Solution Architect

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.  

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of what we do:  

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner  
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business  
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK  
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW  
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW  

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!

Version 1 has a capability development programme focused on supporting the careers of our team members. As a Solution Architect, you will be expected to play a key role in this capability and contribute to strategy. We will provide you with a dedicated career plan that will support your professional development, help you achieve your career goals and provide opportunities to shape your career.

Key Responsibilities

• Work across the architecture disciplines of Application, Integration, Data and Security, bringing these perspectives together into a coherent IT architecture.
• Architect business applications and services for complex large-scale on-premise, cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Provide advice and support to business and technology stakeholders in designing future ICT platforms and business support services.
• Work with architecture tools, frameworks and methodologies to define, publish and maintain high-quality architecture documentation.
• Produce design documentation in advance of implementation across waterfall and agile delivery environments.
• Apply functional application architecture design patterns and leading industry practices.
• Design software that meets non-functional requirements including performance, availability and scalability.
• Contribute architecture expertise to large transformation programmes.
• Apply knowledge of platform, database, application and web technologies when designing solutions.
• Apply SOA and microservices architecture patterns to design effective solutions.
• Provide architectural governance across projects and support IT governance processes.
• Oversee implementation of solution architectures aligned to business requirements and ICT strategy.
• Support application programming interface (API), microservices and interoperability solutions.
• Apply an understanding of federation and federated identity providers.
• Build collaborative relationships with stakeholders to define architectural approaches and build consensus on technical decisions.
• Contribute to the future strategic direction of ICT and digital services.
• Communicate effectively in written and spoken English.
• Work closely with clients to assess current infrastructure, application portfolios and business challenges to define modernisation plans.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure designs are implemented in line with coding, security and performance standards.
• Support and participate in proof-of-concept (PoC) development activities.
• Facilitate workshops, technical sessions and presentations to build consensus and alignment on architectural decisions.

Essential Requirements

• At least five years' experience as a Solution Architect or Technical Architect.
• Previous hands-on experience as a Java Developer or Technical Lead.
• Extensive technical expertise across enterprise architecture disciplines.
• Application Modernisation experience.
• Detailed knowledge of architectural patterns and industry best practice.
• Experience engaging effectively with senior stakeholders.
• Technical expertise and communication capability.
• Experience designing and delivering architecture solutions across on-premise, cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Experience producing architecture and design documentation.
• Experience operating within agile and/or waterfall delivery environments.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience with VMWare, Red Hat OpenShift, IMDG, Redis, 3Scale, Keycloak, OIDC, Identity Management, LDAP and Active Directory.
• Experience with MariaDB/Galera, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL and Ingres.
• Experience with JBoss, Spring Boot and Angular.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and Jenkins.
• Additional experience supporting major public-sector or enterprise transformation programmes.

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability. 

• Salary Range: €75,000-€95,000

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits 

• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme 

• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance 

• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Version 1 Pension with a 5% employee-matched contribution, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme 

• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more.  

• 24 days holiday allowance plus Public Holidays, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies 

• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat 

• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & quarterly Star Awards. 

• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes. 

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more. 

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer 

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity. 

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact [email protected]. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.

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