Solution Architect

at  Low Carbon Contracts Company

DESCRIPTION

Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5/week
Salary: circa £85k depending on experience
Location: Canary Wharf
WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week
Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.
Reports to: Lead Solution Architect
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.

ROLE SUMMARY:

Low Carbon Contracts Company runs the settlement systems for the Contracts for Difference and Capacity Market schemes within the electricity industry, and is expanding into new schemes supporting Carbon Capture and Storage, Hydrogen and other new markets. As a cloud-based organisation (Azure and AWS), we have no legacy systems due to the relatively young age of the Company.
The Solution Architect will work on projects across the entire project lifecycle, to deliver solutions to defined business requirements operating within organisation patterns or processes. The Solution Architect will ensure systems are secure, scalable and supportable with the organisations support functions seeking to reuse / expand existing solutions and services where possible. Working in the Technology Hub the Solution Architect will become Subject Matter Experts of various systems that support LCCC schemes.
The Solutions Architect will work with operational and project teams across the business to take intellectual ownership of LCCC architectural and operational design, improvements, and roadmap, and will develop a deep understanding of our schemes and operations. As such, the ability to communicate complex ideas and issues simply and effectively will be very important.
The role requires the creation of technical documentation that will provide business processes, settlement calculation mechanics, data catalogues and data interface requirements. The documents created will be in support of the IT system requirements specification (functional and non-functional) and the associated operating model or new schemes as required.
Following the production of the IT specification, support to the IT system development project, the development of User Acceptance Testing documentation and creation of Local Working Instructions as needed in the establishment of the new functionality.
The role requires end to end requirements support/ownership from concept to delivery.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The key accountabilities of the role are outlined below, covering both the Low Carbon Contracts Company and Electricity Settlement Company. However, this is an overview of the role and is not exhaustive.

• Responsible for documenting the “as-is” and “to-be” solution, technical and data architecture
• Responsible for ensuring that solutions proposed by a project meet the strategic objectives of the product or service
• Responsible for ensuring the correct technical solutions and products are chosen
• Responsible for ensuring chosen solutions meet the business, functional and non-functional requirements
• Ensuring the technical transition approach meets the business requirements
• Responsible for documenting the technology landscape, interfaces and data flows
• Supporting solution ownership within the operating model of LCCC
• Ensuring that any project delivery meets the architecture strategy and policies
• Responsible for developing and maintaining a clear roadmap for the adoption of new features
• Responsible for managing the technical risks across any project, product or service
• Responsible for ensuring that the strategies and architecture policies are followed
• Design highly scalable software solutions to improve functionality and system longevity.
• Work with technical business analysts to fine tune requirements and ensure that wants are feasible and pragmatic and validate development tasks in Jira.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:

• 25 days’ annual leave and bank holidays
• Recognition schemes allowing colleagues to say thanks
• Company contribution to your pension scheme
• Family friendly policies, including enhanced company maternity/paternity and shared parental benefits
• Employee assistance programme for free, confidential support for your professional or personal life, including financial management and family care
• Special leave such as study leave, sabbatical or public duties
• Three days paid leave a year for volunteering to support your local community
• Season ticket loan scheme to support your commute
• Access to “Work Perks” offering deals, discounts and cash back on your purchases
• Family savings on days out and English Heritage or gym discounts through our partners