The Role: Solution Designer Location: Sheffield, UK Position Type: Contract Inside IR35 Remote work option Available: 2-3 Days Onsite in a week Job Description: In this role, you will: * Produce High Level Designs (HLDs) and Low Level Designs (LLDs) for identity capabilities. * Define end-to-end Technical Solutions across business, application, data and infrastructure domains. * Translate business, security and regulatory requirements into technical solutions. * Develop reference architectures, patterns and design standards for the programme. * Define integration patterns between identity platforms, applications and infrastructure. * Design cloud-native solutions for GCP and Kubernetes environments. * Define authentication, authorisation and federation architectures. * Design Agent Identity, Human Identity and Workload Identity capabilities. * Define Zero Trust security architecture and trust boundaries. * Design API security, service-to-service authentication and workload authentication patterns. * Develop event-driven integration architectures using messaging and asynchronous processing. * Design Policy Decision Point (PDP) and Policy Enforcement Point (PEP) architectures using Policy-as-Code. * Define secrets management, certificate lifecycle and PKI integration patterns. * Design resilience, disaster recovery and high availability architectures. * Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements for security, scalability, resilience and performance. * Produce architecture decision records (ADRs) and design documentation. * Identify technical risks, assumptions, constraints and dependencies. * Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to ensure alignment with strategic architecture. Key Skills & Experience Essential Skills * Enterprise Architecture * Identity and Access Management (IAM) * Authentication and Authorisation * Zero Trust Architecture * Agent Identity and Workload Identity * Identity Federation (OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, SCIM) * Cloud Architecture (GCP) * Kubernetes and Service Mesh * API Architecture and Security * DevSecOps and CI/CD
Solution Designer in Sheffield employer: Vallum Associates
As an Electronics Test Engineer at our company, you will be part of a dynamic and innovative team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of technology in a collaborative work environment. We offer competitive benefits, a strong focus on employee development, and opportunities for career advancement, all while being located in a vibrant area that fosters creativity and growth. Join us to make a meaningful impact in the field of electronics testing and enjoy a rewarding career with us.
