Customer Solution Architect
Role details
Job location
Tech stack
Requirements
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Proven experience in a customer-facing Solution Architect or Technical Consultant role
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Strong experience producing customer-facing HLDs and LLDs
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Experience designing SaaS or managed service solutions
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Understanding of regulated or compliance-driven environments
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Excellent customer communication, workshop facilitation, and presentation skills
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Ability to balance customer requirements with product and service constraints
Desirable
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Experience with compliance, archiving, or regulated data platforms
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Exposure to financial services or regulated communications environments
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Experience supporting technical pre-sales or complex customer onboarding
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Familiarity with structured service delivery or professional services models Personal Attributes
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Strong customer-first mindset
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Confident, credible, and consultative in customer engagements
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Structured and detail-oriented in design documentation
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Comfortable managing multiple customer designs concurrently
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in:
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Computer Science
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Software Engineering
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Information Systems
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Engineering
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Or a related technical field or relevant business experience
Expected knowledge:
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Cloud platforms (one or more of) AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
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System architecture and design: APIs, microservices, integrations, Data flows, scalability, security
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Infrastructure concepts: Networking, authentication, IAM Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
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Understanding of: DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines Databases (SQL and NoSQL)
Certifications:
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect
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Azure Solutions Architect Expert
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Google Professional Cloud Architect
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TOGAF (for enterprise-focused roles) 3-8+ years in roles such as
: * Solutions Architect
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Sales Engineer / Pre-Sales Engineer
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Technical Consultant
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Implementation Architect Nice-to-Have Qualifications
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Master's degree (MBA or MSc)
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Agile / Scrum certifications
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ITIL (for service-oriented environments) * Experience with RFPs, proposals, and SOWs
Benefits & conditions
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Knutsford WA16 8WZ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)