Portfolio Lead Solutions Architect


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Spring Group Plc

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20th June 2018

Location

Berkshire

Salary/Rate

£600 - £700

Type

Contract

Start Date

ASAP

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Portfolio Lead Solution Architect/ Contract - 6 Months Location - Berkshire / Start ASAP

We are looking for Portfolio Lead Solution Architect to work for a large reputable client in Berkshire. The Portfolio Lead Solution Architect is accountable for the on going design and implementation of IT architecture within the organisation. The successful candidate will have had experience working in large complex projects and environments and has a track record in delivering innovative solutions into a business.

Experience

-International delivery experience would be advantageous in a blue chip consulting or systems integration firm working across the full project/service lifecycle with teams across distributed geographical boundaries, particularly including third party resources based offshore in India

-Thought leadership drawing on a broad range of skills and experience; creating innovative insights, adapting methods and practices to fit team and cultural needs. Experience of taking a 'big picture' strategic view as well as being able to work at a detailed level across a broad range of technologies and approaches

- Track record for leading solution architecture designs that have led to long term value for the organisation based on a strong understanding of business drivers and IT cost base.

-Stakeholder management and influencing skills in complex environments covering colleagues, third party vendors and project sponsors.

-Third party vendor management in understanding and aligning motivation, commercial drivers and architecture approaches across projects and programmes in the portfolio.

- Experience of legacy estate rationalisation

-Have used architecture tools such as Troux, System Architect, Rational Rose, Casewise, Aris, Sparc or equivalent.

- Design, influence and adherence to architecture governance frameworks across the portfolio business demain and wider organisation frameworks.

Knowledge

-Applying tools and techniques from idea to user acceptance testing

-One or more of the following TOGAF architectural domains: Business, Application, Data, Technology

-Development and deployment of best practice use cases; knowledge repository creation and management; champion of reuse

-General technical experience is required e.g. Unix, Oracle, Web developments, E-Commerce etc.

-Estimation methodologies and processes, ability to estimate project work and project delivery

-Knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), cloud computing services and systems integration

-Software development lifecycle, familiar with different approaches to development (Agile, Waterfall, RAD etc.)

- Knowledge of Integration Architectures, Data Architecture, Overall Solution Architecture and Process/Business Architecture

If you have the skills we are looking for and would like more information please send your cv [email protected]

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