Senior Solution Architect
Digital Catapult
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Belfast • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £65,000 - £70,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Architect Digital Services: Collaboratively develop solution architectures for platforms and digital services that meet the needs of customers and wider stakeholders.
- Ensure Robustness: Define non-functional requirements, ensuring security, performance, and compliance. Implement best practices in CI/CD.
- Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration: Liaise with internal and external stakeholders, utilising relevant technology networks. Collaborate, coach and build relationships with stakeholders.
- Select Tech Stacks: Ensure technology selection for solutions and methodologies are appropriate by working with vendors and technical specialists.
- Manage Risk: Identify technical risks, provide mitigations, and assist in procurement and resource allocation decisions.
- Disseminate Knowledge: Act as a technology evangelist and communicate our knowledge gained from developing solution methodologies.
Requirements
- Solution Architecture: Proven experience leading the development of solution architectures for complex problems ensuring they meet functional and non-functional requirements
- Modern Tech Proficiency: Deep experience with contemporary information technologies, methodologies, and architectural best practices.
- DevOps Practitioner: Practical experience working within modern DevOps engineering practices, including CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Lifecycle Expertise: A proven track record in the full solution life cycle, from initial measurement and analysis to high-level design and execution.
- Consultative Mindset: Experience working in a professional consultation services environment, collaborating with customers and other external stakeholders
- Digital Twin: Ideally experience working on Digital Twin implementations for complex design challenges
Benefits
- We are in the UK’s Top 100 Best Workplaces and placed in the UK’s Best Workplaces in Tech and Large Organisations.
- Digital Catapult is a Disability Confident Committed Level 1 Employer.
- Excellent holiday package: 25 days annual leave, Bank Holidays and 3 days between Christmas and New Year:
- Double-matched pension up to 10% of your salary;
- Discretionary company bonus
- 4% of your salary to use towards selecting benefits that work for you, including health cash plan, Private Medical Insurance; buying holiday, topping up your pension;
- E-Vehicle Scheme; Cycle2Work; Tech Scheme; Gym Discounts; Give As you Earn; PerkPal;
- Life insurance 4x salary;
- Free to access EAP & Financial Wellbeing advice;
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave;
- Hybrid working - with great offices to work from 2 days per week with some roles needing to be onsite more regularly to ensure the successful delivery of our work;
- Investment in your ongoing learning and development with us;
- Company social events throughout the year and free office snacks!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
solution architecturenon-functional requirementsCI/CDInfrastructure as Code (IaC)full solution life cycledigital twinarchitectural best practicesmodern information technologiesrisk managementstakeholder engagement
Soft Skills
collaborationcoachingrelationship buildingconsultative mindsetcommunicationknowledge disseminationproblem-solvingstakeholder liaisontechnical evangelismvendor management