Overview

Senior Solutions Architect with Pre Sales ExperienceOur Client is an international consultancy with over 3000 employees.They are now looking to recruit a Senior Solutions Architect with some Pre-Sales experience to be based at the Company’s Central London Offices.Responsibilities

Work on opportunities along with sales, practice, delivery teams through the pre-sales processDevelop customer proposals – solution architecture, pitch decks, estimating solution effort, resourcing and timelinesTranslate requirements into solution architecture diagrams, implementation roadmap, delivery approach and other artifactsUnderstand business and technology issues /challenges and translate that to modern technology solutionsEngage with business and IT groups to align solution architecture with strategic business directionBuild a trusted advisor relationship with business and technology leadersStay periodically engaged throughout the entire project lifecycle to ensure ongoing alignment to established solution visionQualifications

Bachelors or master’s degree in engineering (computer, electronics, etc.)20+ years of Solutions Architecture experience (or equivalent enterprise architecture experience) and in customer-facing rolesVertical domain knowledge in Financial Services will be an advantageExcellent written and verbal communication skillsExperience in client-driven large-scale application platform implementation projectsExperience and desire to work in a global delivery environmentAbility to travel up to 40%Familiarity with architecture modeling tools. TOGAF experience / certification desired but not necessaryProven track record of designing / developing scalable solutions at the enterprise levelDemonstrated success in quickly understanding business needs and aligning it to technology solutionsExperience delivering solutions using an Agile / Scrum methodologyTechnical Requirements

Expertise in application architecture using modern technologies such as cloud native development, 12 factor Apps, microservices, serverless, API management, KafkaDeep knowledge of Microservices, Containers, REST APIs development, API Management tools (e.g. MuleSoft, Apigee), KafkaSolution architect with broad expertise in wide range of digital technologies in areas of application platform development, web and mobile development, cloud, integration, security, etc.Application dev experience with at least one of the cloud providers - Amazon AWS or MS AzureUnderstanding of distributed computing paradigm and exposure to building highly scalable systemsExperience with platform modernization and cloud migration projectsExpertise in Agile development methodologies like TDD, BDD, Performance/Load testing etc.DevOps experience – CI/CD, Test Automation, Containerization – tools and processesShould be conversant with emerging technologies - chatbots, voice/conversational interfaces, RPA, Machine Learning, etc.In-depth, hands-on experience in developing web /mobile applications or platform with either Java/J2EE or .NET tech stack and database technologies such as Oracle, MySQL, etc.Exposure to polyglot programming languages like Scala, Python and Golang will be a plusAbility to read/write code and expertise with various design patternsHave used NoSQL database such as MongoDB, Cassandra, etc.Location and Travel

The client’s offices are based in Holborn – Central London.Travel: up to 40%Salary

The salary for this position will be based on expertise and will be in the range £90K - £120K.Application

Please do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary expectations and availability.

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