Employer: CGI
Salary:
Date Added: 14/12/2023
Job order – J1223-0923 – Permanent Full Time
Title
Senior Solution Architect
Category
Architecture
City
London, zINACTIVATE – Greater London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Senior Solution Architect
Position Description
Senior Solutions Architect to join our team being able to think outside of the box to overcome technical challenges is essential!
The role offers fantastic opportunities to work on leading edge and bespoke technologies within an interesting and highly rewarding environment. We are heavily committed to developing our members and provide excellent learning and development opportunities to ensure that your knowledge and skills keep pace with the evolving technology landscape. We engender a culture of innovation, collaboration and ownership; highly motivated self-starters thrive within our organisation. Although we would like candidates to have all of the skills we need, we would consider high quality individuals who meet most of the criteria.
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Solutions Architect to work with our software development and engineering teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong software development background, exceptional leadership skills, and a proven track record of delivering high-quality software products, with a specific focus on delivering solutions on cloud platforms. It would suit any Senior Solutions Architects or aspiring Engineering Directors to use their passion for using technology to solve real-world business problems.
Your future duties and responsibilities
– Provide technical leadership to teams in shaping products and services to meet a unique set of operational requirements for the business and end-users.
– Bridge the gap between business problem and technical development for delivery of high-quality effective products. Has ability to architect new solutions and deep-dive as and when necessary to unblock issues and steer direction for successful outcomes.
– Define and enforce software development processes, best practices, and development standards including code quality, test coverage, and modern SRE and CICD.
– Work closely with product management, design and business analysts.
– Collaborate with other department heads to ensure smooth coordination of software development efforts with other business functions.
-Provide technical guidance and mentorship to software engineers.
– Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and trends in software engineering.
– Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Mandatory competencies:
A solid background in software development Java, JavaScript or C#/C++ and providing technical leadership to development teams.
Experience architecting solutions on any cloud platform e.g. AWS,GCP,Azure.
Comfortable building and developing Infrastructure templates with Infrastructure as Code using either: Terraform, Cloudformation, Deployment Manager or ARM.
Linux administration.
Good understanding of networking.
Demonstrable troubleshooting and problem solving skills.
A passion for learning new technologies and innovation.
Desirable competencies:
Experience of security protocols such as PKI, TLS etc
Virtualisation experience, KVM/Vmware
Cisco Firewall and Telephony experience
Certifications on Amazon Web Services, including Solutions Architect, Developer, Google Cloud or Azure
Scaled Agile Development.
All successful applicants must hold, or be eligible & willing to obtain, UK SC clearance with the view to progressing to higher level clearance if required.
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Insights you can act on
While technology is at the heart of our clients digital transformation, we understand that people are at the heart of business success.
When you join CGI, you become a trusted advisor, collaborating with colleagues and clients to bring forward actionable insights that deliver meaningful and sustainable outcomes. We call our employees members because they are CGI shareholders and owners, and, as owners, we enjoy working and growing together to build a company we are proud of. This has been our Dream since 1976, and it has brought us to where we are todayone of the worlds largest independent providers of IT and business consulting services.
At CGI, we recognize the richness that diversity brings. We strive to create a work culture where everyone belongs, and we collaborate with clients in building more inclusive communities. As an equal opportunity employer, we empower all our members to succeed and grow. If you require an accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please let us know. We will be happy to assist.
Ready to become part of our success story? Join CGIwhere your ideas and actions make a difference.
Skills
- Linux
- Terraform
Reference
1097974
Application Deadline: 31/01/2024
Contract Type: Permanent
Submitted Applications: 2