Solutions Architect

Vitality; Bournemouth; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in health insurance is looking for a Solution Architect to design technology solutions and provide technical leadership. This role involves collaborating with various teams to ensure compliance with standards while driving incremental solutions that enhance customer value. The position offers a hybrid working pattern and numerous benefits, including a competitive salary, bonus schemes, and health insurance.

Benefits

Bonus Schemes

Pension up to 12%

Vitality health insurance

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as a Solution Architect with various technologies.
• Strong communication to clarify complex issues.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end technology solutions aligned with business requirements.
• Support engineering teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Contribute to design standards and manage architectural issues.

Skills

Java/Spring

.NET

JavaScript

microservices

containers

databases

cloud technologies

Agile Methodology

analytical skills

problem-solving

communication

Job description

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Team – Health, Adviser & Employer - IT

Working Pattern - Hybrid – 14 hours of the week or 2 days to be worked in any of the Vitality Offices (Bournemouth, London or Stockport). Full time, hours per week.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

What this role is all about:

The Solution Architect is accountable for ensuring that our technology solutions are designed and implemented according to Business Requirements and IT Development Standards to deliver towards strategic goals.

This is a specialist role, providing technical leadership across a number of solutions for a value-driven customer journey.

You will play a key role in designing end-to-end technology solutions and supporting engineering teams throughout the SDLC. You will be experienced in providing design documentation, and reviewing or contributing to ICDs, IT governance, and Standards.

You will work alongside other Architects, Principal Software Engineers, business analysts, UX designers, and developer teams delivering incremental releases that generate business value.

Key Actions

1. Working closely with the technology teams, designing solutions that cross technical, product, and application boundaries. You will ensure that changes are designed, developed, and delivered in compliance with policies and standards.
2. You are the point of contact for resolving any architectural issues.
3. Acts as an SME for technical changes in order to provide estimates for new initiatives or product enhancements.
4. Owns, creates, and maintains Solution Design documentation and seeks relevant sign-off.
5. Contributes to Design standards and patterns, and forms part of the governing body of EADA.
6. Supports Projects and Product Enhancements throughout the development and delivery lifecycle.
7. Assists in Incident/Problem management, Root Cause Analysis, and definition of solutions.
8. Works closely with the engineering team(s) – encouraging continuous improvement in the development, build, test, and maintenance of the system.

Essential Skills needed to fulfill this role:

1. Demonstrable experience working as a Solution Architect using a range of different technologies (ideally including Java/Spring, .NET, JavaScript, microservices, containers, databases, cloud technologies).
2. Demonstrable expertise in the use of appropriate tools/technologies for the design, development, build, testing & deployment of a wide range of applications.
3. Confident communicator - able to present complex technical issues in a clear manner to technical and non-technical audiences.
4. Experience of Agile Methodology (ideally SAFe).
5. Work independently and collaborate effectively across the organization.
6. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

So, what’s in it for you?

1. Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance.
2. A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary.
3. Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits.
4. Life Assurance – Four times annual salary.

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

1. Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
2. Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
3. Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
4. Help you advance your career by playing to your strengths.
5. Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
6. Give you the space to try, fail, and learn.
7. Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
8. Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
9. Be there for you when you need us.
10. Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.