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Solution Architect

Employer
Sky
Location
Isleworth
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
10 Jul 2022

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Sector
Technology & Digital
Hours
Full Time
Flexibility
Flexible working available
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

We are looking for a Solution Architect to work on large and complex AdTech solutions touching multiple systems. Sky is moving more of these systems to the public cloud so you will help plan these migrations while still delivering new and innovative products across multiple roadmaps.

What you'll do:
  • Engage with business stakeholders at the vision stage to inform how technology can meet or exceed the business challenge.
  • Create and deliver innovative end-to-end solution designs that are cloud-first, secure, resilient, scalable and meets the business requirements in terms of RPO and RTO
  • Engage in working groups (TDAs, TDBs) forums as requested to represent AdTech
  • Collaborate with other technology teams within Sky to define common solution to Group technology needs
  • Build strong relationships with team members and cross functional teams within Sky
  • Collaborate with Adtech Agile delivery teams
What you'll bring:
  • Experience designing systems and architecture patterns in an organisation
  • Experience of working in an agile development environment, with multiple cross-functional teams
  • Experience communicating with technical and business audiences
  • Strong communication and collaborative skills
  • Bouns - Experience defining E2E architectures related to Advertising Media e.g Adservers, sales systems and content workflows
  • Bonus -(Advantageous) - Experience working on solutions that involve DSPs and SSPs
  • Experience as a Solution Architect, Technical Architect or Principal Engineer and the ability to articulate architecture approaches and decisions to technical and non-technical audiences alike
  • Broadcast and media experience a bonus but not required.
  • Ideally Public Cloud Experience (GCP/AWS) but not essential
  • Bonus - Conceptual data modelling knowledge
Department overview:

We're the Product Hub. We're the team behind your favourite Sky products, and the platforms that power them. We make every moment magical, everywhere. Our team is made up of self-motivated, big thinkers who have a knack for solving problems and find new ways to captivate millions of customers by putting them at the heart of everything we do. From Sky Glass, Sky Q, Peacock and NOW to news and sports apps, we make entertainment even better and we can't wait to get started on what's next.

Product Delivery

Want to deliver brilliant products and unmissable entertainment that grips millions of households? Our 1000 strong, Product Delivery team does everything from developing innovative AI technology to creating the best HDR viewing experience for TV products. From Sky Go to Sky Q & Sky Glass, we take our products to the next level and make them more agile and reliable with every release

Content Technology and Innovation

Our Content Technology and Innovation team delivers high-quality content to homes, customer devices, businesses and commercial partners across our European markets. With over 2500 colleagues from around the world, we combine our strategic insights, engineering know-how and operational excellence to use the most innovative technologies to create and distribute our award-winning content.

The Rewards:

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

  • Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
  • A generous pension package
  • Private healthcare
  • Discounted mobile and broadband
  • Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences
Where you'll work:

Osterley:

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we've been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we've committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We've also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Company

Sky is the operator of the leading multichannel television platform in the UK and Ireland with viewers in 8.6 million households.

Sky was the winner of the Overall Top Employer Award for the 2016 Workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Awards. It was praised by the judges for the strong evidence of its support for diversity, female career progression across the board and family friendly working which was backed up with strong evidence and case studies.

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