Solution Architect (Energy Markets)

Harvey Nash; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

6 month contract

Job summary

Harvey Nash seeks an experienced Senior IT Solution Architect to lead design, governance, and delivery of technical change across a large-scale trading environment. This is a 6 month contract role with hybrid working and UK offices.

The role requires extensive experience with Energy Trading and Risk Management Systems, cloud-native Azure solutions, and strong DevOps and data platform expertise, including Databricks.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Solution Architect or Senior Technical Architect.
• Strong background in energy trading or energy markets.
• Hands-on design of cloud-native Azure solutions.
• Proven ability to lead architectural governance and change initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture and technical design across Energy Markets systems.
• Provide architectural governance and leadership to IT delivery teams.
• Shape and drive cloud-native solutions within Microsoft Azure.
• Demonstrate strong DevOps practices and tooling awareness.
• Lead governance and delivery of technical change initiatives.

Skills

Solution architecture

Azure cloud

Governance

DevOps practices

ETRM/trading domain

Tools

Azure

Databricks

DevOps tooling

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Solution Architect to lead the design, governance, and delivery of technical change across a large-scale trading environment. This is a 6 month contract role.

• Inside of IR35
• Hybrid working - Offices available throughout the UK
• Must have experience of ETRM systems / trading.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture and technical design across Energy Markets systems and platforms.
• Provide architectural governance and technical leadership to IT delivery teams.
• Shape and drive cloud-native solutions within Microsoft Azure.
• Proven experience as a Solution Architect or Senior Technical Architect.
• Strong background within the energy trading sector.
• Extensive experience with Energy Trading and Risk Management Systems (ETRMS), including both legacy and cloud-based platforms.
• Strong analytics and data platform expertise, including Databricks.
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering cloud-native Azure solutions.
• Strong understanding of DevOps methodologies and tooling.
• Experience leading architectural governance and technical change initiatives.