Solution Architect required by our market leading, award winning retail sector organisation in Bristol. This is a hybrid role with 1 day a week in Bristol but with flexibility.

You will be the technical authority, overseeing and providing high level solution architecture and design across enterprise systems, focused on ERP – Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, and core applications/system.  You will be responsible for outlining technical solutions to support a range of key business initiatives within a dynamic business environment.

Main Responsibilities:

• Work closely with key business stakeholders alongside the Enterprise Architect, Business Analysts, and Delivery Team, internal technical resources and third parties.
• Understand and appreciate business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Collaborate with the teams to guarantee completion of each project, and ensure the deliverables and artifacts are in line with the proposed solution, and each component is testable.
• This role is internally customer facing, with cross-functional interaction from Commercial, Finance, Marketing, Operations, and IT departments, and externally facing to third party technology providers.
• Set, update, and ensure adherence to overall application architecture direction for Technology
• Ensure that technical solutions are not limited by design, and are able to support business requirements and anticipated future growth
• Manage design elements of tactical and strategic initiatives to ensure they do not become limitation factors
• Determine and document HLD and LLD design to meet requirements, including application components and integration approach, where applicable
• Support detailed design activity across application set, and ensure adherence to solution design and architectural principles

Required Background:

• Experience as a Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or similar for a retail or wholesale business, with a track record of owning application architecture and solution design
• Involvement in project and business change delivery in a customer-facing commercial organisation (i.e. project planning, requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and implementation)
• Ability to map out existing architecture, identify strengths / weaknesses, and act on this initial analysis
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including technical writing skills
• Structured planning, organisation, and time management skills
• ERP functional and integration experience
• Integrations/Middleware experience, preferably Azure Integration Services
• SQL/T-SQL Experience

Desirables:

• Supply chain experience
• Microsoft Dynamics Business Central Functional
• Workflow management experience
• Experience working with Agile methodologies
• Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent
• Power Platform experience

This fantastic role comes with a basic salary of £(phone number removed) p/a and is accompanied with a 10% annual bonus plus an excellent benefits package which includes: 25 days holiday, contributory Pension, Life Assurance (3x Salary), Health Care, Free Parking and a generous product discount to name a few.