Solution Architect

Lorien; Scotland; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector client is seeking a highly experienced Solutions Architect for a 12-month contract in Scotland. The successful candidate will work closely with stakeholders to shape and deliver solution architectures, focusing on cloud infrastructure and agile methodologies. Ideal candidates will have experience in technical architecture, stakeholder management, and cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical and solution architecture.
• Ability to devise architectural blueprints and roadmaps.
• Experience in a fast-paced agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver solution architectures.
• Ensure designs are consistent with the agreed architecture.
• Identify opportunities for new technology adoption.

Skills

Technical and solution architecture

Stakeholder management

Cloud platform experience

Agile methodologies

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Job description

Overview

SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT - OUTSIDE IR35 - 12 MONTHS

One of Loriens largest Public Sector Client is looking to bring on a highly experienced Solutions Architect to the team on an initial 12 month contract.

Responsibilities

• Working with business and change stakeholders in shaping, agreeing and delivering solution architectures aligned to wider Design, Innovation and Architecture principles and standards
• Working closely with Digital Labs and Scrum Teams to ensure that detailed designs and delivery work is consistent with the agreed solution architecture
• Providing general technology guidance and advice to business and change stakeholders
• Identifying opportunities to deliver business benefit and user-centric capability through adoption of new technologies and/or new ways of working
• Collaborating with business stakeholders, business architects, other solution architects, product managers and Digital Labs across the organisation and with external organisations and partners.

Required experience

• Technical and solution architecture and design including within programmes, projects or product-centric organisations
• Collaboratively devising technical standards, blueprints, reference architectures, roadmaps, transition states and target solutions across multiple services / organisations
• Interacting and influencing senior stakeholders and a wide range of people across organisations, suppliers, customers, internal departments and teams
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives by helping to build solution design capability through delivery of solution architecture, standards and mentoring

Personal attributes

• Delivery focussed
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities
• Familiar with working in a fast paced gated agile environment
• Able to grasp the existing \'asis\' business and solution landscape

Ideally, you will have had exposure to

• Working with Cloud Infrastructure & Security Specific Experience.
• Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
• Cloud Native/Hybrid Cloud architectures
• Cloud platform experience - e.g. - Microsoft Azure
• Solution Integration and Integration Layers
• SAAS package delivery and implementation experience
• IAAS experience
• PAAS experience

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.