Permanent Opportunity - Solution Designer - Slough or Leeds

Infoplus Limited; Datchet; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Infoplus Technologies UK Limited, a global IT services company, is seeking a seasoned solution architect. The role focuses on designing end-to-end telecom solutions, aligning with industry standards and enterprise architecture.

You will collaborate with business and IT stakeholders, translate complex requirements into standards-driven designs, and ensure delivery across multiple projects using Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in end-to-end solution design.
• Proven knowledge of core telecom operational processes (fulfilment, assurance, billing).
• Strong knowledge of the eTOM framework and TOGAF 9.0.
• Experience designing solutions in complex multi-project environments.
• Familiarity with both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Solid understanding of the Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC).

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into detailed designs with standardisation and re-usability.
• Act as a conduit between architects and development teams ensuring design adherence.
• Apply knowledge of platform capabilities to improve delivery and service.
• Provide design governance during build/test phases as a design authority.
• Drive best practices and standards within design and development teams.
• Provide delivery estimates and manage demand to meet changing needs.
• Identify areas for improvement and propose solutions.

Skills

E2E design

Telecom processes

Service fulfilment

Service assurance

Billing systems

TOGAF 9.0

eTOM framework

Sparx EA

Multi-project env

Waterfall/Agile

SDLC knowledge

Tools

Sparx Enterprise Architect

Job description

• Working closely with key business & IT/network stakeholders, business analysts, and other team members to understand and help define/elaborate requirements. Where appropriate the requirements should be challenged to ensure adherence to industry best practice or align to existing/out of the box functionality as appropriate.
• Creating and evolving detailed designs across the relevant technologies with a focus on standardisation and re-usability. This will include High Level Designs, Technical Designs and Interface Contract Documents.
• Acting as a conduit between Enterprise / Solution Architects and Development teams, ensuring effective translation of high level design and adherence to architectural and design standards/principles. Collaborating with architecture, infrastructure, fraud & security and external partners to ensure alignment on design is achieved.
• Having detailed technical and functional knowledge of the relevant platform/system capabilities. Applying knowledge of industry trends, standards and developments to improve technical deliveries and service.
• Providing design assurance/governance during the build/test phases, acting as a technical design authority and ensuring the solution design and implementation meets technical, functional and non-functional requirements.
• Driving the definition of best practice and standards within the design and development teams. Responsible for reviewing requirements, functional specifications, architectural designs and test strategies to ensure members of the team are adhering to agreed standards. This should include identifying repeating issues and mitigation strategies (feeding into appropriate reviews).
• Providing quantified delivery estimates for assigned changes & projects. This will include challenging estimates provided by external development partners. Managing demand as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Identifying areas for improvement within your team's delivery or project and, where appropriate, suggest solutions to improve the problem areas.
• Must have 10+ years of experience in E2E solution design.
• Proven knowledge of, and solution design experience within core Telecom operational processes (service fulfilment, service assurance and billing) & related systems.
• Strong knowledge of the international frameworks eTOM, TOGAF 9.0
• Strong experience on Sparx enterprise architecture modelling tool
• Experience in a designing/ architecting solution in complex (i.e. multi-project, multi-system) environments and aligned to multiple delivery methodologies (e.g. Waterfall and Agile).
• In depth understanding of the full Software Delivery Lifecycle in both waterfall and agile models.

Infoplus Technologies

Infoplus Technologies UK Limited is a global IT services company focusing on Enterprise solutions and integration services consulting (SAP/Oracle), software development, product solutions for education segment and IT consulting services offering outsourcing solutions to enterprises worldwide. Since inception, ITL has focused on a principle to maximize output for its clients and partners through cost-savings, enhancing productivity and quality. We challenge industry norms by holding ourselves accountable through our fixed-price commitments and a unique performance-pricing model. Head quartered at Borehamwood, United Kingdom, ITL was established in United Kingdom we help enterprises globally to plan their investments in technology, design and implement solutions that drive competitive advantage and deliver or manage critical applications to improve business performance. Based in UK, we have years of experience in servicing the clients across Europe and USA