Solution Architect

Solution Architect

Location: London

Work Pattern: Remote with potential for 1x a month in London

Security Clearance: BPPS

The Company:

At Amber Labs, we are a cutting-edge UK and European technology consultancy that prioritises empowering autonomy, promoting experimentation, and facilitating rapid learning to provide exceptional value to our clients. Our company culture is centred around collaboration, where all colleagues, regardless of their role, work together to minimise risk and shorten delivery times. Our team consists of highly-skilled cross-functional consultants, analysts, and support staff.

The Role:

As a Solution Architect you will:

• Be working with engineering teams, be responsible for supporting the design, development, delivery and maintenance of IT products and services.
• Have, and share your knowledge and experience - blending technical knowledge, architecture and development skills.
• In addition, you will bring a breadth of understanding across a range of technical domains and depth of experience in at least one domain or specialism.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, deliver and support solution design of a product or part of a shared platform to meet user needs and business objectives.
• Lead on ensuring high quality of solution design, and adherence to enterprise architecture principles and roadmaps
• Build relationships and work collaboratively with Digital professions in agile delivery teams to create VFM solution designs that meet user needs
• Engage with Technical Architects, Domain Architects, Lead Solution Architects and engineering teams to implement the solutions according to agreed and approved architecture designs.
• Deliver product solutions and be accountable for product architecture in alignment with engineering.
• Identify, capture, share and iterate architecture patterns to ensure consistent and coherent architecture design, contributing to the Enterprise Architecture.
• Implement architecture patterns creating reference architectures as real-world working examples of successful architecture design.
• Create solution options and recommendations - during project discovery and inception phases to drive decision making on best solution design.
• Make technology choices for products in conjunction with the enterprise architecture blueprint, contributing to the update of technology policies where appropriate.
• Contribute to building an inclusive digital culture within the department.

Requirements:

Bridging the gap between technical and non-technical - Able to listen to the needs of the technical and business stakeholders and interpret between them. Capable of proactive and reactive communication.

Technical breadth - Has a deep understanding of the technical concepts required in their role and understands how these fit into the wider technical landscape. Understands the limitations of digital technology.

Systems Design - Designs systems characterised by medium levels of risk, impact and business or technical complexity. Selects appropriate design standards, methods and tools and ensures they are applied effectively. Reviews the systems designs of others to ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources and integration of multiple systems and technology.

Understanding Constraints - Works with and challenges senior stakeholders. Can prioritise and mitigate constraints, and can turn them into an advantage. Is able to adapt the approach depending on the constraints.

Turning business problems into technical designs - Designs solutions by dealing with problems that span different business areas. Works across multiple services or a single large or complicated service. Draws links between problems in order to reach common solutions.

Prototyping - Sees prototyping as a team activity, actively soliciting prototypes and testing with others. Establishes design patterns and iterates them. Knows a variety of methods of prototyping and chooses the most appropriate ones. Knows how to version and host a prototype

Technical Skills –

• API and Event Based architecture design patterns, including pub-sub and data streaming
• Architecting events based architecture across multiple data centres and public clouds
• Agile/DevOps delivery methodologies and best practice.
• Microservice and API-Led architecture and integration design tools, techniques and best practice.
• Public cloud technologies, cloud hosting, container, and networking design patterns, tools and best practice.
• COTS, Relational databases

Benefits:

Join a rapidly expanding start-up where personal growth is a part of our DNA.

Benefit from a flexible work environment focused on deliverable outcomes.

Receive private medical insurance through Aviva.

Enjoy the benefits of a company pension plan through Nest.

25 days of annual leave plus UK bank holidays.

Access Perkbox, a global employee rewards platform offering discounts, perks, and wellness resources.

Participate in a generous employee referral program.

A highly collaborative and collegial environment with opportunities for career advancement.

Be encouraged to take bold steps and embrace a mindset of experimentation.

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Diversity & Inclusion:

Here at Amber Labs, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace for all. Our commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion includes:

Valuing the unique experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds of all employees and creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed, respected, and valued.

Prohibiting all forms of harassment, bullying, discrimination, and victimisation and promoting a culture of dignity and respect for all.

Educating all new hires on our Diversity and Inclusion policies and ensuring they are aware of their rights and responsibilities to create a safe and inclusive workplace.

By taking these steps, we are dedicated to building a workplace that reflects and celebrates the diversity of our employees and communities.

What Happens Next?

Our Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to advise you on the next steps. We have a two-stage interview process for most of our consultants. In certain cases, we may include a third and final stage, which is a conversation with the company Partners. This will only be considered if deemed necessary.