Solutions Architect (Transport & Consulting)

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This role sits within Jacob’s Digital. Jacobs Digital is a central team within Jacobs driving digital across the company. Digital for us is not just about technology. Digital is client led. A transformation of how and what we provide to our clients. Creating a smarter, more connected and customer centric value proposition.
Jacobs Digital is a team of developers, incubation, product and technology solution experts who are driving digital change across Jacobs and our clients. We’re customer and user focused, where digital starts with culture and new ways of working, driving new business models, whilst incorporating technology and data into all our services and solutions.
We are seeking a professional technology leader with a strong background in delivering and integrating services, software platforms and products within the Transport and Strategic Consulting sectors.
This role is responsible for combining Jacobs and 3rd party technology with data in the most effective combination to maximise its deployment across customer requirements and the Jacobs business. With a wide array of differing projects, programmes and framework opportunities the role of the Solutions Architect is to align the customer requirements with the most appropriate Digital data, technology, services, and products (3rd party and JACOBS IP/IC) to drive maximum benefit to both Jacobs and our customers. You will be the glue between our customer’s requirements, and our products and solutions.
The successful candidate will excel in understanding customer need and framing a solution. You will proactively identify opportunities for repeatable components within customer architecture, either to drive new product incubation or in partnering with existing external products. Customer centricity is key, you will possess a strong, digital mindset to support Jacobs drive around digital culture and ways of working.
The ideal candidate will have experience in crafting customer or client-side business opportunities and utilising emerging technology to solve customer problems.  The role requires creativity, the ability to consider the art of the possible, to integrate services, solutions, data and technology, and to consolidate a solution that delivers the customer outcome.
The responsibilities of the Solutions Architect will be as follows:
- The front door via which customers and Jacobs staff gain an understanding of the most appropriate technology solutions available for Transport and Consulting customers
- Identification of new digital solutions
- Formulation of the digital technology portfolio for new services and solutions
- Selection of technology stack and components for bids / projects
- Definition and documentation of functional and non-functional requirements, and the technical solution for customer challenges
- Definition of a templated Digital offering to Tier 1 bids
- Definition of a standardised approach to mobilisation and delivery
- Tailored approach based on specific bid requirements.
- Engagement with IT organisation and partners on using 3rd party platforms
- Analysis of technology trends and opportunities
- Collaborative working with the Product and Technical leads to clearly define and articulate bid and mobilisation strategy
- Collaborative working with Commercial and Legal teams to define bid submissions