Solution Architect - London

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Solution Architect

London

£70000 - £85000 per annum

This role will translate business needs and functional designs into functioning software or technology designs and deliver/develop common foundation architecture components that conform to known successful patterns, and that support evolution toward the future-state architecture.

Principal Accountabilities:

* Analyse enterprise business context to derive solution and technical architecture at program and project scope whilst considering all aspects of solution design i.e. performance, scalability and flexibility.

* Be the main technical interface between the project and enterprise planning team and ensure alignment and adherence to Enterprise Architecture principles, practices and roadmaps.

* Analyse the IT environment to detect critical deficiencies, and recommend solutions for improvement.

* Analyse technology industry and market trends, and determine their potential impact on the enterprise.

* Oversee or consult on technical architecture application implementation or modifications.

* Promote the architecture process, its outcome and ongoing results.

* Define the technical architectural principles to guide solution decisions for the enterprise.

* Facilitate the evaluation and selection of software products.

* Contribute to Internal and 3rd party partner software/technology development processes, standards and deliverables with emphasis on delivering quality throughout the development lifecycle.

* Design of architecture based upon OO, DRY and SOLID principles.

* Creation of prototypes and/or proof of concepts.

* Design of N-tier applications based on re-use and scalability.

* Review and provide quality control for technology delivery teams (e.g. design/code review).

* Facilitate the preparation estimates and delivery proposals for technology delivery tasks by 3rd party partners or vendors.

Decision making Responsibilities:

* Act as technical design authority for a project portfolio.

* Provide input at interview and selection stage of recruitment process as required.

Education, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Technical

Sound commercial experience in the following:

* C#, Web API, MVC, Entity Framework, jQuery, CSS, Bootstrap, React and JavaScript programming.

* Continuous integration and automated deployments within TFS/VSTS.

* Automated testing.

* SQL Server and Transact-SQL.

* Experience and knowledge of Webservices & Web API.

* Design and development of N-tier, SOA & Microservice applications.

* Experienced in Full Life Cycle Development (Agile & Waterfall) and Solution Architecture.

* Knowledge and practical application of Design Patterns and Practises.

* Documentation of solution design blueprints. UML, Entity Relationship Diagramming etc.

* Leadership, Mentoring and Influencing of technical development teams.

Commercial experience in some of the following:

* Messaging and Distributed Caching.

* Azure or AWS cloud services.

* .Net Core.

* SharePoint, Nintex or Dynamics CRM.

* Experience in architecture frameworks, such as TOGAF, Zachman, MODAF etc.

* Experience in at least one Architecture tool (e.g. Sparx Enterprise Architect, System Architect, Troux/Metis, Corporate Modeller, ARIS etc.)

Non- Technical

* Bachelors degree in computer science, systems analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience.

* Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments.

* Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, negotiation and planning.

* Excellent analytical and technical skills.

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

* Knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and processes.

* Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations.

* Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to business problems.

* Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.

* Desirable - Knowledge or experience of the London Insurance Market or Financial Services.