Principal Solution Architect, zaizi

SFIA 6

£105-120k

AWS

Kubernetes

Senior and Expert level

London

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Public sector data consultancy

Job no longer available

Public sector data consultancy

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseMachine LearningSaaSCyber SecurityCloud Computing

Job no longer available

£105-120k

AWS

Kubernetes

Senior and Expert level

London

More information about location

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseMachine LearningSaaSCyber SecurityCloud Computing

Company mission

To make the Uk the best and safest place to live and work.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

This role needs to be a driven, passionate, senior leader within the club
One that has the necessary people skills to inspire the confidence of clients and colleagues alike, and facilitate collaborative working practices in a complex stakeholder environment
Solid technical skills, sufficient to be credible when developing concept solutions and estimating the effort required to bring them to fruition
The individual needs to possess the integrity to do the right thing by stakeholders, and not be afraid to challenge groupthink or substandard solutions
They will be a strategic problem solver and innovator, someone who is not willing to accept the status quo or mediocrity
Comfortable with navigating ambiguity, who understands that perfect is often the enemy of the good
To succeed in this role a broad understanding of technology platforms, especially on-premise Kubernetes implementations and AWS architectural components is likely to be necessary, along with experience implementing the development frameworks used within Zaizi
Knowledge of cyber security best practice, especially with cloud hosted solutions will also be important
Experience of overseeing the containerisation of third party applications, migration from on-prem to cloud services (AWS predominantly) and overseeing software development teams would all be advantageous

What the job involves

Empowering our customers to overcome their technical challenges while collaboratively crafting innovative solutions and shaping their strategic technical vision and roadmaps
Setting the technical standards for solution development within the club, and ensuring that all of the solutions that are being delivered to clients will meet their needs. Ensures the team are always delivering quality solutions
Facilitating “Innovation Day” type workshops to accelerate Discovery and Alpha activities. Understands stakeholder problems (both those that are said and those that are implicit) and can offer potential solutions
Work with Club (and wider) stakeholders on bid activities
Recruits and inspires the technical staff within the club,and line manages the Solution Architect contingent. Offers the necessary advice and support to ensure that they realise their potential
Influencing the growth and delivery strategies for the club, sitting within the club Design Authority structure to ensure that those strategies are being executed effectively
The Principal Solutions Architect will provide the technical face of the club, setting and enforcing technical standards via the club Design Authority ensuring that quality and security are baked into all of our products
They will inspire, motivate and support the team around them to realise their potential by embodying a can-do attitude, always willing to look for ways to add value and improve the lives of users
In doing so this individual will elevate the skills and abilities of the development teams within the Club
The role requires someone that can interact with stakeholders, interpret their needs and frustrations, and provide credible solutions that may help to resolve them; solutions which can then be taken forward by the appropriate delivery team
Willing to make decisions based on the information at hand, but also have the humility to revisit those decisions when new information becomes available, and if necessary change tack
A key facet of the role will be estimating technical costs and development effort to support wider budgeting and bid activities
Credibility to act as a point of escalation and advocate for the technical functions within the club, and the necessary experience tact and diplomacy to line manage the Solutions Architects careers effectively in order to help them succeed
Presentation skills, and the ability to communicate complex ideas to senior stakeholders within the client business
Workshop facilitation, and the ability to bring together a disparate team of stakeholders to effectively explore the problem space and develop credible concepts

Application process

1st stage:
Initial phone screening done by a member of the recruitment team
2nd stage:
Technical interview, this stage evaluates your technical expertise and problem-solving abilities, especially if you're applying for a technical role
Final Stage:
10-15 min presentation and a panel interview where multiple people from different departments ask you questions

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Digital data consultancy, zaizi, designs, and engineers secure user-centred digital services to help UK government departments and public sector organisations improve their data usage.

By aiding clients to overcome silos and focus on user-based decision-making, zaizi prioritise outcomes over output and aims to produce high-impact work that helps clients achieve their goals and in turn offer the best for their users.

Working with the UK government and Carbon Neutral Britain, zaizi is part of a campaign aiming to push zero emissions nationwide and hopes to become a B Corp company in the near future.