Job Ref: 213979685

Date: 2021-06-15 12:19:33

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Solutions Architect

Day rate: Competitive (Inside IR35)

Contract: Interim/Contract, Full-time

Location: Remote / Milton Keynes (1/2 days per week in MK)

Industry: Pharmaceutical/Manufacturing

Overview

* Own the architectural decisions for the squads. The SA is an executor and the visionary force behind the technical solution.

* Work closely with all squad members to create a modular, scalable solution that addresses/ incorporates future architectural changes and designs.

* Will play a key role in defining and enabling the manufacturing architecture for Digital factory across a global network of manufacturing sites.

* The role will report to the Global digital transformation director for manufacturing

Key Responsibilities

* Design the overall technological architecture of the product with the help of the squads

* Guide squads on technology strategy related to coding practices, continuous integration and automated deployment

* Responsible for the technical design of the products

* Mentor and coach the technical team

* Be hands on and engage to develop the solution and solve all surfacing problems at hand to remove technical impediments

* Work with Technical Product Owner to align the roadmap with strengths and opportunities withing the technical stack

* Thought partners with the Technical Product owner in story creation and acceptance criteria, and communicate trade-offs effectively with Designers

* Provide the squads a roadmap for implementing software engineering practices for higher code quality

* Share responsibility with Technical & Business Product Owner for building reusable and scalable components

* Will partner strongly with enterprise architecture leaders to enable technology re-use from the company wide IT echo system.

Experience

* Experience in Agile software development, with specific Solution Architect (or similar) experience preferred

* Experience managing technical priorities within the backlog

* Seen as an expert within the technical components of the products

* Seasoned developer or technical lead with deep insight into newest technologies and trends

* Can make architecture decisions at a squad and product level

* Be able to code and architect back and front-end solutions with multiple types or architecture

* Has 2-5 years experience as a solutions architect, preferably in manufacturing domain and/or life sciences domain

* Has significant experience with AWS technology stack & has acted in SA role for large data analytics projects & integrations

Knowledge

* Familiar with production Cloud / DevOps environments

* Understands relationship with Technical & Business Product Owner, Scrum Master and rest of technical team

* Expert with Jira/Confluence

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