At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovative projects and architect cloud-native solutions for a transformative tech journey.
- Company: Join Cox Automotive Europe, a leader in automotive technology.
- Benefits: Hybrid work model, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with a focus on modernising technology across Europe.
- Why this job: Be a change agent in tech, creating impactful solutions for real-world challenges.
- Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in relevant field and strong software engineering skills.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 £ per year.
Join Our Team as a Principal Solution Architect! Are you ready to be a part of a transformative journey in the world of technology? At Cox Automotive Product and Technology Group (CAPTG), we are revolutionising our technology estate to create a unified, cloud-based platform that supports our UK and European businesses. We are looking for a dynamic and innovative Principal Solution Architect to lead this exciting transformation.
Why You'll Love Working With Us:
- Innovative Projects: Be at the forefront of modernising our product portfolio into a broad offering of reusable services delivered in the cloud. You'll help deliver industry-leading experiences that our customers love.
- Impactful Role: As a technological change agent, you'll build world-class solutions for key business domains including digital marketplace, inventory management, vehicle servicing, merchandising, and fleet ownership.
- Collaborative Environment: Work closely with engineering, product, technology, transformation, and business partners across the UK and Europe to design next-generation, customer-facing, software-as-a-service applications.
What You'll Do:
- Lead and Innovate: Drive collaborative solutioning efforts to understand business needs, define target state architecture, and create value-driven, iterative roadmaps.
- Architect and Implement: Define cloud-native architecture solutions and collaborate with Product and Engineering teams for their implementation.
- Guide and Mentor: Lead teams of experienced architects and delivery leaders, facilitating design discussions, driving technical design reviews, and ensuring successful delivery.
- Communicate and Influence: Articulate solution designs to all levels of the organization and drive successful delivery throughout discovery, development, testing, and release.
- Maintain Standards: Work with the wider Architecture team to maintain and communicate an Architecture Blueprint for the enterprise, showcasing current state, target state, and vision for all product and technology solutions.
What We're Looking For:
- Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or relevant industry experience.
- Technical Expertise: Strong software engineering background with hands-on experience in .NET, AWS, SQL.
We’re Hiring: Principal Solutions Architect employer: Cox Automotive Europe
NextGear Capital is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and collaborative work culture, particularly in its Chester location. With a strong focus on employee growth and development, team members are encouraged to innovate and drive meaningful change within the organisation, especially through exciting projects like the systems modernisation programme. The hybrid working model allows for flexibility while ensuring that employees can engage directly with their teams and stakeholders, making it a rewarding environment for those passionate about technology and business transformation.
