Description
Solution Architect
We are IT Recruitment Specialists partnered with a prestigious Global Consultancy who require a Solution Architect for one of their Public Sector Clients.
Must Have Active SC we CANNOT accept candidates that are only eligible to go through the SC process
Essential skills and experience
Proven track record of successfully leading and redesigning Legacy IT architecture as part of a large digital transformation programme using Agile and Prince 2 methodology and user-centred design
Demonstrable experience of working and understanding hybrid landscapes (SaaS and bespoke solutions) with a particular focus on designing hybrid architecture using AWS technologies
Demonstrable experience of working with transactional services, APIs, and micro-service driven applications
Demonstrable experience of effective collaboration between multiple product vendors and the business to align strategic, policy and technical objectives
Proven track record of effectively dovetailing business, data, security, technology and service management architecture
Proven track record of developing and maintaining data and security architecture strategies within a hybrid environment and managing data risks in the context of GDPR
Proven track record of development and contribution to Five Case business cases
Demonstrable experience of initiating and specifying requirements, reviewing user experience and project managing small IT and digital procurements to deliver value for money within short time frames
Demonstrable experience of working with and understanding AWS environments, including re-platforming services onto AWS
Experience of preparing project and programme documentation, and providing timely, high quality and accurate reports to the SRO, project boards and other key stakeholders and preparing papers for programme meetings
Required technical expertise
EC2
CloudWatch
Amazon linux 2
CloudTrail
ECS
Systems Manager
Lambda (Java & Node.js)
Trusted Advisor, S3
Elasticsearch Service & Kibana
RDS/Postgres
IAM
DynamoDB
Cognito
VPC,
Certificate Manager
Route 53
Simple Notification Service
API Gateway
Simple Queue Service
CodeCommit,
AWS Organisations
Terraform,
Dev Basics
Homebrew
Java JDK 8,
?Maven, Git. Ansible
IntelliJ
Sublime Text
iTerm2
Postman
Sequel Pro
GitHub Desktop
Java
Tech Stack
Relational Database design
AWS administration services
Application security
Web service design
Dev Ops
JSON
end client network and device behaviour
Java application design & implementation
AWS API programming
Linux systems management & hardening
User interface design & implementation
Networking
Network security & hardening
Performance management and tuning(application & infrastructure)
AWS Specific components
EC2 CloudWatch
Amazon linux 2 CloudTrail
ECS (shortly) Systems Manager
Lambda (Java & Node.js) Trusted Advisor
S3 Elasticsearch Service & Kibana
RDS/Postgres
IAM
DynamoDB
Cognito
VPC Certificate Manager
Route 53 Simple
Notification Service (SNS)
API Gateway
Simple Queue Service (SQS)
CodeCommit
AWS Organisations
Other components
Postgres Node.js
Terraform Dev Basics: Homebrew, Java JDK 8,
Maven, Git.
Ansible Dev tools: IntelliJ, Sublime Text, iTerm2,
Postman, Sequel Pro, GitHub Desktop
Java