Solutions Architect

Job Title: Solutions Architect
Pay Rate: Negotiable. Inside IR35.
Location: Luton
Contract Length: 3 months

Working with a British multinational airline group headquartered in Luton, we are seeking to hire a Solutions Architect on an initial 3-month contract basis (onsite requirement). Ideally this candidate will have experience with API's.

The successful candidate would be able to:

To lead the solution architecture definition for complex end to end solutions, working with technical architects covering each solution component, and Enterprise Architects driving the long-term architectural direction.

Produce high quality, comprehensive Solution Blueprint materials demonstrating a balance of different functional & non-functional drivers and requirements, effective understanding of solution risk, and alignment to broader IT strategy and standards.

Provide architectural guidance to third party vendors/development teams to assure the delivered solution realises the design.

Working with external parties, suppliers and internal members of the IT team and business units to research, define and document the systems architecture and high-level designs for major new initiatives, primarily though not exclusively in the Commercial domain

Identifying key areas of technical risk or complexity, proposing appropriate Proofs of Concepts (POCs) and spikes, working with stakeholders to curate a story backlog, and leading a team to gain hard evidence to influence the end architecture design

Providing high level estimates for projects to facilitate prioritisation of demand and portfolio management

Working with the programme solution architects, business analysts and business stakeholders to coordinate the collection of non-functional requirements for each component/platform in the end-to-end architecture.

Skills required:

Experience of designing/implementing solutions, including (desirable):

Large, multi-technology, multi-vendor solutions

Process orchestration

Airline operations systems

Integration with third party service provider/supplier APIs

Experience of SOA, API Design and distributed architectures.

Practical experience of agile project delivery aligned to high quality solution architecture

Demonstrable experience of designing high quality software solutions in line with business needs and timescales

Active participation in a maturing architecture practice/community

Be confident in presenting solution architecture and strategy to both and IT and business audiences the ability to understand complex concepts and communicate them in a simple manner

The ability to communicate well on both a business and technical level, to all levels of the organisation

High degree of integrity, does what they say they will

If you are interested in this position, please apply now
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