Description
Solution Architect
Duration: Initial 6 months
Location: Glasgow
EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY: Sopra Steria Recruitment Ltd (a Sopra Steria company) provides recruitment and resourcing solutions to Sopra Steria, a leading European IT service provider.
Sopra Steria requires 2 application focused Solution Architects for an initial 6 month contract based in Glasgow, onsite for one of our financial services Clients.
The Solution Architect will be responsible for collaborating on the Enterprise Architecture strategy in support of our Clients vision and mission. The Solution Architect will provide guidance and governance of the development and modifications to enterprise architecture to ensure that any change takes account of relevant architectures, strategies, policies, standards and practices while ensuring that existing and planned business capabilities remain compatible.
Solution Architect Essential Skills:
- Experience in or a working knowledge of server, storage, networking, operating systems and database technologies, and the industry standards related to these
- Application focused solution architect
- Experience of working in a multi-vendor environment and of integrating disparate technologies.
- A track record in design and architecture of complex IT solutions
- Experience in or a working knowledge of some or all of the following: enterprise architecture; patterns; agile development frameworks or enterprise architecture frameworks
- Able to demonstrate experience in writing and collaborating in the production of design documentation
Solution Architect Desirable Skills
- Agile and waterfall project delivery methodologies
The successful candidate must be willing to undergo a security clearance process.