Solutions Architect
Fantastic opportunity for an experienced AWS Solutions Architect with a strong technical background, Deep understanding of AWS components and product features and Microsoft technologies (Azure, O365, SharePoint, Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS) and .Net architectures.
Job purpose:
* The Solutions Architect (SA) is responsible for ‘translating’ business requirements into IT solutions, taking into account the complexity of existing systems, through effective negotiation of the priority of scope and requirements, to help the organisation get best value from its IT investment.
* The SA is required to design and provide technical support, through the delivery of solutions that meet the requirements of the business, support the IT strategy, and are aligned with the IT architecture. Architecture considerations include data, applications, infrastructure, integration, interfaces, security, scalability, and performance, as well as product transition and support documentation. The SA will represent projects to the IT governance process, and support stakeholders in representing the project to the broader corporate governance.
* In collaboration with other key stakeholders and contributors, the SA will produce the detailed technical sections of architecture documents and artefacts. Once completed, they will then review these deliverables throughout the development and delivery stages, and be accountable for the outputs being requested, and fitting with the and IT strategy/roadmap.
Key accountabilities:
* Translate business requirements into cost-effective IT solutions, taking into account the complexity of existing systems, working with a number of technologies including, but not limited to, AWS, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Drupal.
* Support the development of the overall IT strategy and technical architectural blueprint.
* Analyse enterprise architecture artefacts and validate the completeness of technical and business requirements for the purpose of designing sound technical solutions and services, highlighting inconsistencies and gaps.
* Develop and ensure compliance to technical architecture standards and policies (across application, integration, data, and security layers), as aligned with enterprise architecture standards and policies.
* Design technical solutions and services to meet business and operational requirements.
* Ensure that technology architecture roadmaps and blueprints are developed, maintained, and integrated within the process of the overall IT strategy development and technology planning, including service transition.
* Define architectural considerations across data, applications, infrastructure, integration, interfaces, security, scalability, and performance, as well as product transition and support documentation.
* Produce options and, where necessary, conduct feasibility studies, for delivery of the business requirements and key non-functional requirements.
* Estimate the cost of implementing requirements and advising on high risk/high cost/complex solution/service aspects where these could be omitted/reduced, or where requirement change could result in a more cost-effective and lower risk implementation.
* Utilise the overall IT architecture strategy to recommend project delivery approach, typically reuse, package purchase, in-house build, or outsourced build.
* Accountable for the production of system designs, according to agreed design standards and patterns, while taking account of the differing requirements of in-house and outsource development approaches.
Skills, qualifications, and experience:
* Deep understanding of AWS components and product features.
* Microsoft technologies (Azure, O365, SharePoint, Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS) and .Net architectures.
* Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL database technologies.
* Drupal content management system.
* Understanding of Salesforce CRM.
* Atlassian (Jira, Confluence, BitBucket).
* Knowledge of agile ways of working, specifically scaled agile (SAFe).
* Knowledge of service management best practice based on ITIL V3.
* Experience of using AWS to integrate applications