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Watford, UK | Hybrid IT Team

Solution Architect – Signalling

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Hiring Manager Sam Hill Director of Engineering – F & S

Who Are CSL Looking For?

CSL are looking for an experienced solution architect who excels in solution design, converting requirements into logical diagrams and flows, and creating detailed implementation blueprints. Who has experience in translating business needs into technical solutions, ensuring that all components are integrated and aligned into the overall architecture. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in designing scalable and efficient systems, analytical skills, and the ability to collaborate with a range of technical/non-technical stakeholders to define high-quality solutions.

The Role:

The Solution Architect is responsible for defining technology solutions that understand business goals, product requirements, the technology landscape, strategy, standards and future approaches.

The role holder leads the design of new systems, defines the architecture, shapes processes, automation, tools and delivery frameworks to facilitate the development and deployment of high-quality solutions that are easy to operate, scale and secure in a fast-paced, agile environment.

The role holder delivers target architecture blueprints, technical improvement roadmaps, defining logical flows, interactions between systems, protocols/contracts and mitigating technical debt. Then, facilitates clear communication, discussions, interpretations and implementations across Engineering Leads and Product teams on various approaches, manging any disagreements.

Key Responsibilities:

People

  • Provide technical knowledge and insight to peers on the art of the possible and likely constraints.
  • Ability to guide others in the creation of solutions that align to architecture definitions and apply necessary commercial constraints to remain within wider strategic goals.
  • Ensuring that requirements from Product are understood by Engineering Leads, that end-to-end solution approaches consider all aspects and able to combine output from different teams into cohesive solutions.
  • Provide ongoing engagement with stakeholders, colleagues and customers to understand their current needs, approaches and challenges to then identify and ensure their needs are considered in solutions.
  • Communicate the capabilities, constraints and opportunities available in existing solutions to product owners/managers to facilitate change on the backlog (such as technical debt mitigation).
  • Lead discussions along with; acting as a technical advisor to; stakeholders, engineers, product owners / managers ensuring alignment between technical and business objectives is understood and adhered to.

Process

  • Develop end-to-end architecture designs for software, systems, and platforms.
  • Ensure the creation of solution architecture blueprints for backlog items that includes logical architectures, flows, compliance with standards, integrate with other systems and outlines for technology approaches.
  • Communicate and clarify the overall solution architecture with engineering teams and ensure consensus and maintain an accurate record of those solutions and any changes are appropriate.
  • Ensure that all documentation is accurate and aligned with the final implementation collaborating with Engineers on required changes to maintain documentation to the required standards.
  • Reviewing implementations from engineering teams to evaluate alignment with the architecture blueprints making changes, challenges, critiques and compromises as required.
  • Facilitating taking a vison to an idea to reality via the creation of prototypes, spikes, hackathons, incubation of emerging technologies and other experimentative approaches to test and evaluate blueprints and the viability of concepts and ideas on the backlog before they are committed and prioritised.
  • Evaluate existing solutions (includes legacy from acquisitions) on their fit for purpose, future support, and make recommendations for mediation, improvements, replacements and general lifecycle management.

Technology

  • Ensure all proposed solutions are aligned to standards, scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-effective; designed for security, maintainability and long-term sustainability.
  • Ensure that data architecture, data modelling, and data structures are carefully designed to support scalability, efficiency, and accuracy; align with industry standards, and facilitate seamless integration across systems. Evaluate data frameworks to ensure they meet evolving business and technical requirements.
  • Stay up to date on technology changes within the industry and wider to ensure solution approaches can utilise the best options for CSL.
  • Ensure the technical debt list is evaluated and that there are sunset and remediations plans as required.
  • Continually review and provide constructive feedback on the team’s technical implementations including evaluating existing code and provide critiques and improvements.
  • Ensure that technology standards are current, identifying and proposing changes for consideration.

Ideal experience and knowledge:

  • Experience of successfully leading the architecture projects which transform technology and business processes within your area of expertise.
  • Data and evidence-based approach to decision making with a creative and driven approach to problem solving that combines technical knowledge and business needs.
  • Able to convey complex information across multiple audiences, communicate enthusiastically and motivate others by adapting your style to fit the audience.
  • Aware of the financial and business implications of your architecture choices.
  • Experience as either a Solution Architect or Solution Designer leading on technology change.
  • Proficient in a range of technologies – such as cloud, platform engineering, API development, message bus, workflow engines etc; and development languages such as C/C++/C#.Net/Python/PHP.
  • Experience in working in a DevOps environment, alongside QA and automation.

The above should not be viewed as an exhaustive list of skills and/or qualifications but rather CSLs view on the ideal candidate. If you feel you can meet three quarters or more of the requirements and learn the rest with support from CSL please apply now with an indication of your salary expectations for the role.

CSL operates as an equal opportunities employer and we welcome all applications regardless of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity.

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Perks for a balanced work-life:

Competitive salaries
25 days annual leave
Rewards platform
Hybrid working
Private pension
Investment in your learning
Subsidised gym membership
Complimentary breakfast foods
Subsidised eye care
Monthly team-building exercises
Annual employee awards
Cycle to work scheme
Green employee car scheme
Light & modern HQ
Subsidised flu jabs
Life assurance
Refer a friend scheme
Lifetime financial well-being
Annual Volunteering Day
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