• Maintain Deep Product Functional and Technical Expertise • Develop and maintain expert-level proficiency in the Sage Enterprise system from both a functional and technical perspective • Demonstrate understanding of goals, objectives, and customer business needs by using IT methodologies to ensure appropriate solutions are implemented • Collaborate closely with consulting manager and project teams in assessing business strategy and priorities, and tuning solutions to business goals • Develop high-level architecture design documents to facilitate integration of in-house development projects and/or vendor-based applications within the existing enterprise architecture • Develop detailed process and data models for logical and conceptual requirements to meet solution objectives • Apply modeling techniques and enterprise data standards to highly complex business requirements • Perform initial design, problem solving and reviews of software architecture appropriate to strategic direction • Perform analysis oversight during detailed design of systems appropriate to strategic direction • Coordinate cross-functional departments to develop solutions and resolve issues • Work closely with Project and Consulting Managers to ensure development and technical resources are assigned with appropriate task durations • Vet Sage Enterprise modification requests • Analyze, review and validate modification requests • Develop appropriate solutions that align with customer goals, objectives and business needs • Vet and select third party products • Continuously assess, select and recommend third-party add-on products and services that will enhance client solutions and profitability • Standardization of functional delivery • Develop and maintain best practices policies, procedures and technical solutions for implementations • Teach and drive adoption and usage of best practices to Team Managers and Consultants

Principal Solutions Architect Application Deadline: 27 April 2026 Department: Consultancy Employment Type: Full Time Location: Remote Description The Role We’re looking for a seasoned Principal Solutions Architect to provide architectural leadership across a major platform modernisation programme. This is our highest‑priority strategic initiative and sits at the heart of a wider organisational transformation spanning finance, operations, commercial, contact centre, technology, product, revenue management and fraud domains. In this role, you will guide the end‑to‑end architecture of a cloud‑native, AWS‑hosted ecosystem, ensuring strategic alignment, technical governance, and a coherent target state across multiple autonomous product teams. You’ll combine enterprise‑level architectural leadership with hands‑on support, helping teams navigate complex design decisions, cross‑domain dependencies, and the replacement of a large legacy monolith under fixed commercial timelines. The role requires both breadth and depth across application, data, integration, security and cloud architecture, along with strong stakeholder leadership in a politically complex environment. Knowledge Skills & Abilities What you'll do - Lead architecture across all domains — application, integration, data, cloud and security - Define and evolve the target-state architecture for a modernised holiday-packaging platform - Govern solution decisions and run architecture decision review forums - Establish architectural standards, patterns, guardrails and governance models - Translate business capabilities, value streams and operational processes into technical architectures - Review high‑level and low‑level design artefacts for alignment and quality - Oversee API strategy, integration patterns, and AI-readiness - Shape contact-centre architecture and integrations using Amazon Connect - Enable teams to deliver safe value with your expertise in information security and data privacy - Map and manage cross‑programme dependencies and multi‑company integration challenges - Support teams with technical spikes, PoCs, and de‑risking complex design areas - Influence senior stakeholders and navigate organisational politics across group-level entities Support executive decision-making through technical appraisal - Align architectural decisions with technical strategy, commercial targets, risk constraints and delivery timelines - Set and guide operating models for the transition to BAU and day 2 operations What you'll bring - Deep experience spanning application, data, integration, security and cloud architecture - Proven track record designing and governing public cloud‑based platforms (AWS preferred) - Strong working knowledge of modern event-driven/API/microservice patterns - Familiarity with customer support and contact‑centre journeys - Experience with governance in large delivery programmes - Ability to influence, review and guide architecture across distributed, autonomous product teams - Good grasp of enterprise capability modelling, value streams, and end‑to‑end business flows - Experience integrating numerous third‑party vendors and systems - Skilled at managing architectural risk, decision trade‑offs, and long-term maintainability - Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills - A team enablement and host-leadership mindset, promoting best practices and engineering culture - Comfort balancing strategic leadership with hands-on architectural contribution Great to have - Travel or retail industry experience is desirable, but strong experience in any large-scale consumer or regulated digital platform is equally relevant - Experience designing multi-tenant, internationalised systems - Knowledge or experience of architecting for compliance with ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI-DSS frameworks - Practical experience of applying Team Topologies and Conway's Law as part of architecture practice - Background in modernising large monolithic platforms under commercial constraints - Knowledge of fraud‑management, revenue‑management, and financial architecture domains - Familiarity with secure‑by‑design frameworks and regulated-cloud standards - Experience contributing to or establishing enterprise architecture functions - Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid integration environments - Experience with modern data product architectures, data meshes, and reverse ETL - Prior consulting experience delivering complex transformation programmes Behaviours - An open and genuine communicator - Able to take responsibility for your actions - Always learning and wanting to improve - Takes responsibility for own development - Love what you do - Value and support your team - Embrace who you are - Open minded and willing to explore new ideas What We Offer We value our team and to attract exceptional people, we offer an excellent package! In 2023, 2024 and 2025 we were recognised as one of the Best Workplaces in Tech by Great Place To Work UK, the global authority on workplace culture. As a Leighton employee you can look forward to: - A competitive salary this will be dependent on experience. - A contributory pension scheme - Private healthcare - 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and the opportunity to buy or sell holiday - A flexible approach to working hours - Continuous personal development, career path and training - And more....

