Senior Solutions Architect (Cloud Security & Networking)

• Full Time Permanent position
• Hybrid role based in our City Centre offices (Abbey Street)

 

What we offer

We have embraced a hybrid working model for most of our positions, which means that you can enjoy a balanced approach of working from home for part of the week and working from the office for the remainder of the week.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including competitive salaries and bonuses, robust Learning and Development support, excellent Defined Contribution pension and comprehensive Wellbeing initiatives and support to name but a few. 

Further details on our benefits package can be accessed here Benefits (life-careers.com)

 

 

Role Overview

 

• The Senior Solutions Architect is responsible for leading the architecture and design of infrastructure Projects, and to participate and advise during the implementation of these projects to ensure successful deployment to the production environment.
• You will be expected to work within approved methodologies and standards in delivering solution architecture that is compliant with Portfolio and Enterprise Architecture direction. 
•  You will also be responsible for contributing to the advancement of the security posture and capabilities at Irish Life and Canada Life and for ensuring the continuous improvement of Information Systems methods, tools, techniques, and the delivery of service to the business. 
   

Team Background

 

• This role works as part of the Central Technology Services Architecture team as a Senior Solutions Architect on business and European Technology projects, both waterfall and agile. 
• This role reports into the European Domain Architect for Infrastructure. The successful candidate will be expected to work on projects across the UK, Germany, Ireland and Canada.
• This will require travel to some of these locations from time to time as required by the project. 
   

What you will help us to achieve

 

• This role is responsible for providing architectural direction to Security, Application, Infrastructure and DevOps projects.
• Working as part of the broader architecture team , you will ensure all designs produced are in line with approved strategies, roadmaps and industry best practice and that all appropriate policies and standards are applied to the design. Designs should be robust, resilient and secure. 

More specific responsibilities will include

 

• Consult with internal clients and account managers to ensure the architecture meets the business requirements.
• Take a leadership role and responsibility for the architecture and design of Information Technology Solutions.
• Design solutions that meet the stated functional and non-functional requirements, as well as the outcomes as agreed within the project charter.
• Provides robust and cost-effective designs.
• Adhere to company standards (Security & data protection), strategies and methodologies to ensure compliance with Domain and Enterprise architectural requirements, and the quality and consistency of the design and its implementation. 
• Develop appropriate architectural and design documentation and communicate to the appropriate business and project teams as required. 
• Lead the delivery of engagement responses within the lines of business. 
• Contributes to project planning to define activities, resources, timelines and cost estimates.
• Takes leadership role and responsibilities for the architecture and design of IT solutions and acts as a focal point to resolve technical design issues throughout the project life cycle.
• Be a contributor to the development of the CTS Architecture practice in Europe through forums and communities of practice.
• Contributes to the strategic direction of CTS’s technical architecture.
• Maintain new technology awareness and provide leadership and direction. 

What you will need to be successful in the role

 

• Significant experience in a technical role working as a Technical Solutions Specialist for infrastructure. 
• 8+ Years working in IS, with a strong Infrastructure Project delivery record.
• Broad technical knowledge of a range of Application and Infrastructure disciplines across Storage/Compute/security suites and Networking technologies. 
• Working knowledge of a number of key platforms and technologies, including but not limited to
  • VMWare NSX.
  • Cisco Datacentre, Campus LAN, WAN and Wireless infrastructure.
  • Network security stacks (Micro segmentation, Firewalling, IPS, Encryption technologies). 
  • Load balancing and W