Solution Architect

East Lothian  ‐ Onsite
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Description

As Solution Architect you'll lead engagements which can be either advisory or solution delivery in nature; be the solution lead for bid and business development; lead the development of a value proposition for the practice; and architecture leadership within the practice and GL UK delivery organisation.

About the role:

  • Work with customers to understand their business and identify opportunities to optimise the current delivery approaches to increase value to their customers. Lead workshops and interviews with key partners to understand the customer's business and IT requirements and the associated system landscape and operating model.
  • Build technical and solution architectures that meet the customer requirements and are compliant with internal and/or the customer Solution Architecture principles.
  • Develop solution architectures which have a wider appreciation and coherence with both security & service architecture and cost or commercial constraints/requirements working with our commercial and financial consultants.
  • Defining roadmaps for Digital transformation into a customer's overall strategic approach. Prepare and lead (or as part of a team) customer presentations outlining recommended solution/technical architectures and benefits.
  • Work with the delivery teams on ensuring adherence of the solution being developed to the agreed solutions/technical architecture.
  • Work within the AAA practice to contribute to and develop thought leadership around architecture and solution offerings and contribute to related value propositions.
  • Assist with or lead the preparation of bid responses to RFPs/RFIs and to develop the solutions based on existing case studies or experience along with a delivery plan and associated assumptions, risks and costs.

About you (ideally):

Technical Insight:

  • Certification in one or more Cloud technologies.
  • Understanding of application hosting deployment approaches.
  • IaaS, PaaS (Amazon Connect), SaaS (eg ServiceNow, Workday, Salesforce), Kubernetes (containers), microservices.
    • Data Analysis approaches including Data Warehousing, Hadoop and or structured data approaches.
  • Certification in Togaf or equivalent framework (eg Zachman).
  • Understanding of Agile methodologies and DevOps adoption.
  • Appreciation of Security Architecture.
  • Appreciation of high-level Network architecture in on prem and cloud deployments.
  • Understanding of business case development.
  • Understanding of the basics of Project and Risk Management.
  • Understanding of current application development approaches and toolsets.
  • Insight into market and industry trends, and their impact on customer solutions.

Why work at GlobalLogic.

Our goal is to build an inclusive positive culture where everyone can feel comfortable being themselves, empowering our people to create their own high standards and therefore more value. We work together to promote fairness while recognising, valuing and embracing differences - providing a transparent support structure and generous training budget to help our people develop skills to progress their career. Our region also supports a hybrid model which can flex across a wide spectrum of working options determined by our business, customer and individual needs.

You'll benefit from a comprehensive health and wellness plan, private healthcare (clinical and mental wellbeing), and discounted gym memberships. We offer a fantastic benefits package including a competitive pension scheme and recognition schemes through bonus/reward initiatives. Colleagues are entitled to an annual volunteering day - so you can take time to support a cause close to your heart. We also love to stay social at our trips to the zoo, quiz nights, sports events, theatre trips and much more.

We are an equal opportunities employer. It is our policy to promote an environment free from discrimination, harassment and victimisation. We are proud signatories to the Tech Talent Charter which was created because solving the diversity problem in tech requires a collective effort across companies and sectors.

Start date
flexible
From
GlobalLogic UK&I
Published at
20.05.2022
Project ID:
2390231
Contract type
Freelance
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