Data Center Solutions Engineer specializing in data architecture and analytics for GXO Logistics. Designing, building, and optimizing data solutions while writing complex SQL queries and creating dashboards.
About the role
- Principal Solution Architect at AND Digital leading enterprise solutions to close digital skills gap. Delivering cloud architecture solutions across multiple technology domains for various clients.
Responsibilities
- Join AND Digital to help fulfil our mission to close the world’s digital skills gap.
- Proven track record of leadership in solution architecture at enterprise scale within complex, regulated environments.
- Deliver large-scale, client-facing solutions across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Architect end-to-end solutions across modern cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions balancing innovation, scalability, and security.
Requirements
- Proven track record of leadership in solution architecture at enterprise scale within complex, regulated environments, with hands-on technical delivery of large-scale, client-facing solutions across the full SDLC from initial design and vendor selection through to implementation, integration and operational handover in multi-vendor ecosystems.
- Deep expertise in architecting end-to-end solutions across modern cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with strong knowledge of cloud-native services, microservices patterns, API design, event-driven architectures, and hybrid/multi-cloud integration strategies. Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), serverless computing, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman) and hands-on experience translating business requirements into robust technical solutions that balance innovation, scalability, security, and cost optimization.
- Demonstrated experience in financial services or other highly regulated industries, with solid understanding of compliance requirements, data residency, security controls, and risk management considerations that shape solution design and delivery.
- Proven ability to lead technical due diligence, conduct architecture reviews, and quality assure complex solutions including non-functional requirements such as performance, resilience, security, and disaster recovery planning.
- Experience working across multiple technology domains including data platforms, application development, cloud infrastructure, security, and integration middleware, with the ability to design cohesive solutions that span these disciplines.
- Strong track record of stakeholder management at senior levels, with excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, and to build consensus across diverse groups.
- Hands-on experience with modern software delivery practices including CI/CD pipelines, DevOps/GitOps methodologies, and Agile delivery frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, LeSS), with deep understanding of how architecture decisions enable or constrain delivery velocity.
- Active contribution to architecture community and practice development through thought leadership, mentoring junior architects, developing reusable patterns and accelerators, and driving innovation and continuous improvement across the organization.
- Relevant cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, GCP Professional Cloud Architect) or enterprise architecture certifications highly desirable.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday allowance + bank holidays
- Flexible bank holidays
- Share scheme
- A £1000 flexifund to use on a personalised list of benefits such Gym membership, Cycle to Work Scheme, Health, dental and optical cash plan
- Private medical insurance
- 6% employer pension contribution, when you contribute 2%
- PLUS many more
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