Solution Enterprise Architect

Job DescriptionSolution Enterprise Architect Salary: £470.00 UmbrellaLocation: Sheffield – Hybrid 2 days a week 6 months Company Overview:Our client, a leading financial institution is looking for a Solution Architect to assist in analysing the business needs, identifying technical solutions and design a comprehensive plan for implementation.Responsibilities:A strong technical and solution architecture background built upon software engineering experiencesA track record of owning and delivering solutions across a broad spectrum of the project delivery lifecycle in involving mixed shore resourcesThe ability to communicate efficiently upwards (to business), downwards (to IT teams) and laterally (to peers, vendors, and client side staff)Familiarity with technology concepts, roles, and terminology, and the ability to work closely with application architects and modellersFamiliarity with API design and an awareness of microservice architecturesThe ability to serve as an active participant in architecture groups and forums communicating solution strategy and design in conversation, documentation and presentationsIn addition to the above, the following background experience would be highly beneficial:Consultancy / customer facing experiences within a software vendor or enterprise scale services environmentFinancial Services domain knowledge with practical experience of mobilising technology to meet the market dynamics effecting the financial services domain (Risk / Cost / Customer)A track record of successful refactoring / tech-debt remediation projectsProficiency in interrogating codebases to ascertain behaviour, particularly with Java and Spring BootRequired Skills:Experience in digital and broader architectural transformation, applying solutions from experience in decomposing monolithic solutions and methods to manage technical debt.Ability to understand, articulate and translate customer journeys into technical design, leveraging API and micro-service architecture techniques.Experience, knowledge and understanding of enterprise level software development and API based integration e.g. Mulesoft, KongParticipate in technical design and oversee all technology related issues of cloud native product development, building a micro-services based architecture, promotingAPI reuse and managing down technical debt across the enterprise.Please note, in the event of a high volume of applications for this role, we will not be able to respond to each individual applicant. Unfortunately, if you have not been contacted within 7 days we will not be progressing with your application. Thank you for your understanding