Solutions Architect

England, United Kingdom

About DXC Technology

DXC Technology (DXC: NYSE) is the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, helping clients harness the power of innovation to thrive on change. Created by the merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, DXC Technology serves nearly 6,000 private and public sector clients across 70 countries. The company’s technology independence, global talent and extensive partner network combine to deliver powerful next-generation IT services and solutions. DXC Technology is recognized among the best corporate citizens globally.

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Job Description:

We are seeking a talented and experienced Software Architect to join our team. As a Software Architect, you will play a crucial role in designing and implementing robust, scalable, and secure software solutions. You will work closely with stakeholders to understand their needs and align project goals with the software architecture. Additionally, you will provide leadership and guidance to the development team, ensuring adherence to best practices and architectural principles.

Job functions and responsibilities:

Deep Understanding of Software Architecture Principles, having a comprehensive understanding of various architectural principles, patterns, and best practices in software development.

Designing software architecture for projects, selecting appropriate technologies, frameworks, and patterns to ensure robustness and scalability.

Working closely with stakeholders to understand and address their needs, ensuring alignment between the software architecture and project goals.

Adapting and customizing existing solutions to fit project or operational requirements.

Ensuring Scalability, Maintainability, and Security, making high-level design choices to ensure that the software system is scalable, maintainable, and secure, and setting technical standards accordingly.

Proactively assessing the system's architecture to identify and mitigate potential technical risks and challenges.

Designing custom solutions to meet specific customer needs and assessing the technical impact of different technologies/strategies.

Offering leadership and guidance to software development teams, mentoring less experienced developers, and sharing knowledge on best practices and architectural principles.

Contributing as a team member to various deliverables in operational, integration, or application architecture.

Ability to comprehend the customer's business problem and design appropriate solutions to address it.

Applying suitable methodologies and subject matter expertise to resolve business issues.

Translating verbal requirements gathered from customer meetings into documents such as requirements documents, statements of work, and proposals.

Having strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively disseminate information.

Creating comprehensive technical documentation covering module-level specifications, work product reviews, process improvements, and unit test scenarios.

Qualifications:

Previous experience on projects related to INGENIUM, whether it involves implementation, upgrade, or enhancement.

Understanding the architecture of INGENIUM and hands-on experience in developing within this framework.

Familiarity with various life insurance products such as whole life, term, disability, universal life, wealth, and health products.

Ability to demonstrate practical knowledge of INGENIUM's product and its functionality within business processes.

Proven capability to develop accurate and efficient technical specifications and programming solutions based on complex and detailed business requirements.

Understanding and experience with all stages of the INGENIUM project lifecycle, from inception to deployment and maintenance.

Previous experience working within an Agile environment, implying familiarity with Agile principles and methodologies.

Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies, processes, and changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.

Capability to collaborate effectively with multiple internal business and technology departments in an Agile project setup.

Proven record of consistently meeting or exceeding desired business outcomes through modifications to INGENIUM and integrated software applications.

Proficiency in planning, prioritizing, and executing work, as well as identifying issues and providing timely solutions.

Experience on INGENIUM, Pathfinder, ProductXpress

Ingenium expert level experience is a must.

Pathfinder Experience at SME or Functional Level.

Experience on different versions of Ingenium is good to have.

Experience on Ingenium upgrades at mainframe, from mainframe to distributed.

COBOL, JCL, DB2, SQL, VSAM, REXX, CICS, MQ Series.

Hands on experience with Windows/Unix/AIX OS platforms

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.

What we can do for you:

Competitive compensation

Pension scheme DXC Select – (benefits package)

Perks at Work

DXC incentives

DXC Technology is committed to the development of a fully inclusive workforce. All applications for employment are assessed purely on merit, against the capabilities and competencies required for the role.

DXC Technology does not discriminate on the basis of gender, ethnic origin, race, faith or sexual orientation.