Solution Architect

Solution Architect Role - £75,000 per annum, 12 Month FTC.

This opportunity to provide advice and support, in relation to digital solutions architecture, solution options and selection, agile technology roadmaps, and solution and development overlaps and integrations, is being offered on a 12 month Fixed-term Contract to a central-London public sector company. The role is a Full time contract, reporting to the Head of Solutions and MX Programme Manager and is ideal for a candidate with current Solution Architect experience or with Senior Developer experience.

The Solution Architect's role is to provide targeted solutions architecture across all projects, but predominantly those within a Member Experience MX Programme. The role is also expected to roadmap the appropriate technologies and suppliers to ensure stakeholders are aware of the options and decisions they will face. It is essential that strategic advice on technology options is given, based on functional, non-functional, and wider business requirements and considerations, factoring in best-practices, solution and product roadmaps, and sustainability.

Through engaging in this Solution Framework, the Solution Architect operates across projects and programmes to ensure the right choices for the business and technical architecture are made in relation to integrated, overlapping and dependent technologies and functionality.

Within the team, the Solutions Architect work with the Technical Design Authority (TDA), providing peer reviews and assurances around technology choices, fitness for purpose and the sustainability of solutions. Through working with the IT Security Manager, Head of Risk and Assurance, IT Transition and Release Manager, other architects (including business, data, and infrastructure architects), product owners and delivery colleagues, the Solutions Architect ensures optimal solutions are delivered and transitioned into the business.

Essential candidate skills include:

• Experience in providing solution architecture advice, prototyping and support in digital environments, common digital technologies such as CMS, DXP, CRM, BI, eMarketing, CDN, cloud hosting, Learning Management Solutions, ETL, etc.
• Excellent understanding of Web technologies including RESTful APIs (Web APIs, REST, JSON, XML, SOAP), mobile and eCommerce technologies.
• Software Development Lifecycle experience, and experience on Agile projects.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences at all levels in the organisation.
• Experience with API design and testing tools such as SwaggerHub and Postman.
• Experience in multidisciplinary architectures including business, data & information, technical infrastructure, cloud, software development.
• Experience in programmatic planning and risk/dependency management, specifically across significant agile portfolios of digital delivery.
• Experience in working with Technical Design Authorities in advising across a spectrum of solution issues, including working with delivery management, InfoSec, Information Management and Assurance and Risk colleagues.
• Experience and understanding of the business change challenges of technology and an ability to take wider business considerations into account when giving advice.
• Experience of working within TOGAF.
• Practical and proven knowledge of solution and data integration and understanding the challenges, typical architectures and use cases around digital integration.

InterQuest Group is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. InterQuest Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, religion/belief, race, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, sex or sexual orientation. Please make us aware if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.