Solutions Architect (Security Cleared) – Fully Remote

Job Purpose

 

1.      Support the project team in the selection, implementation (and assurance) of an ECommerce capability.

 

Responsibilities

 

  1. Designing the Ecommerce solution: In collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders you will create appropriate architectural design documentation for the Met Office’s future Ecommerce capability (which is driven by user need and customer experience). You will maintain and communicate a coherent architectural design (inc. TCO and integrations) to enable successful delivery of the new capability.
  2. Assuring the design: As part of a wider peer group you will provide ongoing design assurance throughout the life of the project. This will include: ongoing focus on articulation of user needs; creating, maintaining and communicating architectural artefacts; acting as the technical design authority for the project; maintaining regular engagement with the enterprise IT architect team; making and recording architectural decisions; participating in architectural peer reviews; consider and calculate technical debt.
  3. Supporting the community: As a member of an enterprise wide community of practice you will actively share knowledge and good practice and support the continuous improvement of the architecture function

 

 

Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

 

 

  1. An excellent technical understanding of the solutions underpinning the delivery of the Ecommerce capability
  2. Good working knowledge of enterprise ECommerce platforms including implementation experience of one of more well-known platforms
  3. Integration patterns and API specification methods and standards
  4. An excellent technical understanding of the process requirements underpinning the governance of an Ecommerce capability.
  5. An excellent understanding of development methods (DevOps, CI/CD) which support the delivery of technical solutions
  6. Proven ability to architect and deliver technology solutions that meet user needs and improve customer experience
  7. Proven ability to provide technical coordination and negotiation for projects, including managing suppliers, architectural design assurance, setting goals and timelines with clear priorities, overseeing delivery.
  8. Ability to communicate architectural descriptions and development plans to diverse business and technical audiences through different forms (including written, diagrammatic and verbal).

 

Desirable Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

 

 

  1. Ability to work as part of a product selection team through formalised procurement activity
  2. Experience of architectural modelling notations, and/or specifically C4 architecture model

 

Outcomes

 

 

  1. Design documentation and supporting artefacts which describe the technical response to stated project requirements, encompassing Context and Container diagrams
  2. Documented interfaces between the Ecommerce platform and the integration with existing Met Office services including IAM, API Management (WS02), CMS (Bloomreach), Card Payment system (Stripe), CRM (D365), Service Catalogue (SN), Analytics (CLAS), Account billing (D365)
  3. Support the Product Owner in shaping and prioritising user journeys, driving out the detail in functional and non-functional requirements.
  4. Roadmap and lifecycle plans for the Ecommerce platform and ongoing Business as Usual platform management.

 

Solutions Architect- Developer- Fully Remote

 

Job Purpose

We require an experienced Developer for an initial 3 months to assist in the following project activities leading up to the Project Go-Live of a strategic API Management system:

 

  • Extend the existing AWS onboarding processes using AWS Lambda (Python)
  • Build new Analytics Reports
  • Support the Lead Developer with development/delivery and testing of the Strategic workflow solution
  • Assist Testing and peer reviews of technical delivery
  • Provide onboarding advice to Development Squads
  • Deliver allocated Service Acceptance activities

 

 

Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

  1. Highly proficient in developing using both Python and Java
  2. Experience of building unit tests with Junit and mocking frameworks, e.g. Mockito
  3. Experience using Git / GitHub
  4. Demonstrable knowledge of using Amazon AWS services including Lambda, EC2 and experience of the AWS CodePipeline
  5. Strong communications skills with evidence of an organised and structured approach to your work and ability to work within a team environment

 

Desirable Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

  1. A working knowledge of implementing or supporting APIs and an API Management solution (e.g. WSO2, Apigee)
  2. Development experience using Spring and Spring Boot
  3. Experience with the Atlassian toolset
  4. Good understanding of Maven
  5. Integration experience using REST APIs and JSON
  6. Understanding of OAuth2 and JWT