Application Development Solution Architect

Role Purpose

The SCC Digital Sales and Solutions function is focussed on driving monthly recurring revenue (MRR) from the sale of our managed services and non-recurring revenue (NRR) from the sale of our professional services. The Application Modernisation Solution Architect role supports the achievement of these targets by selling our Professional Services and Managed Services.

Key Responsibilities

• Application Development professional services, including acceptance into service / Transition for Application Support Managed Services. Ensure the SOWs are in-line with SCC templates and standards, are commercially and technically validated in line with SCC process.
• Manage the process of Application Support Managed Services design. This will include the commercial structure, ensuring designs are in-line with supported technology, producing the technical specifications for managed services and generally assisting the Sales Specialist teams with contract production.
• Lead customer workshops, design sessions, and needs analysis sessions. Design pragmatic modernisation roadmaps covering re-host, re-platform, re-architect, re-engineer, and retire.
• Work with your contemporaries in SCC Digital and other business units of SCC, to ensure we produce elegant and coherent multi-technology (multi-BU) solutions for customers.
• Engage in the production of RFP and RFI responses with the bid team, sales specialists and other SCC functions. Ensure we produce compelling and persuasive responses.
• Support Sales Specialists and SCC Sellers in customer interactions for information gathering, proposal and RFI/RFP presentations and SCC Digital capability and proposition presentations

Skills and Experience

• You will have 3+ years’ experience designing scalable, resilient, and secure solutions using Cloud PaaS, containers, serverless, and integration services.
• You will have the ability to apply modern architectural patterns including microservices, API-led connectivity, and event-driven design.
• You will have a deep understanding of the practical application of DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and Infrastructure as Code.
• You will understand Cloud/Hyperscale landing zones and enterprise-scale architectures.
• Good commercial acumen and an understanding of the commercial constructs typically employed by Managed Service Providers.
• Strong questioning and problem identification skills. The ability to influence customer’s requirements and criteria for contracting
• Good communications skills with the ability to communicate to both business and technical stakeholders. This will include verbal communication, the ability to produce persuasive written materials and the ability to present to all levels within an organisation up to exec level.

Why SCC?

• An inclusive workplace
• Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits
• Hybrid working & core hours in line with role requirements
• Career development and life-long learning opportunities
• Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company

Interview Process

The interview process consists of two stages.

Benefits

• Salary Package: £75,000 - £100,000 plus large company benefits, a broad flexible benefits scheme, and 2 paid-for volunteering days a year
• Hybrid working & core hours in line with role requirements
• Career development and life-long learning opportunities
• Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company

Contact Information

If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the SCC Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.

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