Technical Solutions Architect

Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world's top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez, and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging.

Our global team of over 6,000 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production, and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today's content experience.

Department Summary

The Hogarth Technology Team is responsible for a wide range of hardware and software solutions. Spanning Private and Public Cloud Infrastructure, across self-managed, high-speed networks to transfer large amounts of production content. The Technology services provided need to be 'always-on' and deliver continuous transformation of our global estate. Our highly skilled team of engineers, administrators, analysts, developers, and project managers are responsible for a wide array of bespoke and industry-standard tools, providing our clients with the most efficient and innovative technologies in our sector.

What does a Technical Solutions Architect do at Hogarth?

As a Technical Solutions Architect, you will be a key contributor in enhancing our core business systems through API and integration services. You will leverage your strong business analysis skills to understand business needs and translate them into robust technical solutions. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing integrations that drive business efficiencies and deliver production automation at scale. This role is critical in optimising our client and employee experience channels through WPP Open, ensuring seamless data flow and process automation across various systems. The ability to thrive in an ever-changing environment within a rapidly growing company is essential for success in this role.

Reporting lines and key stakeholders

This role reports to the Senior Technical Solutions Architect.

Key Role Responsibilities:

• Integration Design and Development: Design and implement robust integration architectures using Azure, AWS, GCP, or similar, and other 3rd party tools, ensuring they meet business requirements and align with company goals.
• Platform Orchestration: Contribute to the orchestration of various integration flows, ensuring efficient and seamless data exchange between systems.
• Client Experience Platform Support: Support enhancements of the main client experience products delivered through WPP Open, focusing on its integration with the bespoke integration platform to improve the end-to-end flow.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with various departments, including creative, production, finance, and IT, to understand their integration needs and contribute to strategic solutions.
• Continuous Improvement: Participate in the evaluation and improvement of integration strategies and tools to enhance performance and reliability.
• Stakeholder Communication: Clearly communicate with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation to gather requirements, provide updates, and ensure alignment with business objectives.

Requirements:

• Proven Experience: Experience in platform integration, architecture, and orchestration.
• Expertise in Azure: Proficiency in using Azure for integration solutions, specifically Azure Integration Services.
• Technical Skills: Solid understanding of API development, middleware, ETL tools, and integration patterns. Experience with AWS and/or GCP is a plus. Familiarity with production workflows is advantageous.
• Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on delivering effective solutions.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, capable of engaging effectively with various stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to build relationships with stakeholders and understand their expectations.
• Client-Centric Approach: An understanding of client needs and the ability to translate them into technical solutions.
• Project Management: Experience working within a structured project management framework.
• Masterful Technical Communication: Proven ability to create and deliver clear, concise, and audience-specific architectural documentation for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Diversity & Inclusion

Hogarth is an equal-opportunity employer. We believe in creating a truly inclusive culture that values diversity, equity, and inclusion for everyone through our ideas, our people, how we behave, and how we conduct ourselves. We strive to recruit people from diverse backgrounds and support them to achieve long-term success.