Solution Architect leading design and delivery of Azure services for Pearson's educational platforms. Collaborating with teams to create scalable and secure solutions.
Responsibilities
Solution Architecture Design: Lead the design of end-to-end solutions on Azure.
Solution Option Analysis & Cost Estimation: Work with business analysts and product owners to evaluate multiple solution options.
Technical Leadership & Governance: Serve as design authority throughout delivery.
Support Delivery Teams: Collaborate with delivery teams to interpret and implement architecture designs correctly.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage with product owners, business analysts, and external partners to refine requirements.
Vendor Oversight: Work with third-party delivery teams, reviewing their architectures.
Documentation & Planning: Produce system diagrams and implementation roadmaps.
Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Monitor industry trends and evaluate new technologies.
Compliance & Security: Ensure all solutions comply with Pearson’s security and data privacy standards.
Lifecycle Support: Support implementation teams from development through deployment.
Requirements
Extensive Solution Architecture Experience
Architecture & Design Expertise
Cloud Proficiency
Technical Leadership & Collaboration
Solution Analysis & Cost Estimation
Stakeholder Engagement
Problem Solving & Adaptability
Business Insight
Education & Certification
Knowledge of relational databases, data modelling and data analytics solutions.
Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines and containerisation (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience with Agile methodologies, TDD and other modern development practices.
Programming/scripting for automation (PowerShell, Python).
Benefits
hybrid working
occasional out of hours support during business critical periods
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