Solution Architect

Elevate Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

A national organization is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to manage and coordinate the development of technical solutions across Application Development. The ideal candidate will have expertise in business engagement, stakeholder management, and project delivery in commercial sectors like finance or retail. This role offers a competitive salary of approximately £68K along with a bonus and benefits, and is conveniently located between Manchester and Cheshire. This is an excellent career opportunity for the right individual.

Benefits

Attractive salary package

Bonus

Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience managing technical solutions in a commercial environment.
• Strong understanding of stakeholder management and project delivery.
• Experience working in finance, retail, telco, or utility sectors.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate with BA and technical leads.
• Establish relationships with Business Subject Matter Experts.
• Document functional specifications with business analysts.
• Attend design workshops to support technical specification creation.
• Ensure clear traceability across requirements in technical specifications.

Skills

Commercial online environment knowledge

Change management

Excellent communication skills

Architecture frameworks experience (e.g., TOGAF)

Relationship building

Stakeholder interaction

Job description

Solution Architect required to manage and coordinate the development and delivery of technical solutions, applications or services across Application Development using agreed standards and methodologies.

Our client a national organisation located conveniently between Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside requires an experienced Solution Architect with an understanding of Business Engagement, Stakeholder Management as well as Project Delivery in a commercial environment, in return they are offering an attractive package c£68K + Bonus & Benefits.

Solution Architect – Key skills and experience

• Strong understanding of a commercial online environment including possibly finance, retail, telco, or utility environments and industry trends
• Experience of effectively managing change in a fast moving environment
• Broad experience in IT preferably within a commercial environment i.e. finance, retail, telco, or utility industries
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experienced in architecture frameworks e.g. TOGAF, & POET.
• Collaborative; ability to develop strong relationships within company departments to show great teamwork.
• Confident, sociable and able to interact directly and autonomously with a wide variety of stakeholders

Solution Architect - Responsibilities

• Establish strong relationships with Business Subject Matter Experts
• Manage and coordinate with BA and technical and development leads internal and external
• Support the business analyst in to deliver change Innovation
• Liaise with the Business Analyst to understand business requirements in order to document the functional spec. Conduct a gap analysis with the BA to identify those requirements that cannot be met.
• Facilitate and or attend design workshops with technical design teams and SMEs where required to support the creation of a technical specification
• Responsible for reviewing the Technical specification and ensuring that there is clear traceability across requirements and raising and resolving any gaps before progressing to build.

This is an excellent career opportunity, based in the north west of England easily accessed from Liverpool, Manchester and the surrounding areas and offering an attractive package c£68K + Benefits.