Overview

Solution Architect – Integration

Position Description
If you love finding innovative solutions to improve complex systems, there’s a digital revolution underway in the UK, and it needs your help. We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect/ Integration Architect to join our London focused Architecture team that work across multiple sectors.

From public service transformation to cutting-edge commercial projects, our work has a wide reach, helping make the everyday easier, for everyone. When you start your CGI story, not only will you be improving people’s lives, you can be sure we’ll do the same for you.

Alongside a competitive salary, we offer you access to our share scheme (3% + 3% matching) making you a member not just an employee. You also have the option to benefit from private medical and dental insurance, flexible retirement options, childcare vouchers and a cycle to work scheme.

As for the future? Be a successful part of our story and we’ll support you in taking your career anywhere you want it to go.

Your future duties and responsibilities
As a Solution Architect you will be joining an existing architecture team of 6 and will work across projects with existing clients as well as responding to RFPs with potential new clients. You will be required to define, validate and promote the appropriate strategies and/or tactical solutions to deliver business benefits whilst minimising effort and risks for opportunities, bids and projects, both internally and externally. You will be required to develop and assist with the strategy and architecture of IT-enabled business change, working closely with multiple client stakeholders.

As a Solution Architect you will support the design and implementation with expert knowledge of technology, technique, method, product or application in a particular technology stack, and a broad appreciation of architectural approaches. You will align the technology with the business and customer goals, identifying benefits and risk mitigation approaches and promote bid and project technology strategy by stakeholder engagement. Finally you will identify and manage commercial risk in the roll out of complex strategy, as well as managing internal and external stakeholders effectively at the senior level.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
We are looking for a Solution Architect with experience as an Integration focused Architect as well as experience as a Solution Architect in a fast paced challenging environment is essential. You will also have strong experience in design patterns, integrating distributed applications, web services technologies, enterprise messaging patterns and APIs. It’s also essential that you have good experience with various integration technologies including API gateways.

You will also have experience in technical governance, performing quality reviews, performing reviews of the architecture and design deliverables from technical teams and working collaboratively to help them fill in the identified gaps.

Experience of working across all the various stages of the project/product life cycle, right from pre-sales into operationalisation and support is also important too.
It would be desirable if you have experience of designing across cloud native solutions (Azure or AWS).

Experience of working within an IT consultancy or Systems Integrator is highly desirable, as is excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

This role can be based in either our London or Milton Keynes offices as long as you have flexibility to travel to the other office as well as client sites 1-2 days per week.

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It is an extraordinary time to be in business. As digital transformation continues to accelerate, CGI is at the center of this change—supporting our clients’ digital journeys and offering our professionals exciting career opportunities.

At CGI, our success comes from the talent and commitment of our professionals. As one team, we share the challenges and rewards that come from growing our company, which reinforces our culture of ownership. All of our professionals benefit from the value we collectively create.

Be part of building one of the largest independent technology and business services firms in the world.

Learn more about CGI at www.cgi.com.

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CGI is an equal opportunity employer.

 

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