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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Application Development Solution Architect - **Company:** The Scc - **Location:** Birmingham, UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** £75,000.0 - £100,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Architectural Patterns, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Event Driven Architecture, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Serverless Computing, Microservices - **Published:** May 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0681611269d96726 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Microservices?, * You will have 3+ years' experience designing scalable, resilient, and secure solutions using Cloud PaaS, containers, serverless, and integration services. * You will have the ability to apply modern architectural patterns including microservices, API-led connectivity, and event-driven design. * You will have a deep understanding of the practical application of DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and Infrastructure as Code. * You will understand Cloud/Hyperscale landing zones and enterprise-scale architectures. * Good commercial acumen and an understanding of the commercial constructs typically employed by Managed Service Providers. * Strong questioning and problem identification skills. The ability to influence customer's requirements and criteria for contracting * Good communications skills with the ability to communicate to both business and technical stakeholders. This will include verbal communication, the ability to produce persuasive written materials and the ability to present to all levels within an organisation up to exec level. ## Description The SCC Digital Sales and Solutions function is focussed on driving monthly recurring revenue (MRR) from the sale of our managed services and non-recurring revenue (NRR) from the sale of our professional services. The Application Modernisation Solution Architect role is to support the achievement of the SCC Digital targets for MRR and NRR, by the sales of our Professional Services and Managed Services. You will translate the business outcomes facilitated by SCC Digital's Application Modernisation, Application Development and Application Support Services into secure, cost-effective solutions. You will work alongside the Sales Specialist function to aid the discovery of customer problems, based on their business objectives and understand the associated buying criteria. You will help influence the buying criteria to favour SCC Digital solutions based on our features and the advantages and benefits they can create for a customer. You will aid in the product of compelling offers that deliver customer benefit by addressing customer problems., * + Application Development professional services, including acceptance into service / Transition for Application Support Managed Services. Ensure the SOWs are in-line with SCC templates and standards, are commercially and technically validated in line with SCC process. + Manage the process of Application Support Managed Services design. This will include the commercial structure, ensuring designs are in-line with supported technology, producing the technical specifications for managed services and generally assisting the Sales Specialist teams with contract production. + Lead customer workshops, design sessions, and needs analysis sessions. Design pragmatic modernisation roadmaps covering re-host, re-platform, re-architect, re-engineer, and retire. + Work with your contemporaries in SCC Digital and other business units of SCC, to ensure we produce elegant and coherent multi-technology (multi-BU) solutions for customers. + Engage in the production of RFP and RFI responses with the bid team, sales specialists and other SCC functions. Ensure we produce compelling and persuasive responses. + Support Sales Specialists and SCC Sellers in customer interactions for information gathering, proposal and RFI/RFP presentations and SCC Digital capability and proposition presentations ## Related Videos - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Microservices: how to get started with Spring Boot and Kubernetes](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/242-microservices-how-to-get-started-with-spring-boot-and-kubernetes) - [Green Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/592-green-cloud-computing) - [Building Well-Architected applications](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/691-building-well-architected-applications) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) - [Strategies to accelerate SaaS Application Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1078-strategies-to-accelerate-saas-application-development) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market)