Do you want to pioneer innovative solutions for the largest Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment companies in the world?

Do you have a passion for driving projects to provide insanely great customer experience using leading edge mobile and device technologies?

Do you want to play a key hands-on architecture role; leading, influencing and advising in major IT programmes?

If you can answer “Yes” to these questions, we would be interested in learning more about you.

Location: Central London, UK; Orlando, FL

ioko, a professional services & systems integrator, specializes in designing, building and running world-class technology platforms for large Media & Entertainment companies. This expertise enables our clients to broaden their customer engagement by delivering their content and services to mobile and internet connected devices. We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect. Have no doubt, this will be a technical hands-on and customer facing role. We are passionate about technology as an enabler and so you should be.

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 by motivating and rallying developers around ioko’s best interests, or identifying capability gaps and helping to address those. They also understand our clients’ strategy and so are able to shape and drive the team through all stages of the development lifecycle. They are very interested in improving the way that delivery is done. They are commercially and organizationally savvy and not naïve about how business and clients are won, kept and made profitable.

Responsibilities:
•Principal responsibilities are hands-on : architecting and developing complex multi-device applications and leading  the technical team(s) to achieve successful delivery (on budget, on date, on spec)
• Identifying emerging devices, trends,  and technologies that could impact us and our clients in the future;  advise us and our clients of the implications, guiding us to the right choices that help us adapt to a fast-changing market
• Advise and lead ioko technical and QA teams on the means and methods to deliver world class software applications
• Recommend effective solutions to highly complicated business requirements and technical issues
• Make sound key decisions on technical projects relating to devices, software applications & architecture
• Act as a key member of project delivery teams and a “go-to” technical resource for clients, Client Directors, Technical Project Managers etc. 
• 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
• Leading, mentoring and encouraging (and where necessary, enforcing) awareness and respect for software design and software engineering disciplines
• Troubleshooting - fixing really difficult problems when they crop up in a client environment or system, coordinating rapid, expert on-the-ground technical response
• Managing clients at a senior level, possibly solo though more likely in conjunction with others e.g. Project Manager, Client Director
• Able to quickly diagnose complex technical problems and identify solutions
• Exudes technical credibility
• Act as a principal and key technical  relationship owner with a significant client or partner
• Work as part of the account management team to help win ioko significant ($1,000,000+) new business
• When not active on project delivery, help to materially improve ioko’s software development competence by initiating and managing programs of change e.g. best practice around a subject or drive an R&D initiative such as helping ioko skill-up in an emerging technology or product-set

Requirements:
• 10+ years experience designing and building a variety of commercial, complex enterprise systems with substantial client facing and team management experience.
• Experience building mobile applications, software systems and architecture
• Specialises in the build of device-resident applications, but also has experience of standard web application & web services development
• Great logical design skills and logical-to-physical design skills
• Deep technical skills across several enterprise technologies – e.g. Java and .NET - and a good breadth across many technologies – no area of technology is a complete mystery. Knowledge spanning multiple device types, platforms and architectures
• Experience of designing and implementing high-concurrency architectures
• Ability to set architectural direction across multiple disparate teams
• Experience on multi-device design and development (PC, phone, TV, kiosk)
• 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, and experience of Enterprise Architecture Models
• Full lifecycle experience, highly technical and hands-on
• Be committed to design, build and deployment excellence.
• Hands-on experience with iPhone, Android, BREW, WPF and other device-related development tools and technologies
• Experience writing highly deployable and manageable software applications
• Experience with Continuous Build Approaches using tools such as Subversion, Hudson and unit testing frameworks
• Great communications skills – able to successfully negotiate the politics of complex organisations, communicate clearly the technical risks and issues underlying business decisions, and communicate technical direction to the development team
• Ability and desire to work with a team and have fun
• Travel average 50%, can be up to 75%
• Bachelors degree in business or technology related field. Equivalent experience may be considered.

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