Solution Architect

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Solution Architect - Cambridge - 6-months initial contractRole:To support the continued growth of the company and the development of our IT function, we seek a highly motivated Solution Architect within our Employee Experience Space. You will be a passionate individual with significant architecture experience across a variety of technology domains and functions. This is a superb opportunity for someone who thrives being a problem solver and creative thinker for interesting and complex challenges and works well within a collaborative environment.The purpose of the role is to ensure that we are designing innovative, robust and scalable solutions, working alongside both internal and external development pools as part of projects on both existing and new technology solutions.As well as designing solutions, you will participate in the development and progression of the architecture community at the company.Responsibilities:Analysing the current portfolio to detect critical deficiencies and recommending improvements.Developing enterprise-grade creative solutions within a wide remit portfolio.Assist developing Company Solution Architecture capability.Assisting colleagues as a technical/industry authority.Supporting business case and proposal development.Assisting in the delivery planning for projects and service improvement.Supporting the delivery of solutions across a range of technologies.Skills:Working knowledge of solution design artefacts and processesExperience of working with People/HR Technologies and ServicesClient/server/web platformsWeb identity managementDevelopment & release managementIntegration, orchestration and API managementMicro services architecturesDatabasesSAP business applicationsCloud IaaS, PaaS and SaaSOffice 365 platform and associated servicesTraits:Analytical and creative in resolving complex issuesRecognising potential risks and working to actively resolve themStrong planning and organisation skillsNeutral toward technology, vendor and product choices, and more passionate about results than in personal preferencesCompetent communicating technical issues to non-technical people as well as explaining non-technical issues to technical peopleExperience:Business architectureInformation and data architectureApplications architecture, including middlewareInfrastructure architectureApplication developmentDatabase managementProject managementIT Operations and Service Delivery