Solution Architect - Bristol, United Kingdom - Sanderson Recruitment Plc

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    Role: Solution Architect - D365
    Salary: Up to £80'000
    Location: Bristol/Devon - Hybrid

    We are looking for a Solutions Architect to join our clients talented team. you will be responsible for architecting and designing solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements in support of a given initiative and the firm's strategic direction.

    Experience Required:

    • Proven experience working as a Lead Developer and Architect.
    • Proven ability to architect, govern and deliver solutions to meet business needs.
    • Experience with working with agile delivery teams to product development and evolution.
    • In-depth understanding of coding languages.
    • Excellent communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences.
    • Analytical mindset that explores all considerations when creating solutions.
    • Confident and effective persuasion and negotiation skills.
    • Experience supporting technological change across a business.
    • Understanding of user journeys to create and deliver better, more joined up solutions.
    • Excellent communication skills (to internal/external stakeholders).
    • MS Dynamics 365
    • Peppermint CX365
    • Azure DevOps
    • Active Directory
    • Azure Active Directory
    • Proficiency in working with legal-specific applications such as iManage, 3E, and Intapp, including configuration, customisation, and integration with other systems.

    Responsibilities:

    • Architect, govern and deliver solutions to meet business needs.
    • Build and integrate information systems to meet the company's needs.
    • Assess the systems architecture currently in place and work with technical staff to recommend solutions to improve it.
    • Provide support and guidance to development teams on architectural elements.
    • Research current and emerging technologies, and propose changes where needed.
    • Inform stakeholders about any problems with technical solutions being implemented.
    • Assess the business impact that certain technical choices have.
    • Find solutions to business challenges by evaluating emerging technologies and the evolution of current technologies.
    • Contribute to strategic plans for technology, which satisfy the current and ongoing needs of the firm's business strategy, and the current and future capabilities of technology.
    • Define future vision roadmap for optimal applications of technology to meet business needs.
    • Evolve, direct, and govern the development of frameworks, standards, policies, principles, and procedures that guide technology decisions and maximise reuse of technology.
    • Chair solution forums, ensuring adherence to architectural standards, and consistency across organisational and design boundaries.
    • Develop the component, integration and technical architecture for project and platform initiatives, and collaborates with project teams to realise them.
    • Identify necessary non-functional requirements.
    • Produce high level design deliverables that enable development teams to produce products that are flexible, scalable, and secure.
    • Recommend options for the resolution and prevention of technical debt and to facilitate rapid development and implementation