Overview

We are looking for an experienced technical person to join our Engineering Capability team as a Solution Architect. As part of our rapidly expanding team, you will have opportunities for career growth and to influence the strategic direction of our technology solutions, with a focus on Cloud (Azure & AWS).

You will work within the Engineering Sector team, alongside other Technology Principals. Key responsibilities include understanding customer needs, ensuring successful technical delivery, establishing technical direction, delivering technical excellence, and driving innovation.

Your role will involve a mix of strategic planning and hands-on problem-solving. You should have experience working with large finance or insurance companies, delivering critical or high-profile projects, and be comfortable with application modernisation and common technologies and languages.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer needs and ensure successful technical delivery.
• Establish technical direction and deliver technical excellence.
• Drive innovation and influence strategic technology outcomes.
• Engage in a mix of strategic planning and hands-on problem solving.
• Work with large finance or insurance clients on critical or high-profile projects.
• Participate in application modernization and utilize common technologies and languages.

Qualifications

• Broad Experience in Technology Deliveries: Demonstrated experience in various technology projects.
• Comprehensive Application Knowledge: Architecture, engineering, integration, testing, and cloud technologies (AWS, Azure).
• Software Delivery Expertise: Deliver high-quality, reliable, scalable, and secure software using Agile, design patterns, DevOps tools (including test automation and monitoring).
• Leadership in Technical Workstreams: Experience managing large and complex technical projects within global, multi-supplier environments.
• Practical Engineering Background: Ability to lead development teams, resolve technical issues, and prioritize non-functional requirements.
• Technical Excellence and Risk Management: Ensure technical excellence, identify and mitigate risks, and recover challenged projects.
• Effective Communication: Strong skills in communicating with senior stakeholders, negotiating, and influencing positive technology outcomes.
• Commercial Awareness: Drive business growth through pre-sales, presentations, bid responses, documentation, forecasting, planning, and estimation.
• Estimation Skills: Proficient in producing and validating estimates for projects and programs.
• Time Management: Ability to prioritise across multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Promote Best Practices: Advocate for reuse and improved practices, processes, guidance, and templates.
• Team Management: Experience in coaching and developing team members, including performance management.
• Tech Community Involvement: Active in the tech community and up-to-date with trends, standards, legislation, and regulations.

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Version 1 has strategic technology partners including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems and Snowflake. We’re also an award-winning employer reflecting how employees are at the heart of Version 1.

We’ve been awarded: Innovation Partner of the Year Winner 2023 Oracle EMEA Partner Awards, Global Microsoft Modernising Applications Partner of the Year Award 2023, AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year - EMEA 2023 and Best Workplaces for Women by Great Place To Work in UK and Ireland 2023.

As a consultancy and service provider, Version 1 is a digital-first environment and we do things differently. We’re focused on our core values; using these we’ve seen significant growth across our practices and our Digital, Data and Cloud team is preparing for the next phase of expansion. This creates new opportunities for driven and skilled individuals to join one of the fastest-growing consultancies globally.

Additional information

• Hybrid schedule and business travel to balance work and life.
• Tech-related benefits, including an innovative Tech Scheme to keep up-to-date with the latest technology.
• Private medical and life insurance, plus free eye tests and contributions towards glasses.
• Encouraged certifications and accreditations (AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat).
• Profit Share scheme distributing a portion of profits quarterly among employees.
• Pathways Career Development Programme to support professional growth.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology
• Consulting
• Customer Service

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
• Information Services