Job Description

, United Kingdom

Job Family Group: Information Technology (IT)

Worker Type: Regular

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Experience Level: Experienced Professionals

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Where you fit in

At Shell, we\'re on a mission to revolutionize the way businesses operate in the digital landscape. Our commitment to delivering innovative solutions is at the heart of everything we do. As a Solution Architect within our Architecture & Data (A&D) organization, you\'ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our technological ecosystem. Join us in crafting high-impact solutions that empower our business to thrive.

The Solution Architect is a strategic driver of excellence, owning the end-to-end architecture delivery for business projects, programs, and products. You will lead the charge in providing solution guidance, designs, and assurance across the IT landscape. Your mission is to ensure that our solutions are not only fit for purpose but also aligned with our IT technology direction. By leveraging your expertise, you will create high-level designs that significantly impact stakeholder satisfaction and overall solution effectiveness.

What\xe2\x80\x99s the role?

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for the successful design, development, consultancy, assurance and implementation of a solution, considering company standards, reference architectures and emerging technologies
• Point of call for the architecture of IT Projects, addressing and integrating business - process, data, application, technical and information security aspects
• Collaborate with Business Lead Architects and IT leaders to guarantee that digital solutions resonate with business goals and principles
• Offer insights into our existing IDT landscape and emerging tech, facilitating the ongoing refinement of our IT services
• Engineer high-calibre, compliant, and sustainable architectural solutions adhering to our standards and strategies
• Champion the leverage of existing reference architectures and technology services, orchestrating their seamless integration into solution designs
• Craft comprehensive architectural documentation that adheres to pertinent templates, tools, and benchmarks
• Empower and mentor project teams, nurturing detailed designers and business analysts throughout their design endeavours
• Review and endorse intricate IT solution designs, ensuring they embody technical integrity and synergy with business architecture
• Actively contribute to the Architecture community, staying ahead of industry trends and sharing strategic insights with stakeholders
• Spearhead the integration of Security by Design and Privacy by Design principles into architectural decision-making
• Collaborate closely with other Architecture domains to partake in comprehensive architecture assurance activities
• Maintain a close partnership with Business Lead Architects, fostering synergy in solution delivery
• Maintain knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements, including data privacy regulations (e.g. GDPR), and ensure that those are included in architecture design decisions

What we need from you

Essential Skills

• Significant experience as a Solution Architect in digital and IT
• A proven track record in stakeholder management, marked by impactful digital and IT solutions
• Proficiency in Cloud, particularly AWS and Azure, along with a grasp of Open-Source technologies
• A natural flair for engaging stakeholders, ensuring a harmonious collaboration across diverse teams
• Use, derive and promote relevant guidelines, standards, reference architecture, tools, templates and stored artefacts to deliver architecture (solution, data, technical) in projects. Proficiency in TOE standards, enabling adept application and judicious adjustments to guidelines. Able to assess vulnerability of technology and to explain relevant IRM strategy for Architecture
• Skilful utilization of standard architecture tools, particularly BizzDesign, for crafting and safeguarding essential architecture artifacts
• Deep familiarity with Application architecture within a multi-disciplined IT environment
• A results-oriented mindset with a strong emphasis on Agile and Product-focused methodologies
• Extensive familiarity with our foundational hyperscalers, data platforms, authentication, and connectivity architectures
• Proficiency in collaborating within virtual teams, transcending temporal, geographical, and cultural boundaries

Desirable Skills

• Desired experience in API-based integration architecture and Cloud Native architecture (CNCF landscape)
• TOGAF certification and BizzDesign knowledge are considered assets
• Domain experience in Global Functions, Finance or Trading & Supply is advantageous
• Minimum education requirement: Bachelor\'s degree related to IT

Company Description

Shell started operations in the United Kingdom more than 110 years ago. Since then, we have grown into a leading innovative Oil & Energy company that rewards its employees by investing heavily in their careers and learning. Our people are our greatest asset, and our commitment to your career will see you thrive in a work environment that offers an industry-leading development programme. When your ideas travel, Shell will benefit, and innovation will thrive. Shell has a key role to play in helping meet the UK\xe2\x80\x99s growing energy demand, whilst using innovative technologies to develop cleaner energy. We are the largest FTSE 100 company in the UK by market capitalisation and make a significant contribution to the UK economy. As well as processing 35% of the gas coming into the UK, we serve more than four million customers at our filling stations each week. Shell employs some 6,400 skilled staff as well as many contractors.

An innovative place to work

There\xe2\x80\x99s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell.

Join us and you\xe2\x80\x99ll be adding your talent and imagination to a business with the ambition to shape the future \xe2\x80\x93 whether by investing in oil, gas and renewable energy to meet demand, exploring new ways to store energy, or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently, everyone at Shell does their part.

An inclusive place to work

To power progress, we need to attract and develop the brightest minds and make sure every voice is heard. Here are just some of the ways we are nurturing an inclusive environment \xe2\x80\x93 one where you can express your ideas, extend your skills, and reach your potential.

• We\xe2\x80\x99re creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply, and we\xe2\x80\x99ll take it from there.
• We\xe2\x80\x99re closing the gender gap \xe2\x80\x93 whether that\xe2\x80\x99s through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior roles in engineering and technology.
• We\xe2\x80\x99re striving to be a pioneer of an inclusive and diverse workplace, promoting equality for employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
• We consider ourselves a flexible employer and want to support you finding the right balance. We encourage you to discuss this with us in your application.

A rewarding place to work

Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice.

We\xe2\x80\x99re huge advocates for career development. We\xe2\x80\x99ll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible.

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