Solutions Architect

If you want to be part of an organisation that offers you a variety of work, the opportunity to upskill and become multi-disciplinary in an agile and agnostic environment, work flexibly in line with a healthy work/life balance; be positively challenged and pushed out of your comfort zone; and ultimately, enjoy working alongside your team members, then read on!

About Axiologik

As an experience led consultancy, we build capability, support acceleration of change and make digital transformation continuous and sustainable. We enable organisations to become the best version of themselves.

We believe in hiring talented people with the right attitude and learning potential. The company is now going through an exciting phase of growth, and we hope you can join us on our journey.

You can read more about us here: https://axiologik.com

You must be eligible for SC Clearance and be based in the UK.

Salary and Benefits (snapshot)

The salary banding for this role is £70,000 - £85,000 based on experience.

·      Vitality health plan for all permanent employees and their family members – including dental, optical, online GP and physio.

·      Discretionary 10% performance related bonus and annual salary review.

·      5% matched pension scheme (option to enhance).

·      25 holiday days, with additional given for birthdays and significant life events. There is the opportunity to buy an extra 5 days.

·      A tailored learning and development plan with funding for ongoing training.

·      4 paid days per year to volunteer and contribute towards charity and community projects.

The Role

In your role as a Solutions Architect, you will be working alongside other Architects, delivery teams, and with key business stakeholders to develop the system architecture for complex solutions. For smaller change programmes you will additionally provide ongoing architectural leadership and coaching.

Your typical workload will be split between leading these client-side engagements, often large change programmes, discovery work and providing recommendations to Axiologik clients, through to being hands-on within a team. As such, whilst predominantly operating as a Solutions Architect, we expect you to be confident in fulfilling a varied role utilising a broad understanding across other architectural disciplines.

Outside of client engagements, you will collaborate across our business on new offerings, representing the practice in cross functional teams, supporting new business development and commercial bids.

There is a requirement to be onsite in our central Leeds office 1 to 2 times a week. This can be discussed with your manager for full flexibility and can be restructured to best suit your needs, as well as the occasional travel to client site.

Essentials

• You have used your experience in digital, agile, and product-centric environments to create roadmaps and architecture models, lead technology selection, and to continuously improve ecosystems.
• You can operate effectively across multiple horizons, supporting enterprise-level and horizon 3 strategies while simultaneously leading the build out of technical architectures and near-term operational plans.
• You have experience working within highly regulated environments to ensure that security, external legislation and regulations, governance and compliance are met throughout.
• Your solutions balance the financial considerations of technology choices, and you advocate for FinOps, cost optimisation, and sustainability best practices.
• You maintain appropriate quality in response to ongoing change and are capable of optimising and refining technical designs throughout the lifecycle – balancing risk, impact, and complexity.
• You are a coach and mentor to other architects and technical designers and have worked closely with delivery teams to realise your designs – your track record of delivery has ensured that your solutions were delivered well and maximised value outcomes.
• You listen to and interpret the needs of technical and business stakeholders, supporting when there may be difficult discussions across diverse stakeholders.
• You are an influencer that can effectively communicate proposed decisions, providing advice and recommendations to stakeholders at multiple levels.
• You are comfortable dealing with ambiguity, complexity and potentially significant organisational impacts.

Desirables

• You actively participate in industry forums and events, expanding your existing industry knowledge and representing your personal skills and experience.
• You have hands-on experience in other specific areas of digital delivery, such as Cloud, leading software engineering teams, agile delivery, cybersecurity, AI and machine learning, and so on.
• You are informed on new and emerging technologies, products, services, methods, and techniques across a broader set of architectural disciplines, such as data and technical solutions and at enterprise-level.

Interview Stages

This will be a two-stage interview process. First stage is virtual or face to face in our offices in Leeds. The second stage must be face to face. We hope to make an offer within a month of starting the process. Our Talent team will keep you updated on timelines throughout the process.

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