Solution Architect needed for an initial 6-month engagement with our Financial Services client based in Edinburgh. Our client has four roles, and the right candidates must have extensive demonstrable experience as an IT Solution Architect working on large-scale Transformations within corporate environments, ideally Financial Services. The role requires Design & Architecture expertise across a range of technologies, ideally including Cloud (AWS / Azure), M365, Virtualisation, Networks, IAM and Cyber Security.
The role requires candidates to engage via an FCSA accredited Umbrella company. The role is hybrid and candidates must be able to work 2-days per week onsite in Edinburgh.
The focus will be on designing and supporting the delivery of a large-scale separation followed by other projects including Data Centre builds, Business Application Migrations and a large-scale integration. Candidates must be able to demonstrate experience working on large-scale IT transformations including stakeholder engagement, eliciting requirements, creating solution designs, architecture artifacts etc.
Key Skills & Experience required:
* Proven experience in Solution / Enterprise Architecture and design within corporate environments.
* Experience in IT related divestitures or separations.
* Experience managing / supporting large-scale transformation projects (ideally within Financial Services environments).
* Strong experience in Architecture design for application and infrastructure separation and transition-state operations.
* Experience in producing Architecture artifacts, designs, patterns etc.
* Architecture governance - experience of programme level architecture review processes.
* Stakeholder engagement & requirement elicitation skills.
* Application portfolio analysis, including interface and dependency mapping.
* Strong communication skills
Technology areas include AWS, Azure, M365, HPE Greenlake, Virtualization, DBs, Monitoring etc., Networks / Firewalls, IAM (Active Directory, SailPoint), Security and Security tooling, Desktop services (Intune, Citrix, AVD Windows 11), ServiceNow, Jira/Confluence.
If this sounds like a strong fit and you are available to work in Edinburgh 2-days per week, please Apply Immediately!
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