Application Development Solution Architect

We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. Role: Application Development Solution ArchitectLocation: National (SCC operate hybrid working, which comprises of a mix of office and home working) Contract Type: PermanentSalary Package: £75,000 - £100,000 plus large company benefits, a broad flexible benefits scheme, and 2 paid-for volunteering days a year Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm Monday – Friday Interview Process: 2-stage process Why SCC? An inclusive workplace Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits Hybrid working & core hours in line with role requirements Career development and life-long learning opportunities Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company Role PurposeThe SCC Digital Sales and Solutions function is focussed on driving monthly recurring revenue (MRR) from the sale of our managed services and non-recurring revenue (NRR) from the sale of our professional services.The Application Modernisation Solution Architect role is to support the achievement of the SCC Digital targets for MRR and NRR, by the sales of our Professional Services and Managed Services. You will translate the business outcomes facilitated by SCC Digital’s Application Modernisation, Application Development and Application Support Services into secure, cost-effective solutions.You will work alongside the Sales Specialist function to aid the discovery of customer problems, based on their business objectives and understand the associated buying criteria. You will help influence the buying criteria to favour SCC Digital solutions based on our features and the advantages and benefits they can create for a customer. You will aid in the product of compelling offers that deliver customer benefit by addressing customer problems.Key Responsibilities Application Development professional services, including acceptance into service / Transition for Application Support Managed Services. Ensure the SOWs are in-line with SCC templates and standards, are commercially and technically validated in line with SCC process. Manage the process of Application Support Managed Services design. This will include the commercial structure, ensuring designs are in-line with supported technology, producing the technical specifications for managed services and generally assisting the Sales Specialist teams with contract production. Lead customer workshops, design sessions, and needs analysis sessions. Design pragmatic modernisation roadmaps covering re-host, re-platform, re-architect, re-engineer, and retire. Work with your contemporaries in SCC Digital and other business units of SCC, to ensure we produce elegant and coherent multi-technology (multi-BU) solutions for customers. Engage in the production of RFP and RFI responses with the bid team, sales specialists and other SCC functions. Ensure we produce compelling and persuasive responses. Support Sales Specialists and SCC Sellers in customer interactions for information gathering, proposal and RFI/RFP presentations and SCC Digital capability and proposition presentations Skills And Experience You will have 3+ years’ experience designing scalable, resilient, and secure solutions using Cloud PaaS, containers, serverless, and integration services. You will have the ability to apply modern architectural patterns including microservices, API-led connectivity, and event-driven design. You will have a deep understanding of the practical application of DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and Infrastructure as Code. You will understand Cloud/Hyperscale landing zones and enterprise-scale architectures. Good commercial acumen and an understanding of the commercial constructs typically employed by Managed Service Providers. Strong questioning and problem identification skills. The ability to influence customer’s requirements and criteria for contracting Good communications skills with the ability to communicate to both business and technical stakeholders. This will include verbal communication, the ability to produce persuasive written materials and the ability to present to all levels within an organisation up to exec level. About UsSCC is Europe's largest privately-owned IT business, based out of the new £7m HQ office in Birmingham and we help clients succeed through IT transformation and exceptional customer experiences. We are a business where innovation is greater as we combine unique ideas, people and disciplines. We are a global company that is passionate about IT and where we look to simplify the complex. We are an equal opportunities employer SCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and a proactive and inclusive approach to equality and diversity in employment. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non-membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the SCC Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.Diversity & Inclusion at SCC - https://www.scc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/ Sustainability at SCC - https://www.scc.com/sustainability-at-scc/ Life at SCC - https://www.linkedin.com/company/scc/life