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Accenture

Technical Solution Architect
Coventry, United Kingdom, GB - Information Technology and Services

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The Technical Solution Architect is responsible for performing and managing architecture design work for Accenture’s existing clients. The role is suitable for people who have:

• Demonstrable experience and deep knowledge in technical architecture design for a broad range of technologies such as server, storage and networking but preferably be a specialist in server and virtualisation technologies.
• Experience of developing and managing architecture design work as part of a client engagement team
• Experience of managing and performing critical analysis of technology and associated processes, with a view to recommending strategies that will improve service, lower costs and prevent unforeseen operational issues.
• Good commercial attitude to New Business solutioning, with the ability to drive solutions based on limited information and assumptions, whilst observing our reference architecture and cost models
• Excellent communication and client facing skills
• The role also requires the person to act as a technical lead to support & direct technical project staff during the implementation of a solution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design technical architectures for clients, ensuring their suitability to meet target service levels and delivery costs
• Lead and own architecture activities in designing complex technical solutions involving multi-vendor environments
• Manage the work performed by other architects for their client or project
• Analyse client technology & processes and recommend optimisation and good practice improvements
• Influence proposed technical designs to fit with Accenture standards
• Provide clients with Accenture knowledge capital and bring the benefits of wider Accenture experience
• Perform Due Diligence on proposed designs, identifying potential issues with the execution and operational architectures and recommend possible options
• Interface with other technology groups within Infrastructure to promote common tools and standards at a global level
• Perform impact analysis of proposed major changes to the technology landscape of customer systems
• Maintain a close relationship between Accenture and clients’ architecture teams
• Assist with maintenance of a joint Client-Accenture technology roadmap

New Business support

• Thorough approach to gathering & analysing New Business client requirements, to ensure we are able to design, drive and demonstate the best value solutions for Accenture and the client
• Translate technical requirements into business and financlial outputs, working with templated costs model and deal summary decks, to support the delivery of end to end new solutions.

 

£40,000 to £50,000 depending on skills

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