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Project Lead/Technical Architect

  • Location:

    Leeds

  • Sector:

    Technology

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £60000 - £70000 per annum

  • Contact:

    David Lopez

  • Contact email:

    david.lopez@ojassociates.com

  • Job ref:

    JOB-012021-134066_1611327066

  • Published:

    about 3 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2021-02-21

Project Lead/Technical Architect - North Yorkshire

OJ have partnered with a leading organisation to find a Project Lead/Technical Architect. This is a fast paced growing business located in North Yorkshire and has been performing very well during Covid. The business is looking for experienced candidates and this is a key role in the IT team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Interact with a range of people, from highly technical software developers to Senior Executive stakeholders. This means the ability to change style/approach is essential. Identifying what a particular stakeholder needs to know or is concerned about is critical to ensuring that projects address the major stakeholder concerns on an on-going basis.
  • Technical, architectural, functional and impact and risk elements of the design need to be conveyed to technical and non-technical members. Presenting options, risks, recommendations in a language and a way that shows understanding and technical leadership is essential.
  • Interact with business areas and be comfortable acquiring and using business domain language and knowledge to convey concepts and recommendations.
  • Lead and assist technical teams in delivering the Solution. From understanding testing requirements to being involved with the development of solution using a variety of technologies such as Java (and/or Microsoft .NET) the Technical Architect is required to set the technical direction whilst also understanding the delivery mechanism of the agile team
  • Be able to engage and operate across a broad range of technologies including the MS Azure stack, relational database systems (e.g. Microsoft SQL Server), integration platforms, application containers, web servers and basic infrastructure such as networking (firewalls, protocols).
  • Work with our 3rd parties to engage and align on technical roadmaps, keeping in mind an understanding of the bigger picture for the UK business.

Skills Required

  • Experience of delivering insurance focused business application and solutions. This can include (but not limited to) CRM, Policy administration, API's, Rating and decision engines, Billing. intermediary platforms etc
  • Understanding of Architectural Process; the function of an Architecture Review Board, how to demonstrate architecture principle alignment, implementation governance.
  • Experience of API design and integration leadership, management and service based architectures (SOA, Micro services, ESBs)
  • Demonstrable knowledge and preferably certified in the Microsoft Azure stack, including serverless technology, containerisation, PAAS and Kubernetes.
  • Experience of hands on software development (Microsoft .NET and/or Java with SQL)
  • An appreciation of Agile and DevOps best practices
  • Data Modelling; conceptual, logical and physical schema separation
  • Experience implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in solutions would be a bonus

Experience

  • Proven experience of defining, implementing and maintaining architectural decision processes
  • Strong people skills and coordination ability - plus the ability to gain credibility quickly within a business area
  • Have the ability to lead and upskill both technical and architect peers and have proven task management experience.
  • Technically astute in the area of applications, integration services, data and security
  • Experience of the MS Azure Stack and associated technologies
  • Experience of the Microsoft database technology stack (SQL Server, T-SQL, SSIS)
  • Knowledge of ETL technologies (Alteryx, SnapLogic, etc.)
  • Knowledge of Microsoft .NET and associated technology stacks

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