At a Glance
- Tasks: Bridge business strategy and tech solutions, driving delivery in agile environments.
- Company: Join Computershare, a global leader in financial administration with a supportive culture.
- Benefits: Flexible work, health rewards, share purchase options, and recognition awards.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with opportunities for growth and learning.
- Why this job: Make an impact by innovating and collaborating on transformational projects.
- Qualifications: Experience in enterprise design principles, Agile, and strong data skills.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Location: Bristol, Edinburgh
In this position, you’ll be based in the Bristol or Edinburgh office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week.
We give you a world of potential. Computershare has an exciting opportunity for a Solutions Architect to join our Global Plans Development team, based in Bristol or Edinburgh.
What makes this position stand out from others in the market:
- We’re passionate about supporting our employees in their careers, so if you are passionate about continuing to develop this is an exciting role for you.
- We encourage flexible working, so you can work in the way that works best for you.
- In this role, you will work closely with stakeholders across the organisation, giving you great exposure to our business.
A role you will love:
As a Solutions Architect, you will be the bridge between business strategy and technology-based solutions, ensuring success in all transformational projects, with a focus on security and identity architecture. You will be driving delivery across agile and hybrid environments, ensuring quality, timelines, and budget adherence. To do this, you will collaborate with cross-functional workstream teams including architecture, data, engineering, and operations to ensure readiness for new platforms and tools.
Other Key Responsibilities:
- Develop feasible business architecture proposals.
- Innovate by translating business requirements into technical specifications that align with architectural objectives.
- Foster collaboration with stakeholders across business and technology.
- Embed continuous improvement practices, leveraging feedback loops, retrospectives, and data-driven insights.
- Act as a champion for the adoption of next-generation tools across the business and IT.
What will you bring to the role?
Of course, this is a Solutions Architect role, so you will need to have significant knowledge and experience of applying design principles within an enterprise context and demonstrate best practices for design, build, test, and deployment. In this position, you will be working collaboratively across the team and wider business so you will need to be able to build strong partnerships with stakeholders and teams, building strong credibility for the role, team and business unit.
Some Other Key Skills That You’ll Have:
- An excellent understanding of large enterprise systems and underpinning technology.
- Experience in Agile environments and DevOps.
- Awareness and understanding of AI types, benefits and adoption.
- Ability to set direction, build consensus and share vision and values with others.
- Strong data affinity, enthusiasm for data flows and models with good SQL skills.
Rewards designed for you:
- Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle.
- Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family.
- Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well.
- Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get-togethers to helping you invest in your future.
- And more.
Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our careers hub will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare.
About Us:
We’re a global leader in financial administration with over 11,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. At Computershare, it’s more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.
Fairness and culture:
We want to provide you with the opportunity to succeed on your own merits, starting from the application process and continuing throughout your career with us. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone feels valued, to remove barriers and obstacles and ensure equal opportunities for all.
About The Team:
Our Technology Services team is a place where new ideas and approaches are welcomed, and every individual is equipped and empowered to create change. We’re a rapidly evolving and diverse global business and there is always something to learn, opportunities to explore and a broad range of career paths to progress along.
Solutions Architect employer: Computershare UK
Computershare UK in Bristol is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work environment that prioritises employee well-being through a hybrid work model. With a strong focus on professional development, employees have ample opportunities for growth and mentorship, particularly in the vital area of Information Security. The collaborative culture fosters innovation and supports meaningful contributions to global risk and compliance initiatives.
