Technical Solutions Architect

Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited

The Technical Architect role is created to support the growth of the company and a desire to secure and build upon new and existing business opportunities. The role will help ensure our technical solutions are robust, commercially viable and fully address the customer requirements.

The role will support the whole life cycle from initial engagement with pre-sales and customers to proposal, solution design and delivery. The opportunities for growth and development in this role are substantial as Methods itself continues to grow and develop.

The role will focus on the development of Microsoft solutions and cloud platforms and will have responsibility for the technical solutions and will retain that responsibility from initial customer engagement through to implementation and handover to Methods delivery teams.

The role will require someone with extensive technical experience, good interpersonal skills and the ability to explain potentially complex technical solutions to a business audience.

The role will require someone with good all-round ability to juggle multiple projects and meet deadlines whilst at the same time comprehending complex and interdependent business requirements and to ensure these are delivered in a cost effective and secure manner.

This is an ideal opportunity for a technical professional looking for a new and challenging architect position, one which will make best use of their existing skills and experience and also further their development.

Essential skills

• Excellent presentation and communication (verbal and written) skills
• Self-starter with the ability to appropriately prioritise and plan complex work in a rapidly changing environment.
• Results oriented with ability to produce products that deliver organisational benefit.
• Effective design and proposal documentation skills
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills - demonstrating outside-the-box problem solving skills.
• SC clearance or willingness to gain
• Microsoft Expert Level Exams and Certifications
• Subject Matter Expert Exams and Certifications

Experience required

• At least 5 years in a customer facing role, delivering and supporting technology solutions based on Microsoft technologies
• In Depth knowledge & experience of various Microsoft technologies with SME knowledge in agreed areas
• Azure DevOps & automation
• Azure Platform
• Azure Integration Services
• Azure Fabric
• Azure App Service
• Azure Kubernetes Service
• Azure Entra ID
• Azure AI Foundry
• .NET development
• Database development & administration
• In Depth knowledge & experience of creating a technical design to deploy and implement without guidance
• In Depth understanding of Microsoft Cloud Platform including services, security, capabilities, technology, applications, IT Issues, best practice standards, methodologies and processes
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in projects and demonstrate the ability to undertake technical leadership
• Team player with experience leading and collaborating cross-team to ensure successful delivery of solutions.
• Lead on technical workshops & solutions across multiple technologies
• Commercial awareness to create proposals and draft responses to tenders
• Significant Pre-sales experience in discussing solution and technologies with customers
• Experience of presenting technical solutions to customers and stakeholders

This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected. Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.