Senior Solutions Architect

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Publish Date: Jun 21, 2021

Location:
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Company: Atos

Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with 110,000 employees in 73 countries and annual revenue of € 12 billion. European number one in Cloud, Cybersecurity and High-Performance Computing, the Group provides end-to-end Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud, Big Data, Business Applications and Digital Workplace solutions. The Group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and operates under the brands Atos, Atos|Syntel, and Unify. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), listed on the CAC40 Paris stock index.

The purpose of Atos is to help design the future of the information space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural approach and contribute to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information space.

Your day-to-day responsibilities include:
The Architect is a client-facing member of the solutions team and is responsible for helping shape client requirements, and identifying innovative and competitive solutions to meet their business need, alignment of client business requirements with relevant Atos portfolio offerings, and where there are gaps or opportunities, to build new innovative solutions.
Analyses customer business needs for own areas of expertise and uses industry best practice to develop the most efficient solution for clients
Leads development of systems architectures for sophisticated systems or an entire corporate suite of systems. Takes full responsibility end to end for overall system design
You will work closely with counterparts in B&PS practices to define and deliver solutions at scale in areas of Agile, AI, robotics, RPA, Application Support & Maintenance, Integration, Cloud Services, Digital Transformation, SAP, Testing, Big Data and Digital Workplace.
Assures specification and design work
Takes ownership of the strategy and methods used in implementing a systems architecture in a significant organization.
Provides technical leadership to assist in growing the Atos business and underpinning effective support and delivery of solutions
Develops new techniques for use in systems architecture. Promotes the architecture discipline within the wider Atos BP&S family. Takes an active role in the management of other staff and is a role model for technical and engineering staff

Skills we can’t do without:
Relevant background worming as a Software Architect. Having a breadth of technical knowledge, candidates must also be able to demonstrate experience in crafting solutions from a commercial and service and security perspective.
Systems or Solutions Architect with at least 3 years of relevant experience as an Architect and over 10 years experience as an IT professional
TOGAF or BCS ISEB Architecture Certified
Experience translating business and feature requirements into technical specifications
Top-tier in communicating complex technical concepts to non-technical partners
Experience establishing effective links with a wide variety of technical peers
Ability to simplify sophisticated problems, processes or projects into component parts explore and evaluate them systematically
Experience across the full lifecycle of delivery from sales through projects and service delivery

Skills we’d like:
a Master or Bachelor degree in Engineering, Computer Sciences, Information Management, or a similar level of education
Experience of working with Large Government Department/Agency or Large company environment
The ideal candidate will have good experience and skills in hybrid-cloud architecture and familiarity with the major cloud vendors in the marketplace.
Supervise record in supporting Digital transformation for clients

Support the solution team, or sales team in the creation of winning propositions, including :

Writing proposal elements as required
Customer focus - committed to building excellent, long-term relationships with customers, based on a full grasp of their needs and dedication to meeting their expectations.
Attention for detail, ability to be hands-on when required
Good understanding of finances/commercial elements of solutions
Makes decisions by evaluating options and uses commercial and market awareness to make appropriate recommendation

Desirable Technology and Tools Exposure:
Exposure and experience in some or all of the following technologies and tooling would be beneficial in delivering your role

Jira, MS Project, Trello, or similar
Collaboration software (Jamboard, Miro or similar)
Scala with SBT
Play! Framework (Scala bindings)
HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Continuous integration (Jenkins)
Version control (Git & GitHub)
NoSQL databases (MongoDB)

Here at Atos, we want all of our employees to feel valued, appreciated, and free to be themselves at work. Our employee lifecycle processes are designed to prevent discrimination against our people regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them outstanding. Across the globe, we have built a variety of programs to embed our Atos culture of inclusivity, and work hard to ensure that all of our employees have an equal opportunity to contribute and feel that they are exactly where they belong.