Solution Architect

Eviden, part of the Atos Group, with an annual revenue of circa € 5 billion is a global leader in data-driven, trusted and sustainable digital transformation. As a next generation digital business with worldwide leading positions in digital, cloud, data, advanced computing and security, it brings deep expertise for all industries in more than 47 countries. By uniting unique high-end technologies across the full digital continuum with 47,000 world-class talents, Eviden expands the possibilities of data and technology, now and for generations to come.

The opportunity:
Powered by a community of world-class talent and unique data and technology capabilities, we transform possibilities into realities.
In this position, you'll join the Digital Transformation Delivery sub-practice within the Digital Transformation Consulting (DTC) team.
You will operate within a fast-paced Consulting environment, comprised of more than 850 diverse and high performing experts worldwide. Our teams work on challenging digital projects that deliver creative and innovative solutions across multiple industries and sectors.
Our clients require business transformation programmes that typically need complex technologies and supplier ecosystems. Covering from small to medium sized enterprises to large public sector department, we support our clients and members of society to live, work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information space.

The Digital Transformation Delivery practice works with clients to develop and expand their digital capabilities by understanding their digital transformation journey and future roadmap and advising on the appropriate methodologies and solutions to best achieve their goals.

The candidates must be eligible to obtain a security clearance to SC level. To be eligible to SC Clearance, the candidates should have lived and worked in the UK for past 5+ years.

Location: No Fixed

The position requires regular domestic and international travel with an average of 2-3 days per week on site or as the need arises.

Role and responsibilities:
We are looking for a highly motivated, driven and experienced Solution Architect who will be leading the engagement delivery with existing or new client - this may be advisory or transformation delivery.

You will be expected to shape the way the engagement is defined and delivered, manage the client relationship at senior/ board level and provide leadership, direction and support for the delivery team.
You will also be expected to have strong commercial and financial awareness and management skills to ensure a successful delivery for Eviden as well as for the client.
The role will require the ability to lead on business development including the development of compelling bid responses and delivering client presentation to secure new work for the team.
You will have line management responsibility and play a key part in the on-going development of our people and market facing offerings.

Key responsibilities:

• Engagement management including financial controls such as client invoicing, status reporting, risk and issue management
• People management including team leadership and staff development
• Lead workshops and interviews with key stakeholders to understand the customer's business and IT requirements and the related system landscape and operating model.
• To create system and solution architectures that meet the customer requirements and are compliant with Enterprise Architecture principles
• To develop solution architectures which are coherent with both security & service architecture and cost or commercial constraints/requirements
• To consult with customers, understand their concerns and develop hypothesis based on findings that can be customer tested
• Suggest recommendations and benefits and present a delivery plan
• Defining and integrating digital solutions into an organisation s strategy and vision
• To prepare and lead (as necessary or as part of a team) customer presentations, outlining recommended solution architectures and benefits
• To develop and contribute to thought leadership around architecture and solution offerings and related value propositions
• Technically lead the preparation of bid responses to RFPs and develop the solutions based on case studies
• Creation and management of project/engagement financial models, including reviews and approvals

Required Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrated leadership, excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Knowledge of Application and Cloud technologies such as: AWS, Azure, Google, SalesForce, Pega, ServiceNow, SAP. Demonstrable experience in one or more hyperscaler platforms is required.
• A good understanding of, or certification in, TOGAF (or equivalent framework) and how it is applied to the customer landscape
• A strong understanding of requirements management and the ability to show clear linkage between the digital choices and solutions that will be delivered.
• Understanding of data and security architecture
• Experience of using Archimate notation to create enterprise and solution architecture models and diagrams, preferably with SparxEA or BizDesign.
• A good understanding of the complete digital solutions delivery lifecycle with awareness of ITIL and DevSecOps.
• Strong client facing consultative skills, including the ability to ask open engaging questions, analyse information, test or develop new hypothesis and create high quality client deliverables.
• Experience in facilitating client facing workshops.
• A good understanding of programme and project management methods including both waterfall and agile, ideally experience with Prince and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

Desirable Skills and Experience:
As a Solutions Architect, you would be expected to have a wide base of technical knowledge and understanding with specialities relevant to today's IT landscape. This could include:

• Certification in one or more Cloud technologies
• Understanding of application hosting deployment approaches: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, containers, microservices
• Certification in TOGAF or equivalent framework
• Experience of working with the Government Digital Services (GDS) Way
• Appreciation of high-level Network architecture in on prem and cloud deployments
• IOT / Blockchain
• Understanding of business case development
• Insight into market and industry trends, and their impact on customer solutions
• Service design and the fundamentals of ITIL including change management

We care for our employees by providing:

• 25 days of Annual leave + an option to purchase more through our Flexible Benefits
• Flex benefits system - exciting opportunity to choose your own benefits
• Pension - matching contribution up to 10%
• Private Medical Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Enrolment in our Share scheme - subject to scheme eligibility criteria
• Unlimited opportunities to learn in our Training platforms

As a Disability Confident employer, our aim is to ensure that disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. The data is only used for the purpose of providing additional support at interview. If this is applicable to you, please ensure you answer "Yes" to the question regarding disability included in the application form for our awareness.