Your Role  

This role would ideally suit a passionate and experienced Architect to join a mature practice, working with a growing team of 50+ in a supportive environment with great opportunities for self-development and training.  

• You'll be supported with training opportunities and dedicated Learning & Development time, including BCS Practitioner Certificate in Enterprise and Solution Architecture. 
• You will be able to allocate 10% of your time towards Learning & Development activities aligned to your Personal Development Plan. 
• Access to Microsoft Enterprise Skills initiative portal to gain access to Microsoft trainings and certifications. 
• Opportunities to work with latest Technologies and Tooling in the Cloud.
• Lead the designing of solutions involving industry leading Retail Solutions including NCR and SAP at the heart. 

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Essential Skills and Experience  

• Experience with the solution design of Customer and Colleague Retail Systems responsible for Customer Transaction (Point of Sale and Mobile Application), Stock Management, Store Process, Workforce Management, Property, Loss Prevention and Healthcare systems within the Retail domain.
• Experience in collaborating well with other technical roles and be familiar with working at an enterprise scale defining innovative and fit for purpose solutions
• Strong grasp of different integration design patterns and technologies.  
• Ability to approach design with timeliness, cost and quality factors in mind.  Risk identification and mitigation, quantification and qualification non-functional and functional requirements. 
• Ability to present at Design Authority and other decision-making forums, and gain consensus from a variety of stakeholders. 

  

Desirable Skills and Experience  

• A strong candidate would also have worked with technologies such as NCR and SAP Retail 
• Experience of working with Availability and Waste technologies 
• Experience in solution design, in the other tech domains such as infrastructure, cyber-security, data and integrations.
• Awareness of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF
• Experience in modern EA tooling is desirable but not essential, training will be provided on Ardoq.  
• Experience of working with Agile Architecture Methodology. 
• Experience in the Retail sector, or at least operating as an Architect in large enterprise environments, focused on store retail systems is desirable but not essential.