Senior Solution Architect IRC

Description

Senior Solution Architects are senior members of the Technology team , and are critical to the successful delivery of technology solutions to support the various client customer-facing business units. They will work collaboratively with product owners, business analysts, engineers and other team members and will be ultimately accountable for defining and designing high-quality technology solutions - built and bought - to support the commercial objectives of those businesses.

Working directly to the Chief Architect, they are jointly responsible for the definition and evolution of the client End State Architecture and technology estate. On a day to day basis and in conjunction with other technical stakeholders they will make decisions on solution architecture and technology approach at platform, system and component level, ensuring that the delivery teams they work with take into account the full lifecycle from selection to support, and work within the framework of the End State Architecture.

As seasoned experts in system design and delivery, they have deep experience in successfully designing and delivering systems in complex business domains and are by nature problem solvers and think deeply about getting things done in the right way. They will provide day to day mentoring and support to the more junior solution architects that they work with, challenging and guiding their work as necessary, and will likewise provide feedback and support to other team members such as engineers and product owners as necessary.

• 5+ years of experience as a solution architect or a similar technical role.
• Demonstrate familiarity with developing, rolling out, enhancing and communicating solution architectures, and then leading by example to design and implement components and systems necessary to bring those architectures into practical reality.
• Proven experience of requirements analysis and solution design in complex environments.
• Demonstrate experience in technical architecture and solution delivery leadership, ideally across several business sectors and in organisations of comparable size and complexity to the client.
• Demonstrable ability to write documentation and other artefacts necessary to deliver solutions to time, quality and budget constraints.
• Provide evidence of ability to understand complex business environments and processes and to work effectively with business stakeholders to design technical architectures and solutions to deliver appropriate outcomes.
• Demonstrable ability to manage, mentor, build and get the best from small and varying teams of individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills and levels of experience.
• Demonstrable ability to build trust and relationships at all levels within and outside an organisation like Third Bridge, providing evidence of ability to manage conflict and achieve positive outcomes - e.g. team or client/supplier conflict as necessary, including experience of resolving technical conflicts within and between teams.
• Proven experience of working in a transformational, rapidly changing setting.
• Experience in a mixed language, AWS-based environment.
• Proven experience of data strategy and architecture.
• Demonstrate evidence of ability to manage a team and multiple workloads, working calmly under pressure.
• Very good written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Working with the Chief Architect, product owners, business analysts and others to ensure that the client Architecture is continually developed and refined to the level necessary to provide a pragmatic framework to support the design and delivery of technology solutions to support client.
• Working with stakeholders such as Product Owners, Business Analysts and Technical Product Managers to understand business requirements.
• Transforming those requirements into technical solutions, working within the frameworks of the client End State Architecture and architecture principles and guidelines.
• Documenting and communicating these solutions to stakeholders both verbally and in written form as necessary to obtain buy-in.
• Supporting the selection and implementation of third-party packages or…