Senior Solution Architect

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Role: Senior Solution Architect

Start Date: ASAP

Location: Bracknell

Duration: 3-6 months

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Solution Architect to work in a multi-disciplined agile SCRUM team to develop digital services for our customer. This role will be working alongside our customer developing a crucial part of their Digital Transformation Strategy to support Public Service Reform.

Primary responsibilities:

To assist the Scrum teams to deliver business value now and in the future and ensure the team implements good techniques and practices.

* Disseminate good techniques and practices

* Review designs from a strategic point-of-view

* Assist teams to align their techniques and practices

* Provide insight into the way things are done and guidance to implement the digital design standards

* Ensure quality issues are addressed

* Agile Design and Architecture.

* Collaborate with other architects/ developers to produce just enough design

* Technical documentation

* Responsible for Continuous Integration and Build

* Collaborate with the Agile Customer to assign business value to technical stories.

Mandatory skills:

* Previous solution architect experience

* Good understanding of software engineering practices and demonstrable experience in software development frameworks for example Django or Spring

* Enabling excellent solution through the use of appropriate tools and technologies and a good understanding of development frameworks

* Understanding of Agile estimating and planning and good knowledge of Agile practices, including scrum

* Good communication skills (Team, Product owner, stakeholder)

* The ability to rapidly respond to changing requirements and deliver Minimal Viable Requirements

* Experience in a client-facing role; liaising with clients and participating in requirements gathering and design workshops

* Experience of API management tools such as APIgee would be an advantage

* Excellent knowledge of Solution Life Cycle

* Travel and flexible working as required

Desirable Skills Required:

* Springboot

* Java

* Python

* Flask

* Django

* APIgee is highly desirable

Please submit CVs in the first instance