Solutions Architect

Harvey Nash Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent recruitment firm is seeking a Solution Architect for a 12-month contract in Edinburgh. The role focuses on digital transformation within an agile environment. Key responsibilities include shaping solution architectures, collaborating with teams, and providing technology guidance. Essential skills include CRM architecture and Cloud infrastructure experience. This position offers hybrid working and a day rate based on experience.

Qualifications

• Technical and solution architecture experience in projects.
• Experience in developing technical standards and blueprints.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver solution architectures with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Scrum Teams on design and delivery.
• Guide stakeholders with technology advice.

Skills

CRM design/architecture/engineering

Cloud Infrastructure & Security

AI solution design/architecture/engineering

Cloud Platform and Infrastructure

Cloud Native/Hybrid Cloud architectures

Microsoft Azure

Solution Integration and Integration Layers

SAAS package delivery and implementation

IAAS experience

PAAS experience

Job description

Solution Architect | 12 Month Contract | (Outside IR35) | Hybrid - Edinburgh | Starting ASAP

Day Rate: DOE

About the role:

You will work principally on a strategic digital transformation programme, ensuring that our Design, Innovation and Architecture principles and standards are applied effectively and efficiently across a number of exciting, user-centric change projects.

Main Duties:

• 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 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

We would like you to have the following 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

We would like you to be:

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

Essential Skills & Experience:

• CRM design/architecture/engineering preferably using D365 or Low code solutions*
• Working with Cloud Infrastructure & Security Specific Experience.
• AI solution design/architecture/engineering
• 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

This role has been deemed Outside IR35 by the client. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland. Please click the link to apply.