Software Architect (6 month FTC) - Bristol

Job Introduction

DACBeachcroft is looking for a Software Architect to join our IT Business Solutions team on a 6 month fixed term contract (FTC).

Reporting to the Head of IT Business Solutions, the role will facilitate the implementation of the technical strategy and vision of the IT Business Solutions Team, ensuring overall alignment with the IT Strategy.

We are a Disability Confident employer and guarantee to interview anyone with a disability, long term health condition or neurodiversity whose application meets the essential criteria for the role.  If this applies to you and you feel you meet the minimum criteria for this vacancy as set out in this advert then please contact recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com in confidence, quoting the reference number for this vacancy in the subject box of your email, and a member of the Recruitment team will be in touch.

Role Responsibility

• Guide developers to develop solutions using the right technologies and patterns to fit with the overall IT strategy, maximise re-use of existing components and minimise maintenance and ongoing development effort.
• Help shape IT Business Solutions strategy by identifying and evaluating new technologies to adopt as well as facilitating the phasing out of existing technologies that are surplus to requirements.
• Promote the re-use of common components wherever possible, e.g. API’s, Business Solutions .NET Template, error reporting etc.
• Undertake prototyping or development of such components or templates where applicable
• Ensure developers are conforming with coding and development standards and compliance with the IT Business Solutions Quality Management Systems Policies and Processes.
• Ensure technical guidance materials are maintained and promoted through leadership activities such as workshops and training.
• Collaborate with developers to produce a high-level designs for all new applications. This will outline the tools, technologies and design patterns to be used and will ensure consistency.
• Evaluate and identify new tools: identify or develop examples, prototypes and guidance to which developers can refer when implementing them
• Production of materials promoting the capabilities of the IT Business Solutions team outlining approach to software and tools in order to provide context to senior management around the application of best practice within the software development sector.
• Facilitating the planning and migration of existing on-premise applications to Microsoft Azure platform services.

The Ideal Candidate

• Have significant hands on experience of developing full stack code in C# and/or .Net, including development of microservice-based applications.
• Excellent knowledge of UML and other modelling methods
• Broad experience architecting software solutions using DevOps toolsets.
• Have demonstrable experience in hosting software in Microsoft Azure.
• Good knowledge of hybrid and cloud native architectures
• Experience operating in Agile (Scrum) environments.
• Possess a strong security and data privacy-oriented mindset, aware of secure coding techniques and best practice.
• Understanding of software quality assurance principles
• A technical mindset with great attention to detail
• High quality organizational and leadership skills
• Outstanding communication and presentation abilities

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual' rankings.

Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.

Application Details

At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them.  From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual.  Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are.  We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.

We also want you to be at your very best.  Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application.  If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.  Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible.  We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us.  Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.  Our recruitment team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com

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