Our Talent Engagement team will review your application and will be in touch to let you know how we would like to proceed.  

 

 

You’ll use your understanding of product management, Agile principles, and development methodologies to support Agile teams with advice on opportunities, impacts, and risks, while accounting for architectural debt. 

 

You’ll take ownership and lead other architects in shaping, defining, and delivering enterprise-scale solution architectures in large and complex client organisations, and align them to business outcomes, strategies, commercials, compliance, and governance mechanisms. 

 

You’ll develop architecture practices by applying your expertise in industry best-practices, reference architectures, patterns, and standards. 

 

You’ll be a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, influencing IT strategy and policy for the good of the client’s organisation, and can identify, develop, and shape business opportunities for Opencast. 

 

You’ll work with clients on a broad scope of projects, addressing complex business challenges and providing experience by applying your knowledge across multiple business and IT domains. 

 

 

We’ll want you to demonstrate experience of solutions architecture. You don’t need to have had the job title of solutions architect before. 

 

In your CV and interview, please show how you have:  

 

• broad knowledge and experience of enterprise-scale solution architectures in large and complex organisations 

• delivered solutions that span across Cloud, COTs, and Bespoke applications environments in multiple business domains and sectors 

• built strong relationships with senior stakeholders to understand their views. 

• a strong foundation in software development, design, and delivery roles. 

• worked with development life-cycle methodologies such as Agile software development, Scrum, and DevOps. 

• a good working knowledge of architecture frameworks and modelling languages. 

 

As well as solution architecture skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to be a great consultant.  

 

In the interview, please show how you: 

 

• demonstrate the significant, tangible business benefits of the proposals you initiate for clients 

• take a methodical and considered approach to solving problems 

• take a collaborative and consultative approach to leading and guiding teams 

• keep up to date with new and emerging technology trends and their practical application 

 

In the interview, we’ll ask you to describe how you approach architecture, deliver business outcomes, and engage stakeholders. If you’re successful in the first interview, we’ll ask you back to present a proposal from a case study and problem statement. 

 

 

Some areas of experience are not essential but relevant to the role: 

 

• Experience with Architecture Frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, Open Agile Architecture) 

 

If you have this experience, please show it on your CV and we can talk about it in the interview. 

 

If you don’t have this experience please do still apply, as we can coach you in these areas if you join us. 

 

 

Lead consultant salary range: £86,000-£99,000 

£86,000 - £99,000 a year

A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus. 

Flexible hours and 25 days' holiday. Generous training budget. 

People to support you every step of the way. 

Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.   

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.  

Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com.