Solutions Architect - Cloud
Durham Professional Services has a requirement for a Solutions Architect on a permanent basis to work with our client in Central Glasgow.
The Job
The Solution Architect is responsible for ensuring that our client’s IT designs are delivered in accordance with the organisation’s target architecture, programme objectives and operational support requirements. In addition, you will be responsible for managing the development and maintenance of the solution architecture (SA) as it relates to the acquisition, use and management of solutions.
SA incorporates the delivery of business, application, information and technology capabilities. Provide technical leadership and within project and programme groups. Provide expertise in designing and implementing end to end solutions that support IT and business operational efficiency. Continuously improves the department’s solution design capability through delivery of solution architecture, standards and mentoring. Work with Enterprise Architects to ensure the completeness of the overall design of the Enterprise Architecture. Represents and supports solution architectures through relevant governance.
The scope of this role will be project portfolio dependent, and as part of the flexible resource pool, may be responsible for the line management, coaching, mentoring of Solution Designers and/or Web Developers, and will be expected to drive best practice development, experience of O365 is required for this role.
The Person
To perform this role, it is expected candidates will have the following skills and experience:
- Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
- Cloud Native/Hybrid Cloud architectures
- Cloud platform experience – eg – Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud
- SAAS package delivery and implementation experience
- IAAS experience
- Advanced Server Infrastructures
- Server Virtualisation
- IT Security
- Understanding and a passion for both cyber security and intelligence analysis
- Raising security awareness in the real world
- Encryption technologies (TLS/AES/SHA-2)
- Understanding of OSI Model and TCP/IP
- Knowledge of mobile applications
- Understanding of Web App vulnerabilities eg SQL injection & Cross Site Scripting
- Web App penetration testing
- Tools experience – eg Metasploit/Core Impact/Canvas, Burp/WebScarab/ZAP, Nessus/Nexpose
- Identity and Access Management
- Identity and Access Management technologies (SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0)
- Other technical
- IP Networking (LAN/WAN/Software Defined Networking/Firewalls/WAF)
- Container technologies (Docker/Kubernetes)
- SIP Telephony/CTI Integration (nice to have)?
- Certification / Accreditation – including:
- Cloud accreditation – eg AWS Certified Solutions Architect, CCNA Cloud (Cisco), CCNP Cloud (Cisco), MCSE Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
- Security +
- ITIL
- TOGAF