Future Opportunity: Solutions Architect - Senior Consultant in London

Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together? If you’re looking to move roles in the future, we’re interested in hearing from talented people like you. Submit an application to be considered for future opportunities at Opencast. Our Talent Engagement team will review your application and will be in touch to let you know how we would like to proceed.

The role involves taking end-to-end ownership of solutions for our clients, aligning them to business outcomes, technology strategy, commercial/financial constraints, and architecture governance. You’ll create solutions blueprints with views that express business, data, application, and technology, to address stakeholder needs. You’ll effectively communicate the solution through governance boards, stakeholder groups, and delivery teams to bring the solution to life and assure effective delivery. Ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast's quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.

Requirements: This role involves weekly on-site work, and you’ll be required to travel regularly to client locations across the UK. We’re looking for people who value in-person collaboration, enjoy building strong relationships, and are passionate about delivering solutions that make a real difference for our clients. Due to the nature of this role, you must either hold active Security Check (SC) clearance or be eligible and willing to undergo the clearance process. SC clearance is granted in line with UK Government security vetting requirements. Typically, applicants must have UK citizenship and have lived continuously in the UK for at least the past five years, with no single absence exceeding 28 consecutive days. Nationality and immigration status may also be considered as part of the vetting process. We are unable to progress applications from candidates who do not meet these requirements. If you are unsure whether you meet the eligibility criteria, we encourage you to review the guidance or discuss this with us before applying.

We’re looking to welcome new team members for multiple roles from autumn month onward. If you’re interested in joining Opencast, we’d encourage you to apply.

Essential experience: To succeed in this role, you’ll have experience as a Solutions Architect and be able to demonstrate, with tangible examples, that you can:

• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders to understand their views
• Have a strong foundation in software development, design, and delivery roles
• Enable and assure a delivery team’s implementation of your solutions architectures effectively
• Work with development life-cycle methodologies such as Agile software development, Scrum, and DevOps
• Have a good working knowledge of architecture frameworks and modelling languages

Essential Consulting Skills: In addition to solutions architect skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to be an Opencast consultant. You’ll need to demonstrate how you:

• Demonstrate the significant, tangible business benefits of the proposals you initiate for clients
• Take a methodical and considered approach to solving problems
• Take a collaborative and consultative approach to leading and guiding teams
• Keep up to date with new and emerging technology trends and their practical application
• Deliver business outcomes and engage stakeholders

During the interview process, we’ll ask questions to explore your experience across these areas.

Desirable experience: Some areas of experience are not essential but relevant to the role:

• Experienced with Architecture Frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, Open Agile Architecture)

If you have this experience, please show it on your CV and we can talk about it in the interview.

Salary: £70,000-£80,000

What we offer: A competitive package including a 7% employer pension contribution, share options, and a discretionary bonus. You’ll also benefit from 25 days’ holiday and access to 3 annual “life happens” days to support unexpected situations. We provide wellbeing support, ongoing professional development, volunteering opportunities, and the chance to be part of a genuinely supportive team.

Where you’ll work: This role requires regular on-site attendance at our HQ, hub offices, and client sites, as well as the ability to work from home. Applicants must be able to travel to offices and client sites across the UK as part of their normal working arrangements, as travel is essential for fulfilling the responsibilities of the role.

We include you: We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview: Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. We’re happy to make adjustments to support your needs.

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