As a Lead Solution Architect within our Common Services & Integration division, you will create architecture artefacts for our software engineering teams to meet business needs.

Leading a team of solution architects, you will focus on the strategic architecture of one of our key business areas, ensuring the team is responsible for the technology roadmap and application catalogue. You will align with other Lead SA’s to ensure an alignment within our wider architecture narrative.

You will contribute to our architecture review board, to ensure that my business areas needs are represented & aligned to the strategic architecture direction.

Reporting into a Head of Transformation, you will focus on business telecoms products; such as broadband, Ethernet and IPVPN. Our software engineering teams in this area are .net, pega & emerging technologies such as Camunda & Kafka. Using TMForum standards, you will play a key role in helping us in improving our technologies.

About the role

The primary function of the role is to lead the teams creating Solution Architecture and Design as well as the governance and quality assurance of the architecture and designs.  The system solutions built on these designs enable TalkTalk to offer new and innovative products and improve customer experience.

Leadership & Management

• Manage a Solution Architecture team of six individuals
• Continuously improve the overall performance of the team in terms of identifiable metrics such as quality, timeliness, architecture adherence and others
• Build productive and positive relationships with all stakeholders, including peer managers within and outside of the team
• Develop guidelines for architecture and solution design and within the team and help projects deliver within those guidelines

Core Architecture Work

• Accountable for leading and co-ordinating solution architecture and designs to ensure they are complete, cohesive and fit for purpose
• Assessing the feasibility of projects and planning for solution architecture within projects
• Creation of Solution Architecture documents that align with Domain Architecture Roadmaps, requirements and business strategic goals, incorporating ‘art of the possible’ technical developments.
• Ensure the solution architecture and design meets the business objectives and aligns with senior stakeholders, any architectural blueprints and governance frameworks
• Identify innovative solutions to solve complex business/operational problems and new products/services.  Facilitate and lead design workshops with subject matter experts, delivery leads, domain architects and other required parties
• Supporting the programme/project/release manager throughout the project and release lifecycle Input into business planning activities and influence development roadmaps through understanding of cost estimation and appreciation of business benefits.

About you

It is strongly desirable to have previous architectural coverage with integration & back end development architecture together with telecoms experience is highly desirable. You’ll have led architecture teams and have faced into senior internal and external customers.

The Benefits

We understand the importance of recognising and rewarding our colleagues. In addition to your base salary, you will be provided with a company bonus/commission, pension scheme, private healthcare cover, income protection and life assurance.

We also:-            

• Embrace flexible working
• Encourage you to participate in a development programme that will be led by you, supported by your line manager and backed by the business.
• Offer free TalkTalk broadband and TV
• Wellbeing and recognition schemes
• Offer a range of discounts on shopping

On top of all this, you get to choose your benefits flexibly around what works best for you!

As a recognised Top 50 Inclusive Employer in the UK, we know that diversity means success and innovation. We want our workplace to reflect the communities and customer we serve. Being inclusive is part of our DNA; we are all 100% human, and we create a culture where you can truly be yourself.

We’re also not your usual 9-5. We are a dynamic workplace and we want to talk to you about how you like to work.