Solution Architect
5 days ago
Oxford
Solution Architect • Annual Salary: Competitive, • Location: Oxford (Hybrid - minimum 2 days per week onsite) This includes digital platforms, web and eCommerce applications, and online research platforms. You will provide hands-on technical leadership, collaborating closely with product owners and various teams to ensure our technology solutions align with business goals and architectural standards. Day-to-day of the role: • Collaborate with product or system owners to understand their requirements and challenges, creating high-level design documents to address these effectively., • Work alongside other architecture colleagues to define all aspects of solution design, including technology selection and workflow processes., • Drive the design and delivery of solutions that align with long-term technology strategies and architectural principles., • Translate strategic goals into capabilities, ensuring initiatives are prioritized to deliver essential business growth., • Guide development teams and vendors in implementing architectural patterns and coding standards., • Provide consultancy and mentoring across the architectural community, facilitating design reviews and identifying opportunities for framework-oriented strategies., • Collaborate with internal and third-party engineering teams to ensure alignment with target architecture and standards., • Translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders., • Experience in technically leading development teams and acting as the technical authority., • Deep understanding of product technology development and its application to meet business needs., • Proven experience in delivering product solutions within a customer-facing product delivery SaaS environment., • Familiarity with Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile methodologies., • Ability to deliver solutions to required quality within agreed budget and timescales., • Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture principles and cloud-based technologies, especially AWS., • Strong communication skills with effective stakeholder management capabilities., • 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days), increasing with service., • 35-hour working week with flexibility in working patterns depending on the role., • Active employee networks and societies., • Pension contributions up to 12%., • Loans and savings schemes through Salary Finance., • Travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts., • Private medical insurance and a management bonus.