Location: York, UK – to include Client site visits

The role of Senior Technical Architect is a high-level role requiring excellent communication, negotiation, influencing and leadership skills.

Architects are vital enablers to the ioko business plan.  They understand ioko’s market offering and our strategy and they act in ways that help translate the strategy into reality.  They are commercially and organizationally savvy and not naïve about how business and clients are won, kept and made profitable.

The role demands an individual with a high technical focus and proven experience in driving business value from solutions.  You will enjoy becoming immersed in delivery and look forward to being part of a team who works hard and plays hard.  Most of all, you will feel yourself to be technically amongst the best.

It’s the tech that is important at ioko, you will therefore have a proven broad level of knowledge of enterprise technologies such as Microsoft, Unix and Linux operating systems, virtualisation, systems infrastructure, networking, security, storage, web, commerce etc.  You will view yourself as being particularly strong in the Microsoft arena.

Role will include:
• Principle responsibilities are hands-on; architecting complex solutions and leading technical teams to achieve successful delivery (on budget, on date, on spec)
• Act as a principal and key relationship owner with a significant client or partner and help win ioko significant (£1,000,000+) new business
• When not active on project delivery, help to materially improve ioko’s managed service competence by initiating and managing programs of change e.g. best practice around a subject or drive an R&D initiatives such as helping ioko skill-up in an emerging technology or product-set
• Identifying emerging trends or technologies that could impact us in the future
• Recommend effective solutions to highly complicated business requirements and technical issues
• Act as THE key member of project delivery teams and a “go-to” technical resource for Client Directors, Technical Project Managers and clients
• Creating the architecture and design of the systems and justification of the solution to clients and/or 3rd parties
• Communication of architecture and design to the team and supporting them in implementing it
• Troubleshooting - fixing really difficult problems when they crop up in a client environment or system, coordinating rapid, expert on-the-ground technical response
• Taking a senior client management approach, possibly solo though more likely in conjunction with others e.g. project manager, client director
• Diagnosing complex technical environments by exuding technical credibility and quickly diagnosing problems and identifying solutions
• Working on the technical aspects of proposal writing and proposing and pitching technical solutions

Requirements:
• 12+ year’s experience designing, building and supporting a variety of commercial, complex, enterprise systems with substantial client facing and team management experience
• Deep technical skills across several enterprise technologies and a good breadth across many technologies – no area of technology is a complete mystery. Knowledge spanning multiple platforms and architectures
• Have worked closely with senior business people on requirements analysis and solution proposition
• Have big architecture experience – i.e. able to think about multiple streams of design and how they tie together
• Be committed to design, build and deployment excellence
• Already delivered several reasonably large, complex infrastructure projects (500K+)
• Produced proposals for large and highly complex high-value bids
• Managed customer engagements, both technical and commercial issues, in changeable environments
• Established and exploited industry best practice (tools and processes)
• Possession of strong communication and presentation skills
• Have gained recognition for technical expertise in at least one area of specialism

ioko has a friendly culture that spurs communication and innovation.  We offer very competitive packages and benefits commensurate with role and location.

To Apply:  Please e-mail your resume to HR@ioko.com