Solutions Architect

Solutions Architect Our Client is an internationalconsultancy with over 3000 employees. They are now looking torecruit a Senior Solutions Architect to be based at the Company’sCentral London Offices. You will have extensive and deep expertisein the following Application Development areas: - Expertise inapplication architecture using modern technologies such as cloudnative development, 12 factor Apps, microservices, serverless, APImanagement, Kafka, etc. - Deep knowledge of Microservices,Containers, REST APIs development, API Management tools (e.g.MuleSoft, Apigee), Kafka - Solution architect with broad expertisein a wide range of digital technologies in areas of applicationplatform development, web and mobile development, cloud,integration, security, etc. - Application development experiencewith at least one of the cloud providers - Amazon AWS or MS Azure -Understanding of distributed computing paradigm and exposure tobuilding highly scalable systems. - Experience with platformmodernization and cloud migration projects - Expertise in Agiledevelopment methodologies like TDD, BDD, Performance/Load testingetc. - DevOps experience – CI/CD, Test Automation, Containerization– tools and processes - Should be conversant with emergingtechnologies - chatbots, voice/conversational interfaces, RPA,Machine Learning, etc. - In-depth, hands-on experience indeveloping web/mobile applications or platforms with eitherJava/J2EE or .NET tech stack and database technologies such asOracle, MySQL, etc. - Exposure to polyglot programming languageslike Scala, Python and Golang will be a plus - Ability toread/write code and expertise with various design patterns - Haveused NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cassandra, etc.Responsibilities include: - Work on opportunities along with sales,practice, delivery teams through the pre-sales process - Developcustomer proposals – solution architecture, pitch decks, estimatingsolution effort, resourcing and timelines - Translate requirementsinto solution architecture diagrams, implementation roadmap,delivery approach and other artifacts - Understand business &technology issues/challenges and translate that into moderntechnology solutions - Engage with business and IT groups to alignsolution architecture with strategic business direction - Build atrusted advisor relationship with business and technology leaders -Stay periodically engaged throughout the entire project lifecycleto ensure ongoing alignment to established solution visionQualifications: - Bachelors or master’s degree in engineering(computer, electronics, etc.) - 20+ years of Solutions Architectureexperience (or equivalent enterprise architecture experience) andin customer-facing roles - Vertical domain knowledge in FinancialServices will be an advantage - Excellent written and verbalcommunication skills - Experience in client-driven large-scaleapplication platform implementation projects - Experience anddesire to work in a global delivery environment - Ability to travelup to 40% - Familiarity with architecture modelling tools. TOGAFexperience/certification desired but not necessary - Proven trackrecord of designing/developing scalable solutions at the enterpriselevel - Demonstrated success in quickly understanding businessneeds and aligning it to technology solutions - Experiencedelivering solutions using an Agile/Scrum methodology Strongcommunication skills (e.g. active listening, requirementselicitation, oral, written, presentation, workshop facilitation,consensus building) are essential. The Client's offices are basedin Holborn – Central London. The salary for this position will bebased on expertise and will be in the range £90K - £120K. Please dosend your CV to us in Word format along with your salary andavailability. #J-18808-Ljbffr