Junior Application Architect - #1698089

Location: Manchester, UK

About the Role:

The Application Architect will play a critical role in designing and evolving the company’s application landscape. The role involves defining best practices, selecting appropriate technologies, and ensuring that application development aligns with business needs and long-term strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

· Define and implement application architecture standards, ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability.

· Collaborate with development teams to design solutions that align with business requirements.

· Establish best practices for system integration, API management, and microservices.

· Provide architectural guidance for application modernization, cloud migration, and platform evolution.

· Work closely with stakeholders to ensure alignment between application architecture and business objectives.

· Conduct technology evaluations and recommend adoption of emerging tools and frameworks.

· Ensure compliance with security, data governance, and regulatory requirements.

Skills & Experience:

· Proven experience in enterprise application architecture and system design.

· Expertise in C#, .NET, REST APIs, and cloud-based applications (Azure preferred).

· Strong background in designing scalable and resilient microservices and APIs.

· Experience in software development lifecycle management and DevOps practices.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound architectural decisions.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

· Experience with cloud-native and event-driven architectures.

· Relevant certifications in software architecture or cloud technologies.