Position summary
The Solutions Architecture team are a team of highly experienced and skilled infrastructure architects who are focused on ensuring the Cloud Engineering MI function delivers robust and “fit for purpose” solutions to host and support our internal applications, using the firm’s current engineered standard infrastructure components and global models. We work closely with our application development colleagues in Lines of Business to understand the application architecture and dependencies to then design the supporting infrastructure which is built on services and building blocks provided by the engineering teams across MI.
The firm is in the middle of an exciting, forward looking, firmwide transformative programme of work where all remaining S&P MI systems and products globally are being rebuilt out of our multiple, geographically spread, on-premises data centres onto public cloud, primarily AWS. This once in a generation, two-year program will oversee multiple concurrent streams covering large amounts migrations of applications servicing finance, engineering, technology, maritime and trade, economics and country risk across India & the US. AWS has been chosen to speed the transition of applications from our on-premises data centres to the cloud with an ethos of minimising the amount of application redesign needed to accomplish this.
To help to deliver our AWS cloud initiative efficiently we need to expand our Solutions Architecture practice with experienced, and capable individuals who are passionate about delivering solid, repeatable, standards based solutions in a highly dynamic and, sometimes, ambiguous environment. As well as helping aid the heavy lifting of the core of the initiative there are opportunities for successful candidates to both grow their own skills and experience in the rapidly developing technologies.
Our team provides the interface between the Lines of Business technical teams and driving the architectural standards focusing on discovery, assessment, architecture, design and agreeing the underlying infrastructure specification and configuration required to satisfy the multiple demands of our development teams. We do this wherever possible using our migration guiding principles, patterns and deployment blueprints already established within the firm. Where these components or models don’t provide the necessary capabilities, our role is to identify and quantify the need, and to pursue potential solutions with the various engineering teams.
The position of Cloud Solution Architect focuses upon providing technical guidance and advice, including leadership on our technical approach and product selection to the Lines of Business. This role requires an “Individual Contributor” and the role not involve any line management. However, you will manage initiatives allocated to you and work with internal engineering teams involving drawing out requirements and developing agreed and appropriate architecture. Working in partnership with the delivery / build teams once the architecture design is completed and agreed. You might then move to a consultancy role during the delivery aspect of the project lifecycle; for smaller initiatives, you may be required to oversee the implementation.
The role will be rewarding and you will be expected to be comfortable in leading and influencing senior leaders up to Director / Executive Director level
Typically, you will have 10+ years of technology experience and 2-3+ years of experience in Infrastructure & Cloud Architecture, although there is some flexibility depending on the candidate’s career history.
Position summary
For projects allocated to the post-holder, you will:
You will review requirements from the MI business service development teams and build up to leading discussions with stakeholders and Infrastructure team heads in order to get a suitable Infrastructure solution defined, scoped and costs agreed.
Establish, with the application development team, the detailed ‘as is’ state of the current application suites’ architecture, supporting infrastructure, dependencies and connectivity as a preparatory step to moving in to AWS
Architect, design, document and agree cloud infrastructure solutions for the ‘to be’ state post migration
Help and guide Lines of Business as well delivery engineering teams to review Infrastructure offerings, and where new development of solutions or blue-prints are required, feed into their development
Assist project managers with scope, approach and sign off.
Create documentation and diagrams as it relates to existing infrastructure offerings
Offer ongoing consultancy as required during the delivery phase of the project
Manage architecture process for multiple concurrent projects
Qualifications and Experience
Education and experience
Technical skills
Personal summary
Personal impact
You will have a number of the following attributes:
Communication
Teamwork
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