Solutions Architect

2 weeks ago

Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Open GI Ltd. Full time

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to join our team at Open GI Ltd. as a key enabler for software squads. The successful candidate will guide our architecture decisions to ensure we build things the right way, according to the architectural and design principles we set.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop a compelling vision and translate it into a roadmap and actionable steps.
  • Contribute to the development, planning, and execution of the technical strategy.
  • Provide technical guidance and oversight to maximize the autonomy and independence of delivery teams.
  • Apply a rigorous and consistent approach to technology decision-making, considering risk, impact, and business factors such as cost and skills in the strategy implementation.
  • Create architecture design and implementation frameworks for building distributed systems.
  • Guide technical decisions to shape the architecture over time, aiming to improve multiple prioritized business and technology dimensions simultaneously.
  • Design and implement software with strong security properties, avoiding common weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
  • Champion agile and lean principles to achieve quality, adaptability, speed, and alignment.
  • Work with customers and partners to understand their integration needs and constraints.

What We Offer

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

  • Salary from £66,000 per annum depending on skills and experience
  • Company pension
  • Bonus opportunity
  • Life assurance and critical illness cover
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Perkbox – an exclusive platform offering a wide range of discounts and benefits
  • Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum pro-rata, increasing to 26 days per annum after three years of service & a holiday purchase scheme
  • A hybrid approach to work, with office attendance twice per month
  • Opportunity for a more flexible approach to start, finish, and lunchtimes to allow you to better manage events outside of work
  • Social clubs - whether you're into your cycling, crafts, or other hobbies, we have a number of groups at Open GI where individuals who enjoy the same pursuits can get together
  • Wellbeing – wills at work scheme, employee assistance programme and mental health first aiders

Requirements

To succeed in this role, you will need:

  • Educated to degree level in a computer-related subject
  • 5+ years of software development experience
  • Typically, 1+ years of technical leadership experience or experience as a solutions architect
  • Experience working with Evolutionary Architecture
  • Experience working with Extreme Programming methods
  • Experience designing and building cloud-native applications in Azure
  • Knowledge of the general insurance industry

Aptitudes

We are looking for someone with the following aptitudes:

  • Feedback – ability to solicit and engage with feedback on a continuous basis.
  • Emotional Intelligence – able to recognize, understand, and manage your own emotions and recognizes, understands, shares, and influences the emotions of others.
  • Collaboration – able to work jointly with others to co-create and achieve a common goal.

Mission and Values

Our mission is to be both the Technology Partner and Employer of choice for the UK General Insurance Market. Our values are central to this vision, as they represent how we collaborate to continually deliver for our customers:

  • Accountability: We own our actions and shape our success on the results we deliver
  • Innovation: We tackle challenges with fresh thinking and bold ideas
  • Teamwork: We work together, recognising we can't do this without each other
  • Trust: We build trust on integrity, transparency, and respect

We are looking for an individual who embodies our values and is passionate about delivering exceptional results.

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