Solution Architect (AWS) – Remote/Saudi (travel required)

Solution Architect (AWS/Cloud/Smart) – Remote/Saudi (travel required)

Day rate: £600 – £800 (INSIDE IR35)

Duration: 6 months

Start: ASAP

Sector Solution Architects are client-focused, sector experienced, and service-oriented

professionals who embrace challenge and change. They work with client stakeholders as the

technical strategist to co-design the next-generation technologies that shape how the world’s

first cognitive city operates and shares information between tens of millions of users.

Solution Architects work with the Client Engagement, Account Management, Development,

Deployment, and Operation and Maintenance teams to understand the needs of clients and help

them to strategize the vision of the sector, and subsequently to design, develop, and implement

solutions. Solution Architects provide industry specific technology knowledge as well as general

knowledge of technology and engineering best practices. They also help their clients understand

the broader context of products and existing solutions and how their solutions can derive value

from integration with the broader digital ecosystem of the city.

Solution Architects have extensive experience collaboratively designing, system architecting,

developing, securing, and procuring products and services for broad, complex enterprises. They

have exceptional communication skills that complement a deep understanding of software and

service development.

Key Abilities

▪ Solution Architects provide executive level leadership around technology and overall CxO level

support for Digital Strategy

▪ Solution Architects have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong

relationships with clients and within the team.

▪ Conceptualize and capture entire sector architecture

▪ Solution Architects have excellent written skills and ability to document sector architecture

(large program) design.

▪ Solution Architects collaborate with clients to dissect complex problems and co-design or

procure solutions tailored to client needs.

▪ Solution Architects coordinate with teams from different verticals to ensure customer solutions

are designed and implemented according to a set of guidelines and best practices.

▪ Solution Architects support clients in understanding the context of their solution in the broader

digital ecosystem and communicate complex technical information in non-technical terms.

Responsibilities

▪ Support clients in articulating their strategies from a technical perspective.

▪ Help clients break down digital strategies into proposed solutions.

▪ Helps evaluate build v buy decisions and create Analysis of Alternative

▪ Determine feasibility / viability of solution proposals

▪ Construct high level budgeting

Tech & Digital

Platform, Applications & Data Group Enterprise Architecture Management Office

▪ Plan integration with existing / potential assets within T&D as well as external solutions.

▪ Collaborate with other members of the Engineering / Architecture domain to understand the

evolving state of the enterprise architecture.

Qualifications

▪ 15 or more years of relevant work experience in architecture and engineering.

▪ 5 + Years of experience as a program level architect, showcasing ability to create large scale

architectures, estimate costs, manage dependencies and complexities.

▪ Current experience with Cloud, Microservices, Serverless technologies

▪ Previous experience in Digital Strategy / Program level architecture (multiple systems

Comprising an entire ecosystem)

▪ Experienceindesigning,developing,deploying,andprocuringsoftwarefordistributedsystems.

▪ Broad knowledge of software design, architecting, development, and software testing

methodologies.

▪ Experience with successful Start Up organization (going from garage to general use)

▪ Experience with one or more architecture frameworks (IAF, TOGAF, FEAF, DODAF, etc.)

▪ Experience developing format or cloud platforms, including Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and Oracle

Cloud Infrastructure is preferred.

▪ Understanding of big data processing, data pipeline, machine learning, and AI processing

methods.

▪ Broad knowledge of release and configuration management and infrastructure-as-code practices in

both internal and cloud hosted environments is preferred.