Acronis is a world leader in cyber protection empowering people by providing them with cutting-edge technology that enables them to monitor, control, and protect the data that their businesses depend on. We are in an exciting phase of rapid-growth and expansion and looking for a Solution Engineer, who is ready to join us in creating a #CyberFit future and protecting the digital world. The Senior Solution Engineer will be an integral part of the entire sales cycle helping to achieve technical wins and to drive the adoption of our solutions and products. You will get a chance to be a key member of the Sales organization, responsible for the design and architecture of Acronis platform solutions. This is a very dynamic role, and you will have the option to evolve and take your career to the next level. The ideal candidate for this position will not only possess the skills and experience required but will also a positive attitude and ability to solve complex problems and work in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment, have worked with cloud & security technologies or vendors, consulted, or conducted solution sales, and be passionate about understanding new technologies in the cloud computing and security space. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Collaborate with sales teams and business partners to articulate solutions for service providers, partners, and end customers. - Participate as an Acronis technology expert in meetings, conduct demos, and pitch products throughout the sales cycle. - Engage with customers, partners, and internal teams to coordinate activities for selling Acronis solutions. - Analyze business requirements, market strategies, and policies relating to data protection. - Manage strategic accounts collaborating with Acronis Account Managers to influence and develop sales strategies. - Facilitate customer evaluations and proof of concept activities for Acronis solutions. - Perform technical troubleshooting and secure technical wins during the pre-sales process. - Position solutions that address customer business problems and act as a technical advisor. - Conduct hands-on demonstrations and knowledge transfer of Acronis solutions to customers and partners. - Gather technical requirements, develop cost-effective solutions, and present them to prospects. - Develop responses to RFIs & RFPs. - Assist in integrating MSPs RMM platforms with the Acronis Platform and work closely with cross-functional teams. - Understand complex customer needs and develop innovative solutions. - Provide customer and market feedback to Product Management, Engineering, and other Acronis teams. WHAT YOU BRING - At Least 5 years of experience in a relevant position - Cloud-based applications such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace - Backup, Disaster Recovery, and Storage solution design experiences - Security experience in one or more of the following areas: - Antivirus / Ransomware Protection - EDR/MDR/XDR - Email Security - Network Security - Knowledge of Microsoft Operating Systems (Linux or other operating systems beneficial) - The ability to articulate technical and business value propositions - Experience in customer and sales opportunity management practices - Must be a good listener, creative, intuitive, a team player, and have the ability to resolve problems - A high level of discipline, attention to detail, and ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment while still maintaining a high level of accuracy - Should be an articulate, persuasive, and polished oral and written communicator, able to discuss and negotiate around technical issues effectively - Fluent in German and English - Ability to travel (including international) *Please, submit your CV in English WHO WE ARE Acronis is revolutionizing cyber protection by unifying backup, disaster recovery, storage, next-generation anti-malware, and protection management into one solution. This all-in-one integration removes the complexity and risks associated with non-integrated solutions and offers easy, complete and reliable data protection for all workloads, applications, and systems across any environment—all at a low and predictable cost. Founded in Singapore in 2003 and incorporated in Switzerland in 2008, Acronis now has more than 2,000 employees and offices in 34 locations worldwide. Its solutions are trusted by more than 5.5 million home users and 500,000 companies, and top-tier professional sports teams. Acronis products are available through over 50,000 partners and service providers in over 150 countries and 26 languages. Our corporate culture is focused on making a positive impact on the lives of each employee and the communities in which we live. Mutual trust, respect, personal achievement, individual leadership, and a belief that we can contribute to the world everyday are the cornerstones of the Acronis Team. Acronis is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. #LI-MK1

• Design and document AWS cloud solutions and migration strategies, with focus on VMware to AWS transformations • Lead end-to-end migration projects: discovery, architecture design, wave planning, and execution • Support database migrations, application modernization, and GenAI/ML initiatives • Engage with customers through workshops, technical sessions, and stakeholder presentations • Collaborate with delivery teams, contribute to internal knowledge base, and support pre-sales activities