Solutions Designer

Company description:

Water Utility Company based in Yorkshire region of England.

Job description:

Solutions Designer

Salary & Benefits: Salary £52,124 - £65,155 per annum dependant on experience, annual bonus, attractive pension scheme (Up to 10% company contribution), life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary and 25 days annual leave, bank holidays, plus a wellness day and development opportunities in line with the Solutions Designer?progression plan. We also offer a fantastic flexible benefits package, where you can choose from benefits such as health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover. Colleagues also have access to a retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Bradford, Buttershaw / Hybrid Working

Work type:?Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a?Solutions Designer to join the Business Support Team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do?

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, its so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshires water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the regions health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. Business Support are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

Our Solution Designer is responsible for assisting the Solution Architects in the design of our API services that meet both functional and non-functional requirements, and 3rd line support and development activities. Our stack is Microservice based APIs built with .NET (C#) deployed on Azure Cloud.

The Solution Architects team work closely together to ensure the consistent adoption and use of technologies across all solutions, and the adherence to architectural principles, policies and processes and our Solution Designer is expected to actively contribute to this.

Taking a lead technical and governance role on deployed microservice APIs. You will be responsible for the delivery of best value service aligned to current business demands. The role will also require some face to face time with business stakeholders to help understand software solutions and carry out bug root cause analysis.

The Solution Designer will work closely with the Solution Architecture team and contribute to the agile delivery teams by leveraging their understanding of the API landscape and how they fit in in with the end to end process.

Where you fit in:

As our Solutions Designer you will

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of our microservice based APIs and guide developers consuming APIs to follow software development standards and governing adherence to them.
• Learn how to exploit existing platform/application investments, such as cloud services, integration platforms, UI libraries, to maximise return on investment and deliver rationalised and consistent end-to-end solutions.
• Drive change through the agile teams and deliver input into triages set up to address issues raised related to design defects and to derive resolutions providing timely responses that meet our SLA levels.
• Provide assistance, assurance and governance for the quality of deliverables produced by the build functions (Application Development and Infrastructure Engineering) for all IT solutions within their business service area.
• Influence strategic technology decisions through feedback and collaborative working with all relevant Architects (Process, Data, Technology, Application, Security, Platform, Infrastructure, Networks and Solutions).

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Experience of leading the design, development and delivery of robust and reliable API services within a cloud environment, with a proven track record of driving high development standards against challenging business targets.
• Experience in the following technical services & disciplines:
• Microsoft .NET 6 (C#, ASP.NET, MVC, WCF, etc.)
• MS SQL experience including writing SQL scripts
• API development
• Microsoft SQL server (TSQL, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, etc.)
• Azure Cloud
• Azure API Management
• Strong writing skills/experience of documenting key technical decisions and processes that can be shared with the wider technology function.
• Experience of undertaking technical leadership for a team of technical roles, providing direction and influence to ensure completion of activities.
• Established/proven technical experience gained in a complex and varied environment with knowledge of: Software and Hosted Architectures.
• Understanding of architectural roles, domains, methodologies and design strategies.

You will also benefit from having:

• Experience of strategic thinking or influencing a strategic direction.
• Direct experience of leading & embedding change.
• Commercial management of Technical Partners.

Although our assets are operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year the company is committed to support flexible work patterns and job share options, where possible, to give you more control over your time and responsibilities. Whether you have child-care responsibilities or are looking for the ideal work-life balance our flexible options can offer work patterns that suit your needs.

If youre an experienced Solutions Designer and want to help us deliver exceptional service for our customers whilst protecting the environment, then apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer for you.

We are proud to serve the Yorkshire region and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds to apply.

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

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