Solutions Architect

Summary

Join LGC, a leading international life sciences company, as a skilled Infrastructure and Solutions Architect! This remote UK-based role supports strategic projects aligning with LGC's business vision. You will take ownership of infrastructure and solutions architecture, providing expert advice to ensure consistency, compliance, and stability. You will actively support business and IT projects, develop architectures, and mentor team members. The ideal candidate possesses strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, thriving in a collaborative environment.

Requirements

• Proven experience in Infrastructure Architecture design within the context of a wider enterprise architecture framework
• Experience in Solution Architecture or a willingness to learn
• Ability to interpret complex technical information in relation to networks and tailor implementation to best suit the LGC environment
• Experience in writing and presenting technical designs to meet business needs
• Familiarity with Architectural frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman and Enterprise Architecture tools, such as Erwin Evolve, LeanX, or others

Responsibilities

• Actively supporting Business and IT projects as an Architecture SME for Infrastructure and business solutions
• Developing Infrastructure and Solutions Architectures in line with our Architecture principles and LGC’s IT policies
• Ensuring architectural design considerations are effectively embedded into delivery planning while aligning with business outcomes
• Providing mentorship and expertise to members of the wider IT organization and business community in the design and implementation of enterprise solutions
• Proactively finding opportunities that will enable LGC to meet its business and IT goals, aligned with common architectural principles
• Embedding common ways of working, tooling, and reporting across the LGC architecture community aligned with a standard framework of artefacts
• Supporting the ongoing continuous improvement of LGC’s architecture capability to ensure it meets the dynamic needs of the organization’s ambitions

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the Purdue model and OT network protocols, as well as experience working with industrial manufacturing systems (PLCs and SCADA)
• Hands-on cloud infrastructure experience (Azure, AWS), network segregation, and/or software-defined-WAN experience
• Experience working within regulatory frameworks like GxP or ISO
• Experience in manufacturing and life sciences industries

Benefits

This role has the opportunity for someone to work Remotely based out of the UK