• Lead architecture and design activities for Guidewire implementations • Provide technical leadership and best-practice guidance across Guidewire solutions • Drive APD and/or Jutro design and implementation efforts • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable and high-quality solutions • Support integration, customization, and optimization of Guidewire components

Key Responsibilities: - Lead architecture and design activities for Guidewire implementations - Provide technical leadership and best-practice guidance across Guidewire solutions - Drive APD and/or Jutro design and implementation efforts - Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable and high-quality solutions - Support integration, customization, and optimization of Guidewire components Required Skills & Experience: - Proven experience as a Guidewire Architect - Strong hands-on expertise with Guidewire products - Experience with APD and/or Jutro implementations is highly desirable - Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills - Ability to work independently in a remote environment

Description We are recruiting for a Database Architect/Engineer to join us ASAP for a duration of six months initially. This role is fully remote. Who We Are: AND Digital are a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We’ve been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014. We believe our work should always leave a legacy for the client. We do this through close relationships with our offices (or ‘Clubs’) so that our partners are always prioritized by a regional team close to them. This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014. Today we number more than 1,500 people with Clubs all over the UK and Europe with plans for global expansion in the next couple of years. Join us - and help us fulfil our mission to close the world’s digital skills gap. What you’ll bring to the table: About You: We are looking for a Database Architect / Engineer to join a critical Infrastructure Remediation project. You will be tasked with untangling and modernising a complex SQL Server estate, ranging from legacy 2008 instances to modern cloud environments. This is a technical role focused on decommissioning technical debt, consolidating sprawl, and executing complex migrations. Responsibilities: - Analysis & Strategy: Perform deep-dive health checks, dependency mapping, and create tailored migration paths for "difficult" legacy apps. - Architecture Design: Contribute to the Target State Architecture, documenting on-prem and Azure-based solutions with a focus on security and scalability. - Performance Engineering: Identify and resolve bottlenecks during the migration phase to ensure stability on new platforms. - Collaboration: Work closely with application owners and third-party suppliers to minimise downtime during cutovers. Technical Requirements: - Expert SQL Server Knowledge: Proven experience managing and migrating SQL Server versions from 2008 through to 2022. - Azure Transition: Hands-on experience with Azure SQL Database, Managed Instances, and cloud migration tools. - Remediation Specialist: A track record of successfully consolidating and managing decommissioning projects. - Advanced T-SQL: Scripting for data manipulation, cleanup, and schema optimisation. - DBA Fundamentals: Mastery of backups, high availability (Always On), security hardening, and index tuning. Key Skills: - Problem-Solving: Ability to troubleshoot "black-box" legacy systems with minimal documentation. - Communication: Clear, concise communication to stakeholders on migration progress and risk. Equal Opportunities Statement At AND Digital we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are actively recruiting for a diverse and inclusive workforce so want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application. We want you to feel safe and empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process so please speak to our recruitment team.

Azure Solution Architect – Job Description Overview & Responsibilities Location – Remote The Azure Solution Architect acts as a technical consultant and trusted advisor, responsible for gathering customer business requirements and translating them into secure, scalable, and cost-effective Azure solution blueprints. The role has a strong focus on complex networking, Azure Landing Zones, large-scale migrations, governance, optimization, and licensing initiatives. Key Responsibilities & Required Skills - Act as a consultant to customers, engaging with business and technical stakeholders to gather and document business requirements. - Translate business requirements into end-to-end Azure solution blueprints, including architecture diagrams and design documentation. - Assess current-state environments (on-premises and cloud) and define target-state Azure architectures. - Design and implement Azure Landing Zones aligned with enterprise and Cloud Adoption Framework best practices. - Architect complex Azure networking solutions including Hub-Spoke topology, VNet peering, ExpressRoute, VPN, Azure Firewall, NSGs, Private Endpoints, Load Balancer, and Application Gateway. - Design, integrate, and manage third-party network security appliances such as Fortinet and Palo Alto firewalls in Azure. - Define and execute cloud migration strategies including rehost, replatform, and modernization approaches. - Hands-on experience with Azure Migrate for discovery, assessment, and migration planning. - Define and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep and Terraform. - Conduct Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Optimization and Licensing Assessment (OLA) to support cloud transformation decisions. - Design Azure identity, security, and governance using Azure AD / Entra ID, RBAC, Azure Policy, and security best practices. - Drive architectural discussions around security, compliance, scalability, performance, HA/DR, and operational readiness. - Guide engineering and delivery teams to ensure implementations align with the approved architecture blueprint. - Work closely with customers to ensure successful delivery, adoption, and ongoing optimization of Azure solutions. Experience & Education - 12+ years of overall IT experience. - 10+ years of experience as a Solution Architect in cloud and datacenter migration projects. - Strong hands-on experience designing enterprise-scale Azure solutions. - Experience with third-party network security appliances such as Fortinet and Palo Alto in cloud environments. - Azure certifications preferred: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert. - TOGAF certification (or equivalent enterprise architecture framework) is preferred. - Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field. About Rackspace Technology We are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future. More on Rackspace Technology Though we’re all different, Rackers thrive through our connection to a central goal: to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission. We bring our whole selves to work every day. And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe. We welcome you to apply today and want you to know that we are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.