Solutions Architect

One of Lorien’s leading Public Sector clients is looking for two Solution Architects to join their team. You’ll act as technical lead on your project and produce high-level solution designs across multiple domains, with a focus on integration, APIs and data exchange.

• Proven experience as a Technical Architect or equivalent specialist architecture role within a large and complex organisation
• Extensive experience designing, implementing, governing and supporting enterprise end-to-end solutions using COTS, SaaS and in-house developed components
• Extensive experience designing, implementing, governing and supporting the integration of end-to-end solutions using an integration platform
• Strong knowledge of application architecture and enterprise application landscapes, including SaaS, COTS and bespoke applications
• Adept at integrating secure by design principles into architecture work
• Demonstrable experience defining design standards, reference architectures, design principles and technical roadmaps
• Strong experience documenting and articulating architectural concepts and architecture designs
• Experience leading architectural governance activities and providing technical assurance through Architecture Review Boards or equivalent governance forums
• Proven ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders, suppliers, delivery teams and executive audiences, translating complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes
• Experience working within Agile and multidisciplinary delivery environments
• Experience working in large public sector organisations with an understanding of government digital service standards and governance processes
• Knowledge and practical experience of AWS cloud architecture
• Demonstrable experience defining and governing API strategies, including:
• REST APIs
• Event-driven APIs
• API life cycle management
• Security standards
• Versioning and governance models
• Strong understanding of integration architecture patterns and their appropriate application, including:
• Point-to-point integration
• Hub-and-spoke
• Event-driven architecture
• Publish-subscribe
• Microservices integration
• Data integration and synchronisation patterns
• Hybrid cloud integration

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.