Insight Investment is looking for an Architect to join the Architecture team in Manchester. The role is hands-on across a variety of our key initiatives: AKS, GitHub Enterprise, data platforms, and distributed architectures.
The purpose of the role is to bolster the Development and Technology Change departments, identifying opportunities to add value and make our technical delivery more sustainable in service to our core business. This can range from traditional architectural support with the teams, onboarding new functionality across our various platforms, evangelising new approaches, or doing detailed analysis or development work to solve challenging problems.
Although the work varies and we cannot promise working on something specific, we always focus on delivering or enabling high-impact, high-value work for Insight.
Role Responsibilities
* Take ownership for driving change and innovation, either working behind the scenes or directly with the teams
* Guide the creation of and be involved in our architectural governance and review function, to help the teams make the right decisions and support change in the future
* Be a spokesperson for our technology brand and engineering practices, both internally to evangelise and energise our teams and externally to attract talent
* Remain active, cutting code with the teams either where this is value-add or additional help is required
Experience Required
* Expert C# and .NET knowledge.
* Ability to collaborate with end users, stakeholders, and team members
* Demonstrate initiative and independence to run work and deliver value
* Stand by software engineering principles around quality and doing things the right way
* Have a constant desire to improve knowledge and drive adoption of new tech or approaches within the team
* Own mistakes and work with your colleagues to redress them, learn from them and make improvements for the long-term
* Be able to communicate abstract or complex ideas or solutions effectively
* Previous experience with build and deployment systems and methodologies
* Previous experience with containers and container orchestration technology
Insight Investment is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at TalentAcquisition@InsightInvestment.com
About Insight Investment
Insight Investment is a leading asset manager focused on designing investment solutions to meet its clients' needs. Founded in 2002, Insight's collaborative approach has delivered both investment performance and growth in assets under management. Insight manages assets across its core liability-driven investment, risk management, full-spectrum fixed income, currency and absolute return capabilities.
Insight has a global network of operations in the UK, Ireland, Germany, US, Japan and Australia. More information about Insight Investment can be found at: www.insightinvestment.com
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