Job title:   Technical Architect

Salary: Market Rates

Location:  South West UK

Role overview 

We are expanding the team of Technical Architects on this large IT site and have a new opportunity for an experienced Architect to join a dynamic team, which has a range of technical specialities. You would perform and deliver without day to day supervision and have the ability to apply commercial judgement and influence customer relationships is a key non-technical skill which means that detailed understanding of methods, systems and procedures is essential, as well as  initiative and judgement  to address and resolve daily problems.  With such a diverse technology set within the system, the successful candidate needs to display an understanding of the following technology with a speciality (design, implementation and management of specialisation) in one or more technology areas:

Windows 10 Operating System

• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (highly desirable)

• Hypervisors – Microsoft Hyper-V and VMWare ESXi (ESXi – highly desirable)

• System Center Suite (SCCM, SCOM, SCORCH, SCVMM, DPM)

• Active Directory

Additionally, an understanding of technology/architecture in the following set would be advantageous:

• Security controls; Anti-virus, Device Control, Certificate Authority, Audit, Lockdown/Hardening

• Cloud architecture (Azure or AWS)

It is essential that you hold current or are eligible for Government Clearance for this great opportunity!

Key responsibilities

• Responsible for communicating with team members, clients, and external vendors.  Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem Solver - Architects need to be passionate problem solvers, able to quickly change direction based on updated client specifications and system limitations being capable of creating results from poorly articulated requirements and ambiguity.
• Technical Literacy – Architects possess a high level of technical literacy, which helps them to fully describe the fitness for purpose of their solutions to a range of audience skill levels ranging from technical competence to business level for both Sopra Steria and client personnel.
• Analytical Assessment – This role requires a high level of analytic capability. Architects need to understand the client’s current systems in order to develop solutions that are cost effective and fit for purpose.
• Requirements gathering as part of the conceptual design.
• Ensure  the customer requirements are elaborated to enable a conceptual design to be formed
• Define scope, deliverables and acceptance criteria for assignment with ‘client’ (may be internal or external) for the design of systems architectures to integrate business and IT requirements.
• Deliver assignment in accordance with agreed scope, time, financial and quality measures. Providing assurance as required to the technical governance team.
• Implement technical solutions in the form of experiments or low-level design and implementation.
• Ensures effective client engagement and stakeholder management during assignment (may include management of subcontractors and partners).

Essential Experience:

• A consistent track record of delivery at the level indicated in this job description
• Clear period of working with the described technologies is essential, with recognised accreditation or certification to underpin working experience.
• Understanding of Agile delivery
• Understanding of TOGAF with LEAN methodology and framework.
• Eligible for advanced Government Clearance

Desirable skills

ITIL certification.

• Certification in additional technical areas.
• Current advanced Government clearance

About us

Sopra Steria, European leader in digital transformation, provides one of the most comprehensive portfolios of end to end service offerings in the market: Consulting, Systems Integration, Software Development and Business Process Services. Sopra Steria is trusted by leading private and public organisations to deliver successful transformation programmes that address their most complex and critical business challenges.

Sopra Steria is committed to establishing and maintaining a working environment which is free from discrimination and which values all employees as individuals. All employees and prospective employees are selected, recruited, trained and promoted solely on the basis of their skills and behaviour.

Find out more

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