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Solution Architect (£85k + 20% - 70 user platforms)

United Kingdom - Luton
Posted: 19/05/2021

Salary: £85K per Year
ID: 22865_BH

Solution Architect – 70 million user platforms

 

  • Are you a credible solution architect with at least 4 years of SA experience?

 

  • Have experience across both commercial & operational focused systems & project?  

 

  • Worked on solutions involving SOA, Distributed and/or Micro-services architecture?

 

  • Keen to work for a world leading business supporting over 70 million customers?

 

 

Location & Remote Working:

  • Twice per week in the office – Bedfordshire area and 3 days remote
  • Direct train links from London in approx. 1 hour (50% rail discount) + free parking

 

Essential Experience

  • At least 3-4 years of experience a Solution Architect
  • Working on £ multi-million projects / solutions
  • Designing solutions based on Micro-services / SOA / Event-Driven or similar
  • Knowledge of API design
  • Recent experience working on operational focused systems
  • Working within a large and genuinely complex enterprise business/brand

 

Bonus Points for:

  • Having a software developer OR Technical Architecture background
  • .Net and Cloud focused solution experience
  • Retail or E-commerce sector knowledge

 

 

The Company:
When it comes to innovation and scale few companies compare. This multi-billion business is the largest of its type in the UK & 10th largest globally. Their platforms are used by over 70 million people a year, as much as 40k concurrently, across 35 countries, 24/7 and 365 days a year.

 

 

The Role & Your Impact:

 

  • Designing & defining complex enterprise-scale solutions across the entire business portfolio, with a specific focus on both operational and commercial systems at scale. Examples include multi-million 4 year programmes on Digital Safety & Security, Global Operations Systems and Commercial /.com platforms & Digital Channels

 

  • Collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders and peers of both technical and non-technical areas; Software Development, Data, Security, Operations, Commercial, Legal and more.

 

  • Act as a driving force in maturing the architecture community & spotting opportunities for improved best practice.

 

  • Defining High-Level Designs in conjunction with Enterprise and Technical Architect teams

 

  • Focused on large scale/distributed applications & systems that make use of REST/SOA, Micro-services, Event-based systems Architecture, cloud, etc.

 

  • Defining complex IT solutions which have a cross-functional impact, implementing new technology/architecture approaches where needed.

 

  • Work with technology and wider business teams + collaborating with Technical & Enterprise Architects and Delivery Managers to ensure solutions meet the long-term business goals

 

  • Defining and owning your area, identifying key areas of technical risk or complexity, proposing appropriate POCs and providing architectural guidance to third parties