Solutions Architect, FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
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The FA is seeking a Solutions Architect to support England teams in major tournaments, as part of the England Performance Technology team within Digital Technology.
This role involves specifying and overseeing solution architecture for digital products, ensuring technical teams understand and follow the architecture within an Agile framework.
You will work with the Solution Architecture Practice and Enterprise Architecture team to align and assure designs, develop technical standards, and evaluate COTS products, building scalable solutions that integrate data to advance England teams.
Your mission includes architecting reliable, scalable, and future-proof technology solutions that serve coaches, analysts, and stakeholders, shaping the application platform underpinning performance workflows, and applying modern cloud-based architectural patterns.
The role is based at St. George's Park, Burton-Upon-Trent, with flexible in-office days and travel as needed.
What will you be doing?
1. Solution Design: Lead architecture design, especially on Google Cloud, and collaborate with development teams to ensure adherence to architecture standards.
2. Architecture Assurance: Align designs with enterprise architecture and industry standards, and participate in continuous improvement.
3. Delivery Support: Shape epics and features, maintain architecture documentation, enable integrations, and oversee offshore teams.
What are we looking for?
Essential: Solution Architecture certification or degree, 10+ years experience, cloud platform expertise, mobile/web design, Agile/Scrum experience, strong problem-solving, and excellent communication skills.
Beneficial: Cloud certification, leadership and development experience, sports industry knowledge, offshore collaboration experience, enterprise software design, DevOps understanding.
What’s in it for you?
Work in iconic venues like Wembley and St. George's Park, with competitive salary, benefits, and a flexible hybrid work model. Enjoy event tickets, free lunches, private medical, pension, extra leave, and more.
Visit our FA Careers page for more info. We promote diversity and are an equal opportunities employer.
Additional Details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Contract
* Job function: Engineering and IT
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