Solutions Architect - 6 Month Contract

at  Vitality

ABOUT US

Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.
We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.
Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Team – Prospect, Advisor and Employer
Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in any of the Vitality offices. Full time hours.

WHAT THIS ROLE IS ALL ABOUT:

The Solution Architect is accountable for ensuring that our technology solutions are designed and implemented according to Enterprise Architecture Requirements, Business Requirements and IT Development Standards to deliver towards strategic goals.
This is a specialist role, providing technical leadership across a number of disparate solutions for a value driven enterprise journey.
You will play a key role in designing end to end technology solutions and supporting engineering teams throughout the SDLC. You will be experienced in providing design documentation, and reviewing or contributing to ICD’s, IT governance and Standards.
You will work alongside other Architects, Principal Software Engineer, business analysts, UX designs and developer teams delivering incremental releases that generate business value.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS NEEDED TO FULFIL THIS ROLE:

• Demonstrable experience (ideally 5 years+) working as a Solution Architect using a range of different technologies (ideally including Java/Spring, .NET, JavaScript, micro services, containers, databases, cloud technologies)
• Demonstrable expertise in the use of appropriate tools/technologies for the design, development, build, testing & deployment of a wide range of applications
• Assured communicator - able to present complex technical issues in a clear manner to technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience of Agile Methodology (ideally SAFe)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills