Job Description

Lead Solutions Architect

London

Overview:
• We are thrilled to be partnered with a boutique data consultancy, searching for a Technical Solutions Architect to join a thriving data architecture team
• You will create, advise on, and implement systems architecture for the client's complex data architecture ecosystems.
• Data Mesh, Data Facrbic, Kubernetes, DevOps, Data Engineering, Kafka, MLOps, Cyber Security
• Salary up to £125,000 + package
The Company:

Exciting boutique technology consultancy, pairing strategic vision with deep architecture and engineering capabilities. You will be working with a leading London Lloyds institution specifically as a part of the core data architecture modernisation team.

Key Responsibilities:
• Working with internal and client teams, interacting with developers, architects, security teams, and engineers to oversee quality of work and reach key milestones
• You will be creating, advising on, and implementing systems architecture for the complex data architecture ecosystems of the client through to cutting code you will manage a very diverse and challenging portfolio of work.
• Designing and implementing the overall data architecture runtime within the organisation, including all workloads of its architecture on both private cloud and public cloud.
Required Skills and Experience:
• Experience designing Data Mesh Architectures and Data Fabric solutions for Analytics use cases.
• Solution Architecture for Infrastructure Solutions using Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of DevOps solutions, containers, IaC, and GitHub.
• Expertise in security, data governance, and principles.
• Experience with cybersecurity best practices and secure data architectures.
• MLOps experience, including ML model design, deployment, and management.
• Familiarity with machine learning concepts and frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
• Data archiving, backup, and disaster recovery solutions implementation.
• Experience with functional programming languages (Java, Scala, JVM languages).
• Delivery of end-to-end large-scale programs.
• Proficiency with Apache Kafka and Confluent Cloud (Kafka Connect, KSQL, Kafka Streams, Schema Registry).
• Familiarity with Apache Spark and Databricks.
• Utilization of Cloud Data Services in Azure, AWS, and GCP.
If your experience matches the role, click apply and let's catch up!

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Quick response

Required Knowledge

• K0001   Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies.
• K0004   Knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy principles.
• K0005   Knowledge of cyber threats an`d vulnerabilities.
• K0061   Knowledge of how traffic flows across the network (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol [TCP] and Internet Protocol [IP], Open System Interconnection Model [OSI], Information Technology Infrastructure Library, current version [ITIL]).
• K0070   Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, Procedural Language/Structured Query Language [PL/SQL] and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return-oriented attacks, malicious code).
• K0076   Knowledge of server administration and systems engineering theories, concepts, and methods.
• K0087   Knowledge of system software and organizational design standards, policies, and authorized approaches (e.g., International Organization for Standardization [ISO] guidelines) relating to system design.
• K0090   Knowledge of system life cycle management principles, including software security and usability.
• K0167   Knowledge of system administration, network, and operating system hardening techniques.
• K0179   Knowledge of network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defense-in-depth).
• K0199   Knowledge of security architecture concepts and enterprise architecture reference models (e.g., Zachman, Federal Enterprise Architecture [FEA]).
• K0332   Knowledge of network protocols such as TCP/IP, Dynamic Host Configuration, Domain Name System (DNS), and directory services.

Required Skills

• S0027   Skill in determining how a security system should work (including its resilience and dependability capabilities) and how changes in conditions, operations, or the environment will affect these outcomes.
• S0059   Skill in using Virtual Private Network (VPN) devices and encryption.
• S0138   Skill in using Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI) encryption and digital signature capabilities into applications (e.g., S/MIME email, SSL traffic).

Required Abilities

• A0161  Ability to integrate information security requirements into the acquisition process; using applicable baseline security controls as one of the sources for security requirements; ensuring a robust software quality control process; and establishing multiple sources (e.g., delivery routes, for critical system elements).
• A0163  Ability to interpret Communications Security (COMSEC) terminology, guidelines and procedures.