Solution Architect

Glasgow

You will play a key role in shaping and guiding the creation of performant, scalable, secure software systems that meet the business needs of our clients

Overview of Role

You will be responsible for the technical direction of multiple workstreams, applying your knowledge and experience of building complex systems to new client engagements. Piecing complex technology platforms together into a solution that meets the requirements of a project (and wider organisational considerations) will be core to your role. These decisions must be made balancing implementation risk, available time and budget whilst ensuring that it solves the problem at hand.

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Responsibilities

About the role

You will be expected to work closely with the assigned individuals from supporting disciplines (engineering project lead, solution analyst, business analyst, project manager, lead tester) to devise and execute a delivery plan to agreed estimates and timelines
You will be required to communicate and explain the solution architecture to the project lead so that they can translate the design into a robust and performant code base
You will work closely with the project manager and test lead to ensure that all requirements (both functional and non-functional) are met and can be demonstrated. This will require you to work closely with the team on considerations such as performance, security and compliance testing
You will ensure that our departmental engineering processes are followed and that project gateways are met and passed
Alongside the project lead assigned to the project, you will be the ‘face’ of the engineering function and will be expected to communicate and demonstrate progress to our clients
You will be required to advise on delivery considerations during the discovery and definition stages of the project and will work alongside the supporting disciplines previously mentioned
You will be expected to transition between projects within the business and may be actively involved in more than one project at a time

Skills, Knowledge and Competencies

About you

You have an excellent knowledge of a wide range of development methods, standards and trends.
You are an excellent communicator, both written and verbal.
You are comfortable presenting your ideas to clients.
You are adept at translating product and business requirements into technical solutions
You are forward-thinking and proactive.
You have a wealth of experience and are certified with public cloud technologies, cloud hosting, container, and networking design patterns, tools and standard methodology (primarily using Microsoft Azure).
Working knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies.
You have an exceptional ability to explain and demonstrate technical choices to both technical and functional stakeholders
You are comfortable producing written estimates and proposals for technical solutions