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Solution Architect

Annual Salary: Competitive
Location: Oxford (Hybrid - minimum 2 days per week onsite)
Job Type: Full-timeA new exciting Solution Architect permanent position has become available, working with a market leading educational publisher organisation, where you will play a pivotal role in designing and delivering complex, multi-component customer-facing systems and applications.

This includes digital platforms, web and eCommerce applications, and online research platforms. You will provide hands-on technical leadership, collaborating closely with product owners and various teams to ensure our technology solutions align with business goals and architectural standards.

Day-to-day of the role:

Collaborate with product or system owners to understand their requirements and challenges, creating high-level design documents to address these effectively.
Work alongside other architecture colleagues to define all aspects of solution design, including technology selection and workflow processes.
Drive the design and delivery of solutions that align with long-term technology strategies and architectural principles.
Translate strategic goals into capabilities, ensuring initiatives are prioritized to deliver essential business growth.
Guide development teams and vendors in implementing architectural patterns and coding standards.
Provide consultancy and mentoring across the architectural community, facilitating design reviews and identifying opportunities for framework-oriented strategies.
Collaborate with internal and third-party engineering teams to ensure alignment with target architecture and standards.
Translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
Develop technical talent through effective supervision, coaching, and mentoring.Required Skills & Qualifications:

Experience in technically leading development teams and acting as the technical authority.
Deep understanding of product technology development and its application to meet business needs.
Proven experience in delivering product solutions within a customer-facing product delivery SaaS environment.
Familiarity with Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile methodologies.
Ability to deliver solutions to required quality within agreed budget and timescales.
Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture principles and cloud-based technologies, especially AWS.
Strong communication skills with effective stakeholder management capabilities.
Experience in the publishing or closely related industries with an emphasis on digital technology is desirable.Benefits:

25 days' holiday plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days), increasing with service.
35-hour working week with flexibility in working patterns depending on the role.
Active employee networks and societies.
Pension contributions up to 12%.
Loans and savings schemes through Salary Finance.
Travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.
Private medical insurance and a management bonus