Solutions architect

Role: Solutions Architect - M365 Location: Hybrid - Home based + occasional travel to Oxfordshire Salary: GBP71K + a comprehensive range of Employee Benefits, (17.5% pension, 30 days holiday etc.) Key Skills: Solution Architect, TDA EUC, M365, MS Entra (Secure Identities and Access), HLD, LLD, Technology Road mapping, Azure, Windows 10, MEM/Intune, Azure connectivity and on-prem virtualisation etc. Cloud and on-prem solutions experience. Why Apply: This is a key role joining a small Architecture team delivering architectural vision and solutions in a high-profile setting. The Solutions Architect will join a technology driven Public Sector organisation where they can share their passion for delivering well-architected designs to ensure cost efficiency, security, scalability and reliability. The role in summary: Transform requirements and proposals into solution designs Provide HLD and LLD for various stakeholders Ensure alignment of designs to enterprise architectural vision. Provide architectural design guidance Create and maintain technical artefacts Lead design authority for some projects, creating high quality documentation including concept high level and/or low level designs Engage with suppliers and project teams to ensure delivery in line with agreed designs and outcomes The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate: Essential: 3+ years in architecture design and management, (HLD and LLD) EUC / M365 technical expertise with proven experience delivering M365 architecture Experience in informal and formal design methodology, (design diagrams, narrative and description) Experience taking holistic view across different technical concepts, (i.e.. System, Service, Performance, Support, Flow analysis, Security) Strong written and verbal communication skills, confident communicating with Stakeholders and strong decision maker. Familiarity with Prince2/Agile and ITIL concepts Appreciation of formal design methodologies, (Z, CSP, Discrete Mathematics etc.). Knowledge of TOGAF / Zachman or equivalent - desirable.** You will need to be able to demonstrate that you have lived and worked in the UK for the last 5 years in order to meet the security vetting required for this role