Ubique Systems
Senior Solution Architect
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Role Purpose
Drive the design and delivery of Commercial Off the Shelf product Solution Architecture that shapes the electricity network of the future, supporting the journey to Net Zero and beyond.
In this role, you will:
- Identify and design solutions for Corporate Services’ needs.
- Champion the execution of the Enterprise Architecture Strategy and Value Stream work within Corporate Services.
- Ensure compliance with National Grid Standards and Governance.
- Engage with stakeholders across Corporate Services within National Grid.
- Collaborate across teams to integrate systems and data, enabling advanced modelling, simulation, correlation, and visualization.
Key Responsibilities
Solution Architecture & Design
- Develop high-level and detailed solution architectures, including High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies for Commercial Off the Shelf solutions.
- Maintain comprehensive architectural documentation and diagrams.
- Document key design decisions and present conceptual solutions to stakeholders and governance forums.
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Communication & Stakeholder Engagement
- Explain complex technical concepts in clear, business-friendly language for non-technical stakeholders.
- Translate business needs into technical specifications and architectural artifacts (e.g., HLD, SoP, test plans).
Evaluation & Governance
- Assess and recommend technologies, frameworks, and tools to fit project needs.
- Conduct cost-benefit analyses and feasibility studies for SaaS or cloud solutions.
- Drive solution governance and uphold architecture standards.
Technical Leadership
- Gather, analyse, and validate functional and non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, security).
- Identify risks and propose optimized solutions within the configurability of a CoTS product.
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Cloud & Data Integration
- Develop cloud adoption strategies, roadmaps, and design patterns.
- Understand and be able to architect integration of Snowflake, Data Fabric, Data Lake, Databricks, and ETL/ELT pipelines.
Ways of Working
- Work in Agile/Kanban environments as part of Product methodology.
- Adopt DevOps, CI/CD, and GitHub workflows where required.
- Value Streams and Process Driven Architectures.
Additional Skills & Experience
- An appreciation of back off functionality. Corporate Services is made up of Legal, Risk, Safety, Company Secretariat, stakeholder management, user experience and strategy and regulation business units.
- Good understanding of network architectures and components.
- Knowledge of data controls and industry benchmarks.
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