Managing Consultant - Solution ArchitectExperience, qualification, and soft skills, have you got everything required to succeed in this opportunity Find out below.Location: Hybrid; with travel expected to client site or Logiqs offices in Bristol, Chippenham or Exeter.Salary: Negotiable, plus car allowance, plus up to 10% performance bonus , plus excellent benefits package.Logiq is a fast-growing Technology Company, providing cutting-edge solutions to high-risk clients across Private and Public Sector. Due to rapid growth, we are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to join our team.Why Join Us?Work on impactful projects that drive efficiency and innovation across diverse sectors.Join a practice of enthusiastic IT professionals, always willing to learn, share and collaborateAccess professional development pathways tailored to your career ambitions.Enjoy flexible working arrangements and a competitive benefits package.What the team say At Logiq, I love being part of a team that thrives on exciting, fast-paced projects in complex environments. We focus on delivering real value rather than getting bogged down by unnecessary processes. The collaborative culture encourages initiative and empowers me to make impactful decisions, with support always available when I need it. I also feel supported in my project work and career development, with plenty of opportunities to enhance my skills and take on new challenges. Logiqs investment in its people ensures I have both the tools and encouragement to achieve my goals.As someone with a challenging home life, including children with additional needs, the hybrid working model has been invaluable. Logiq treats me as a professional, trusting me to manage my work, projects, and outputs while balancing my family commitments. The flexibility to adapt my schedule for school runs and care needs, combined with a supportive team and rewarding work, makes this a truly unique place to grow and succeed.The Role:As a Managing Consultant, your primary purpose will be to lead delivery of some of Logiqs most high profile and impactful projects, leading small blended teams of highly technical architecture and security consultants and acting as a trusted advisor to senior clients to ensure successful delivery. You will also support business growth by identifying and leading on the development of follow-on and adjacent growth and new business opportunities; and you will lead or support the development of new service offerings and helping take these to market.You will lead the development of Solution/Technical Architecture in the highly complex secure systems space. From the outset, the successful candidate will be joining a large scale and dynamic programme leading a technical architecture team which will deliver Identity solutions with strategic impact in our client and at multiple levels of classification. You will:Technically and procedurally oversee the production of Identity-related High Level solution Designs, Transition states, roadmap and service catalogueLead the architecture development process to drive community convergence around critical design choicesRun the Identity Architecture Working GroupEngage with design authorities to support the design approvals processOversee the teams engagement with development teams to provide architectural oversight of, and support to, dev team activitiesMaintain and develop Identity related policies and processesAct as a trusted advisor to the customer, working closely with Head of Solution Design and other key stakeholders to set and agree prioritiesManage the Logiq team on a day-to-day basis, setting priorities, maintaining backlog, agreeing scope with the customer and defining technical tasksKey to success in our client environment will be the ability to distil and communicate highly complex concepts with simplicity and in a compelling way and to be able to effectively see the wood for the trees in a highly technical environment.Over time, and aligned with the wider responsibilities of a managing consultant you will work in or lead other Logiq projects. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, adapting to various roles within client projects over time. This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your expertise or specialise further, with Logiqs support for your professional growth.What Were Looking for:EssentialSignificant experience designing or delivering complex IT requirements or technology programmes.Proven experience and knowledgeable on the technical aspects of solution and identity architecture e.g. IDAM, MFA, SSO at various levels of classification to the level required to understand, debate and drive solution design choicesExperience delivering into MOD, relevant governance and security policy, processes, and practices (inc Joint Service Publications 604, 440).Strong understanding of IT security and design considerations of high-assurance systems.Knowledge of hosting technologies (virtualisation, containerisation, orchestration), with experience of industry leading products and vendors. Technology experience across Infrastructure & networks, Cloud, Identity, Cyber Security, Security Controls and Service ManagementStrong analytical and communication skills to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.Demonstrable success in acting as a client trusted advisor position and leading small teamsHMG Security Clearance SC or higher, must be willing to apply for higher clearanceOther Information:Flexible working is available including part-time / term time working patterns. All suggestions are welcomed to be discussed as part of a proposed employment package. We are an equal-opportunities employer.Logiq is a Disability Confident EmployeeLogiq is proudly supportive of those who have served through the Armed Forces Covenant commitment. Bonus payments are discretionary and awarded upon successful completion of probation.
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Managing Consultant - Solutions Architect