Solutions Architect

Solutions Architect | Leading Law Firm | £90,000 - £100,000
Remote working 

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Solution Architect to join an award winning legal firm based in the UK. As a Solution Architect, you will be a part of the Development Team and will collaborate with a group of highly trained developers to deliver complex internal system development projects using a range of products and technologies.

You will lead development projects across predominantly Microsoft C# .Net MVC, SQL Server technologies and Web API’s as well as infrastructure focussed requirements and solutions. Planning, coordinating, and taking the lead on activities throughout the whole delivery lifecycle will be necessary for managing the successful delivery of these solutions.

This role offers challenges across a wide variety of projects and responsibilities, including the opportunity to influence the future direction of the Architecture and systems used across the business, and the migration of their on prem systems into the cloud. 

Role:

• Defining Solutions Architecture and Design within the firm, and being responsible for the development and ownership (solution delivery) of end to end IT propositions and solutions
• Leading design phases on Business IT programmes, validating requirements and ensuring that all aspects of solution design are within scope, complete, and deliverable
• Having responsibility for the architecture of all solutions delivered to the business, both from internal and external suppliers
• Facilitating the handover from development and pilot into supported production, ensuring that appropriate documentation and support models are in place
• Supporting Business Solutions arising from M&A activities
• Defining and monitoring solutions to ensure benefits are realised
• Having responsibility for leading key strategic changes and influencing the business
• Being a champion for innovation, analysing new technology solutions that could bring significant benefit to the business
• Driving continuous architecture improvement across the business and into the supporting Service Lines, with the objectives of increasing business productivity, efficiency and helping to deliver service improvement at reduced costs

Skills And Experience You Will Have

• Solid experience in a similar role from either a Solution Architect or Technical Design Authority background is essential
• Developed Solutions for internal Systems and applications
• Good Knowledge of Cloud and migrating legacy systems
• Developing solutions within an Enterprise Architecture Framework – working knowledge of and certification in an EA method, e.g. TOGAF, Zachman
• Leading IT due diligence phases with respects to Infrastructure architectures and solutions
• A good knowledge and experience of best practice solutions delivery and the associated commercial and business issues
• A demonstrable track record in the successful design and delivery of complex technical and service solutions
• Working with partners of various sizes and capabilities in order to provide the delivery capability needed to ensure successful business outcomes

Salary and Benefits: 

• £90,000 - £100,000 doe, with some flex for the right candidate
• Remote working 
• Opportunity to spearhead the move into cloud tech and lead on key decisions for the business