Solution Architect

The Company

Gentrack provides leading utilities across the world with innovative cleantech solutions. The global pace of change is accelerating, and utilities need to rebuild for a more sustainable future.  Working with some of the world’s biggest energy and water companies, as well as innovative challenger brands, we are helping companies reshape what it means to be a utilities business. We are driven by our passion to create positive impact. That is why utilities rely on us to drive innovation, deliver great customer experiences, and secure profits. Together, we are renewing utilities.

Our Values and Culture

Colleagues at Gentrack are one big team, working together to drive efficiency in two of the planet’s most precious resources, energy, and water. We are passionate people who want to drive change through technology and believe in making a difference. Our values drive decisions and how we interact and communicate with customers, partners, shareholders, and each other. Our core values are:

Ø Respect for the planet

Ø Respect for our customers and

Ø Respect for each other

Gentrackers are a group of smart thinkers and dedicated doers.  We are a diverse team who love our work and the people we work with and who collaborate and inspire each other to deliver creative solutions that make our customers successful. We are a team that shares knowledge, asks questions, raises the bar, and are expert advisers. At Gentrack we care about doing honest business that is good for not just customers but families, communities, and ultimately the planet. Gentrackers continuously look for a better way and drive quality into everything they do.

The Opportunity 

We are currently hiring a Solutions Architect. Our Architects & Principal Engineers are leaders of our company – not just in terms of your technical capabilities but also how you lead and inspire our teams in delivery, and our Architects in particular are one of our greatest assets when it comes to promoting our brand and solutions with our customers. You will be expected to take a leading role in providing for the design and delivery of technically appropriate solutions to Gentrack customers in projects, adhering to enterprise and application architecture principles for the system being implemented in accordance with the project scope and governance.

We have great customers that depend on us to provide essential services.  As a software and service provider bringing complex, mission critical systems to a few large-scale clients in the United Kingdom and across the globe, we will only fulfill our global aspirations if we have the most talented leadership working with these clients to secure their business through the delivery and support of great technology.

The Specifics

• The management of the technical aspects of project delivery to provide effective, analysis, design, programming and testing in the production of large software implementations
• Technical architecture and review of solutions proposed by the project delivery teams
• Working closely with Business Analysts and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to align the technical solution with the customer requirements and ensure it meets expectations.
• Producing architecture and design artifacts as deliverables to the project scope
• Providing technical and product consulting, both internally and externally
• Working with customers and other Architects, particularly on larger projects, to define requirements and specifying optimum design for solutions
  
• Working with engineers and quality analysts to ensure they understand the solution and how to effectively implement and test it across all stages of delivery
  
• The ability to apply a commercial lens to design and estimation to ensure we can efficiently and profitably deliver requirements
  

What we're looking for (you don’t need to be a guru at all, we’re looking forward to coaching and collaborating with you):

·        Minimum 5 years' experience in technical leadership of large implementation projects

·        Extensive experience with Enterprise solutions in software development

·        SDLC and Project Methodologies

·        Industry knowledge in Software and Utilities, or in the least CRM / Billing solutions

·        Programming and technical design ability

·       Technical specification writing including following best practice and mastery of relevant design tools and approaches

What we offer in return:

·        Personal growth – in leadership, commercial acumen and technical excellence

·        To be part of a global, winning high growth organization – with a  career path to match

·        A vibrant, culture full of people passionate about transformation and making a difference -with a one team, collaborative ethos

·        A competitive reward package that truly awards our top talent

·        A chance to make a true impact on society and the planet

Gentrack want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So, if you are passionate about learning new things and keen to join the mission, you will fit right in.
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