Solution Architect

Hastings Direct; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive salary with car allowance

Flexible Working arrangements

Competitive Bonus Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Life assurance cover

Thrive mental health app

27 days annual leave

Job summary

A leading digital insurance provider is seeking a Solution Architect to define multi-system solutions and lead architecture activities across various technologies. The role involves working closely with business and technical stakeholders to enhance operational efficiency. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in Solution Architecture, cloud technologies, and exceptional communication skills. This position offers flexible working arrangements, competitive pay, and numerous wellbeing benefits.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in Solution Architecture.
• Ability to utilize cloud functionality or migrate applications to cloud.
• Experience in transforming applications with microservices.

Responsibilities

• Define solutions across multiple systems utilizing cloud capabilities.
• Work with business and technical stakeholders to identify opportunities.
• Lead solution architecture activities across the Change lifecycle.

Skills

Experience with Solution Architecture patterns

Cloud native technologies

API design and consumption

Microservices architecture

Exceptional communication skills

Job description

Welcome to Hastings Direct - From our Group HR Director Pam Angel. We're a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to become The Best and Biggest in the UK market.

We provide insurance for over three million customers, but we know there's even bigger opportunity out there. We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they feel they tick every box. If you are excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for, even if you're not 100% sure we would love to hear from you.

Job Details

• This is an exciting and pivotal role within our wider Solution Architecture team. You will be responsible for defining solutions spanning multiple systems utilising cloud capabilities, creating roadmaps and principles and working across a broad range of technologies.
• The role of Solution Architect works alongside business and technical stakeholders to understand opportunities and issues.
• You will be leading and conducting solution architecture activities across the Change lifecycle in support of your assigned initiatives and respective domain areas.

Skills we would love you to have

• Demonstrable experience of Solution Architecture in one or more of the following skills and knowledge areas.
  • Solution Architecture patterns and principals.
  • Cloud native technologies, utilising cloud functionality or migrating applications to cloud.
  • APIs, design and consumption.
  • Microservices, creating new or transforming applications with microservices architecture.
  • Exceptional communication skills as you will be working with business and technical stakeholders.

What we offer

Join us and you'll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community.

As one of our colleagues, you'll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we'll give you all the support, training and development you need. Not to mention plenty of recognition and rewards, and the scope to voice your ideas and put them into practice.

Reward

• Attractive salary based on experience + car allowance (pay reviews also completed each year).
• Flexible Working - We champion a flexible and hybrid working approach.
• Competitive Bonus Scheme - All colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus.
• Physical Wellbeing - Private medical Insurance (also known as PMI).
• Financial Wellbeing - Life assurance cover, income protection, pension contribution match up to 10%.
• Mental Wellbeing programme - Thrive mental health app, colleague assistance programme, mental health first aiders.
• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your contracted weeks.

Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.