Solutions Architect

Job Description

Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyones chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations,gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.Role: Solutions ArchitectDuration: 6 MonthsRate: £725 per day (Inside IR35, via Umbrella)Location: Wokingham (Hybrid) 2 - 3 days a week in Office My client is the electricity system operator for Great Britain, making sure that Great Britain has the essential energy it needs by ensuring supply meets demand every second of every day. They are looking for a Solutions Architect.Job role:The client is looking for a Solution Architect to join them within the "Solution Architecture" pillar of the organisation, to work within the Network Control Domain supporting the Network Control Programme.The role will be focused on initially on Data Historian, Procurement / Conceptual Design of Restoration Tooling on On-Premise Data Centres and Azure.The Solution Architect will be seen as the subject matter expert for all things related to the platform, and play a key role in the design, implementation, evolution, and integration of the systems in support of the business needs.Key Accountabilities:

• Engage with key stakeholders to support the elicitation of requirements to ensure the Business / End-Users / Operational Teams needs are understood via workshops, meetings, user story and feature reviews.
• Work closely with key stakeholders such as Solution / Development Teams, End-Users, Operations, and Security to ensure requirements are captured in the architecture designs.
• Map Solution requirements to Solution design by converting business and technical requirements into SoX compliant and Secure Solutions to support the required outcome.
• Ensure the design aligns with and is approved / endorsed via the appropriate Governance processes. This includes working with the Lead Architect, Senior Solution Architect for STAR, Enterprise Architects, Security Architects, Data Architects, and the TechnologyRisk team ensuring designs follow the appropriate governance, are reviewed at the correct stages of the process and approvals attained.
• Provide innovative methodologies to identify and solve development, migration, performance, scalability, reliability, DR, and availability issues relating to both the Oracle and Azure applications and platforms.
• Provide architectural support and leadership to the Solution / Development teams for both the On-Premise and Azure platforms.
• Provide support and guidance in the production of testing requirements and tests cases / scripts and support through the various testing phases, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Non-Functional Testing (NFT), focusingon performance and user sign-off for all features.
• Responsible for the production and maintenance of required artefacts such as VROMs, Impacts Assessments, Solution Vision documents, Conceptual Solutions Architecture (CSA), Logical Solutions Architecture (LSA), Physical Technical Model (PTM), FunctionalDesign (FD) and Detailed Design (LLD) (including interfaces to other designs).
• Participate in providing technology assessments in support of automation and technology migration initiatives.
• Work closely with Team members and other Solution Architects to define, document and resolve technical dependencies and blockers to achieve business outcomes and value.

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered.Please be advised if you havent heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.