Future Opportunity: Solutions Architect - Senior Consultant
Description
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Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together?
If you’re looking to move roles in the future, we’re interested in hearing from talented people like you. Submit an application to be considered for future opportunities at Opencast.
Our Talent Engagement team will review your application and will be in touch to let you know how we would like to proceed.
The role
You’ll take end-to-end ownership of solutions for our clients, and align them to business outcomes, technology strategy, commercial/financial constraints, and architecture governance.
You’ll create solutions blueprints with views that express business, data, application, and technology, to address stakeholder needs.
You’ll effectively communicate the solution through governance boards, stakeholder groups, and delivery teams to bring the solution to life and assure effective delivery.
Ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast's quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.
Requirements
Essential experience
To succeed in this role, you’ll have experience as a Solutions Architect and be able to demonstrate, with tangible examples, that you can:
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Built strong relationships with senior stakeholders to understand their views
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A strong foundation in software development, design, and delivery roles
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Enabled and assured a delivery team’s implementation of your solutions architectures effectively
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Worked with development life-cycle methodologies such as Agile software development, Scrum, and DevOps
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A good working knowledge of architecture frameworks and modelling languages
Essential Consulting Skills
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Demonstrated the significant, tangible business benefits of the proposals you initiate for clients
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Take a methodical and considered approach to solving problems
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Take a collaborative and consultative approach to leading and guiding teams
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Keep up to date with new and emerging technology trends and their practical application
- Deliver business outcomes and engage stakeholders
Desirable experience
Some areas of experience are not essential but relevant to the role:
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Experienced with Architecture Frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, Open Agile Architecture)
If you have this experience, please show it on your CV and we can talk about it in the interview.
Salary
£70,000-£80,000
What we offer
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- Are you eligible to work in the UK?
- Do you live within 45 miles of any of our hub locations (or within 80 miles if you are based in London)?
- Our Hybrid working policy means that your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel across the UK is part of life at Opencast. This varies in frequency, and takes into account requirements of your work, our clients and your team. - Are you happy to travel as part of our hybrid model?
- Are you looking for contract or perm opportunities with Opencast?
- If offered a position, when would you be available to start (or what is your current notice period)?
- If you are successful with us, we will be required to carry out background checks (checks include basic Disclosure, References and Financial). Are you comfortable with this?
- Would you like to be considered under the Disability Confident Interview Scheme? (Opting in means you are disclosing a disability only for the purpose of the interview guarantee. This will not be treated as a request to record your disability or to arrange any adjustments.)
- Have you served, or are you currently serving, in the UK Armed Forces?
- Security Clearance Requirement: This role requires Security Check (SC) clearance from the UK Government. To be eligible, you must have lived in the UK for the last 5 years, not spent 28 consecutive days or more outside the UK at any one time during those 5 years, and be willing to complete background checks. Please select the option that best describes your current status:
- How did you hear about this job opportunity?
- By submitting this application, you’re confirming you’re open to being contacted by the Opencast talent team about future job opportunities. optional
- I am happy for the Opencast talent team to contact me about professional development and networking events? optional
Written answers (4)
- If you selected "Yes - Other", Please Specify your Right to Work in the UK optional
- Please confirm your current location
- If you currently hold SC clearance, please provide the following (if known): Sponsoring organisation / Expiry date
- If you selected "Referred" or "Other," please provide additional details in the space below (e.g., the name of the person who referred you, or a brief explanation of how you heard about this opportunity)
