Solution Architect

Role Location – Bristol, and willing to travel to other client sites throughout the UK on an ad hoc basis

Salary: Competitive (based on experience)

Level: Accenture will be hiring at Specialist level

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC+/DV security clearance which typically requires 10 years continuous UK address history usually including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK and declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationalism at the point of application.

As a Solution Architect you will:

• Define creative solutions for business problems, holistically addressing functional and non-functional requirements. 
• Define the architectural roadmaps for systems and business services 
• Effectively describe solutions using industry standard modelling notations
• Define and document standards and guidelines to direct the solution delivery 
• Ensure that the finished product conforms to the architectural principles and standards 
• Contribute to the practice development through thought leadership and development of innovative services and offerings 

We expect you to have:

• Strong working knowledge of open source, open standards and cloud technologies 
• Good understanding of architectural concepts, methodologies and approaches 
• Excellent working knowledge of design patterns and modelling notations such as ArchiMate, UML and BPMN 
• Good knowledge of integration techniques, architecture patterns and non-functional drivers 
• Experience of leading development teams from a design and technical basis 
• Quality Assurance skills to assess the quality and completeness of deliverables 
• Knowledge and demonstrable experience of both traditional and agile delivery methods