Technical Architect

Our client is an award-winning software provider and has led the market in providing innovative solutions for several decades to retailers and third-party providers. As a Technical Architect you will be responsible for helping to design, implement, develop, build, debug products. You will be knowledgeable in the appropriate technology stack and create designs that consider scalability, security, performance, and maintainability. These designs should adhere to coding standards defined by the Technical Development Manager, and further enhance and enforce these standards.

Experience & Skills

• Architecture design of both high-level and low-level technical designs
• Solution implementation, ensure alignment of technical solution with project requirements
• Code reviews, policing best practices, code quality, testing, and documentation
• Technical leadership, knowledgeable in the tech stack and promote best practices
• Performance optimisation, design scalable solutions that perform
• Technical documentation, create and maintain HLDs, architecture diagrams, specs and design patterns
• Proven technical problem solving, lead or guide troubleshooting efforts to remediate and resolve complex technical issues
• Stakeholder collaboration, proven experiences with BAs, CTO, Leads, DevOps, project managers
• Monitoring and logging, best practice for designing a robust platform
• API Integrations
• Developing experience in ASP.NET C# using Visual Studio, .NET CORE
• Experience of developing websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and bootstrap
• Skill experience of SQL databases - writing stored procedures and backup/restore
• Experience of web technologies ie, MVC, Web APIs, REST and XML/JSON services
• Experience of source control and branching using TFS; Git, Azure
• Cloud and Microservices solutions
• Event driven architecture
• Security and Compliance, including secure auth, data encryption, and compliance with industry standards such as GDPR
• Cosmos DB
• 8 years or more Development experience
• 3 years or more Technical Solution Architecture experience

Beneficial skills

• Elasticsearch
• Docker
• Azure Service Bus
• Azure DevOps
• gRPC
• SonarCloud
• Experience of HMRC APIs
• Experience of automation tools such as Octopus Deploy and MS Build
• Scalability and Performance Testing

Benefits

• Annual performance-based bonus incentives
• Full private health insurance with no excess through our healthcare partner
• Group Life Insurance and Income Protection
• BUPA Dental Insurance
• 23 days holiday, rising to 26 days per years' service + all UK Bank Holidays
• Employer pension contributions up to 10%
• Work-life balance - flexible working and work from home

Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted.

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