Principal Architect

Wood Mackenzie Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Systems Architect, where you will make high-level decisions impacting software development and data architecture. This role demands a strong technical background and exceptional communication skills, allowing you to influence key stakeholders and create innovative architectural approaches. You will collaborate closely with teams to ensure the software aligns with best practices, while also addressing complex technical challenges. If you're passionate about driving change and fostering a culture of data-driven reliability, this opportunity is perfect for you, offering a chance to make a significant impact in the renewables and energy sectors.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of architecture and design practice on enterprise applications.
• Excellent knowledge of full-stack development in Node, .NET, Python or Java.
• Experience influencing technical decisions across different stakeholder levels.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand functional and non-functional requirements.
• Develop high-level design specifications with attention to systems integration.
• Ensure software meets quality, security, extensibility, and maintainability.

Skills

Software Architecture Patterns

Full-Stack Development

Node.js

.NET

Python

Java

Data Architecture

Infrastructure Architecture

Agile Development Practices

Security Architecture

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Master's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

CI/CD Tools

Test Automation Tools

Application Monitoring Tools

Job description

Wood Mackenzie is the global data and analytics business for the renewables, energy, and natural resources industries. Enhanced by technology. Enriched by human intelligence. In an ever-changing world, companies and governments need reliable and actionable insight to lead the transition to a sustainable future. That’s why we cover the entire supply chain with unparalleled breadth and depth, backed by over 50 years’ experience. Our team of over 2,400 experts, operating across 30 global locations, are enabling customers’ decisions through real-time analytics, consultancy, events and thought leadership. Together, we deliver the insight they need to separate risk from opportunity and make confident decisions when it matters most.

• Trusting – we choose to trust each other
• Customer committed – we put customers at the heart of our decisions
• Future Focused – we accelerate change
• Curious – we turn knowledge into action

Role Purpose

We are looking for an experienced Systems Architect to make intuitive high-level decisions for software development, data architecture, security architecture and infrastructure architecture. You will need to see the “big picture” and create architectural approaches for software design, data flows, information security and cloud/on-premise deployments.

A great candidate has a strong technical background and outstanding communication skills. The candidate should be able to approach the problem space from any number of options and be able to clearly articulate the pros and cons of each option.

Main Responsibilities

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand and influence functional and non-functional requirements for new and legacy applications.
• Develop high-level design specifications with attention to systems integration, maintainability, performance/scale, and feasibility.
• Use tools and methodologies to create representations for modules, components, and sub-systems.
• Support software engineers, SRE and architects in appropriate technology choices and engineering/architecture standards.
• Optimize use cases to align with well-architected frameworks and best practices with an eye on generalised and repeatable patterns.
• Assist with solving complex technical problems when they arise through the methodical application of solution knowledge.
• Ensure software meets requirements of quality, security, extensibility, maintainability, and observability.
• Develop architecture roadmaps aligned with long term product roadmaps.

About You

• A Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science/engineering or related experience.
• Excellent knowledge and practice of software and architecture patterns.
• Excellent knowledge of full-stack development in Node, .NET, Python or Java with demonstrable mastery of at least one of those technologies along with its tooling and ecosystem.
• Excellent knowledge of data architecture and experience working with enterprise data platforms.
• Excellent knowledge of infrastructure architecture and security such as networking, containers, storage, API gateways etc. with a special emphasis on AWS/Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Knowledge of software quality assurance principles, test automation tools, CI/CD tools, security tools and application/systems monitoring.
• Experience in Agile development practices at scale.
• Demonstrable experience with at least 2 different enterprise class applications in two or more product organizations.
• 6+ years of architecture and design practice on enterprise applications with a total of 12+ years in software development and architecture.
• Experience influencing technical decisions across the different stakeholder levels of the business including non-technical audiences.
• Ability to foster a culture around data-driven reliability, observability, monitoring, and automation.
• Due to the global nature of the team, a degree of flexible working will be required to accommodate different time zones.

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