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Solution Architect establishes and maintains value-stream aligned solution architect and business analysis capabilities, aligned to appropriate enterprise standards, best practices and methodologies.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for establishing value-stream and product aligned solution architecture including
• business process management to support the rapid design, delivery, and improvement of digital
• products for value streams
• Embed a capability where products are designed and architected with the user experience at its
• heart – driven from a customer journey and service perspective for value stream
• Ensure solutions are designed in line with the Global OpCo Enterprise Architecture roadmaps,
• aligned to appropriate best practices, standards and methodologies for value stream
• Support Product Management teams to identify the value of products being delivered in the
• context of the product roadmaps for value streams
• Act as the escalation route for technical delivery issues, and support technical conversations
• with senior business stakeholders in value stream
• Implement, maintain & monitor standards, controls, processes and solutions to minimise
• business and IT risk, ensuring compliance with all Legal and Regulatory requirements and
• standards for value stream

Work Experience Required

• Proven leadership capability
• Strong understanding of the value-streams and digital products
• Thorough working knowledge of solution design, architecture industry standards, and business analysis
• Strong familiarity with quality management concepts and their application
• Customer-centricity
• Ability to influence stakeholders on the choices around process, product and solution design

Skills and Core Competencies

• Relentless focus on process optimisation by leveraging multiple tools, including: technology,
• lean, automation, sourcing, etc.
• Continually provide professional challenge to the status quo
• Focused on disruption to instigate innovation in products and services
• Evangelist for ideation, innovation, experimentation, and rapid prototyping of digital solutions
• Actively promotes new ways of working that drive agility, speed, and design-thinking
• A champion for cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teaming
• Continually apply a digital lens to business and value-stream strategies and requirements
• Relentless focus on process optimisation by leveraging multiple tools, including: technology, lean, automation, sourcing, etc.

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Overview We are looking for a very talented Developer who loves to tackle new technology, solve interesting challenges and make great products.

An ideal candidate for this role will have experience in a full stack or backend development role. You're willing to work with and learn from others.

You must be comfortable taking initiative and work well in a team.

Responsibilities

• Working with technical leadership to implement new, improve on and maintain services and products
• Evaluating and adopting new technologies
• Maintain and where necessary promote best practices Key Qualifications
• 4+ years experience in a backend or full-stack software development role
• Strong experience with PHP, Modern Backend Frameworks (Laravel etc.) and exposure to modern Front End Frameworks (Vue, jQuery, Angular, React, etc.)
• Strong experience with Wordpress and other CMS’s
• Experience using HTML5, SASS & CSS
• GIT, Version Control understanding to a high level
• Experience working in an Agile environment (SCRUM)
• Strong Interpersonal skills with emphasis on verbal and written communication

It would be a plus if you had:

• Experience in any other server-side languages
• Experience building distributed systems leveraging AWS or other cloud services
• DevOps experience