Pre Sales Application Architect

Fujitsu; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company seeks an Infrastructure Architect to design innovative, energy-efficient solutions. You will collaborate with specialists to ensure application designs align with customer requirements while implementing best practices. This role offers robust career development opportunities and a generous benefits package, including 25 days leave and a double-matching pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus public holidays

Double matching pension contributions

Life assurance

Company-wide incentive plans

Flexible benefits

Employee discounts

Employee assistance programme / virtual GP

Qualifications

• Experience in Infrastructure Architecture and energy-efficient designs.
• Familiarity with industry-standard methodologies and security clearance.
• Background in Pre-Sales Application Architecture is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design artefacts to support application provision.
• Work closely with Solution Owners and Project Managers.
• Implement green software engineering principles.

Skills

Design Modelling

Requirements Modelling

AWS knowledge

VMWare knowledge

Technical Leadership

DevSecOps tooling

Application Security Testing

SAFe Processes

Data Pipeline Orchestration

Apache Kafka

CI/CD Pipeline

Python scripting

API Management

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Azure DevOps

Power Platform

Selenium

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Location: Basingstoke/Bracknell. Occasional travel may be required. No remote working possible.

Our purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As an Infrastructure Architect, you will contribute to this by utilising energy-efficient hardware and designing solutions that reduce energy use, such as virtualization and efficient data management techniques, while implementing green software engineering principles.

You will be responsible for creating design artefacts that enable the provision of applications using industry-standard methodologies. You will work closely with Solution Owners and Project Managers to ensure solutions align with approved designs and meet customer requirements.

If you possess some of the skills and experience listed below, we would love to discuss this role further.

Transferable skills and experience:

General

• Design Modelling, ideally with Archimate (BizzDesign preferred)
• Requirements Modelling / Capture techniques such as User Stories and Use Cases
• AWS general knowledge and usage
• VMWare general knowledge and usage
• Technical Leadership & Design
• DevSecOps tooling and practices
• Application Security Testing
• SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) Processes

Data Integration Focused

• Data Pipeline Orchestration and ELT tooling such as Apache Airflow, Apache NiFi, Airbyte, and Singer
• Message Brokers and streaming data processors, such as Apache Kafka
• Object Storage solutions like S3, MinIO, LakeFS
• CI/CD Pipeline and Integration, ideally with Azure DevOps
• Python scripting
• API Management Solutions

Automation Key Skills

Experience in designing, configuring, and using the following:

• Low-code Platforms, such as Power Platform, Appian, UiPath, Blue Prism
• RPA and Automation solutions
• Business Process Analysis
• Software, Applications, APIs

Apps Design and Integration Key Skills

Experience in designing, configuring, and using the following:

• Software, API, Web Design and Development
• Database Design and Data Modelling
• Architectural Patterns such as OO, Cloud-native, and Microservices
• Automated Test tooling, ideally Selenium or Robot Framework

Additional experience includes:

• CI/CD Pipelines, ideally with Azure DevOps
• IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, Harbor
• Test Management tools, ideally Azure Test Plans
• Secure Secrets Management, ideally Azure DevOps and Hashicorp Vault

This role requires security clearance to a high level. Please visit our website for more details.

Please note: It’s still worth applying even if you do not meet all the requirements. We are passionate about investing in your career, and if you have transferable skills or a background in Pre-Sales Application Architecture, this could be a great opportunity for you.

Benefits include:

• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)
• Pension with double matching contributions up to 10%
• Life assurance
• Company-wide incentive plans
• Flexible benefits such as additional holidays, travel, dental, critical illness coverage
• Perks at Work – employee discounts
• Employee assistance programme / virtual GP