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You'll be a technologist at heart with a real interest in unpicking business challenges and designing solutions to address them. Ideally, you'll have the ability to communicate technical solutions to non-technical audiences and bring ideas and concepts to life through storytelling. One of our core values is working in a principled way, so you'll have the client's best interests at heart and ensure we are finding the right answers to their business problems. The skills: As our projects vary from client to client, we are looking for a T-shaped individual with a mix (not all!) of the following skills: Solution Architecture: * Can design and document solutions aligned to a high-level target architecture. * Understanding cloud-native architectures in depth (security boundaries, networking etc.). * Awareness of infrastructure management (CI/CD, Iaas). * Commercial and technical awareness of different architectural solutions (cost, performance, maintainability,). ## Description As a Solutions Architect at Oakland, you'll work closely with Oakland customers to create innovative cloud solutions to unpick their most difficult operational problems. You'll be the initial technical engagement lead on new projects, using your expert knowledge to define, architect and manage the build of working solutions in line with the client requirements. You'll focus on the design and delivery of innovative cloud solutions across a wide variety of clients, each with a unique challenge. At Oakland, the work we do is in Data Platforms, Data Management, Data Strategy, AI, and Analytics & Insight so an understanding of these data concepts and the associated architecture is very helpful. You will use technologies across the major cloud stacks (e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP) and be able to create technically excellent solutions that are easily adopted by clients. The primary focus in this role will be the design and delivery of technical solutions for our clients, however, there are also opportunities to work across the Oakland value proposition including aspects of technical pre-sales and internal strategic input to our Oakland offerings., At Oakland, we believe in taking care of our people, both inside and outside of work. Here's what you can expect when you join us: * Health & Wellbeing - Enjoy Private Healthcare from day one for you and your household, including dental cover, physiotherapy, mental health support, and access to a range of wellbeing services to keep you feeling your best. * Discretionary Bonus - Your hard work won't go unnoticed. When we do well, you'll do well. * Generous Pension - We invest in your future with a 10% employer contribution, plus flexible options so you can adjust to your investment preferences. * Electric Vehicle Scheme - Drive greener with tax-efficient options to get behind the wheel of an electric car. * Giving Back - Support causes you care about with our Payroll Giving Scheme and Matched Charitable Giving program. * Bike to Work Scheme - Save money, stay active, and enjoy tax savings on a new bike. * Family-Friendly Policies - We support all paths to parenthood with: * + Enhanced Maternity Pay - 16 weeks full pay, 10 weeks half pay. * + Enhanced Paternity Pay - 2 weeks full pay, 2 weeks half pay. * + Adoption, Surrogacy & Shared Parental Leave. * + Fertility Treatment Support - Because your family matters. * Time to Recharge - 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (and your allowance grows the longer you're with us!). * Learning & Development - We invest in you with: * + Personalised development plans tailored to your goals. * + Full support for certifications. * + Access to The Oakland Academy for a suite of learning materials. * + An annual Personal Learning Budget to upskill in ways that matter to you. * Refer & Earn - Know someone great? 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