in a global delivery environment
* Ability to travel up to 40%
* Familiarity with architecture modelling tools. TOGAF experience/certification desired but not necessary
* Proven track record of designing/developing scalable solutions at the enterprise level
* Demonstrated success in quickly understanding business needs and aligning it to technology solutions
* Experience delivering solutions using an Agile/Scrum methodology
Strong communication skills (e.g. active listening, requirements elicitation, oral, written, presentation, workshop facilitation, consensus building) are essential.
The Client's offices are based in Holborn – Central London.
The salary for this position will be based on expertise and will be in the range £90K - £120K.
Please do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.
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