Manager - Business Solutions

Management Level

Job Description & Summary

Professional Responsibilities

• Lead technical workstreams and create clarity across architecture, engineering, testing, release and support activities.

• Analyse complex requirements and produce pragmatic recommendations that balance security, scalability, performance, maintainability, delivery risk and cost.

• Coach technical teams, set clear quality expectations and address work that does not meet engineering or client standards.

• Communicate complex technical decisions clearly to client stakeholders, engineering teams and non-technical audiences.

• Use operational, quality and performance data to support prioritisation, investment decisions and continuous improvement.

• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics, business conduct, risk management and data-protection requirements.

Additional Technical Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for enterprise applications built on C#, ASP.NET, .NET and .NET Core, including service boundaries, deployment topology, integration patterns, data flows and non-functional requirements.

• Provide technical governance across object-oriented design, SOLID principles, clean architecture, design patterns, coding standards, reusable components and technical debt management.

• Review and challenge solution designs, critical code paths, pull requests, database changes and deployment plans, with particular attention to security, performance, resilience and supportability.

• Direct the design of REST and SOAP APIs, web services, event-driven or batch integrations, and secure SFTP interfaces using JSON, XML and enterprise data-mapping standards.

• Govern SQL Server engineering, including data modelling, stored procedures, indexing, statistics, execution-plan analysis, Query Store, transaction design, concurrency, blocking and parameter-sniffing remediation.

• Set the DevSecOps approach using Git and Azure DevOps, including branching, peer review, build and release pipelines, automated testing, environment configuration, secrets management and controlled production deployment.

• Define application security controls covering identity, role-based access, least privilege, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, encryption, secure coding, vulnerability remediation, audit logging and protection of personal or payroll data.

• Provide technical oversight of IIS, Windows Server, SQL Server and cloud-hosted workloads, including high availability, load balancing, monitoring, capacity, backup, recovery and operational readiness.

• Lead major incident resolution and root cause analysis using application logs, distributed diagnostics, Visual Studio, SQL Server diagnostic tooling and performance monitoring; ensure preventive actions are implemented and tracked.

• Establish engineering quality gates covering unit, integration, API, regression, performance and security testing, together with measurable release readiness and rollback criteria.

• Partner with Product Leads and client technology teams to manage architectural decisions, upgrades, obsolescence, technical risks, dependencies and roadmaps.

• Develop technical capability through coaching, design reviews, code reviews, communities of practice, technical training and structured knowledge transfer.

Preferred Technical Skills

• Strong architecture and engineering knowledge of C#, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core, Web API and the wider Microsoft .NET ecosystem.

• Strong SQL Server knowledge, including relational design, T-SQL, stored procedures, performance tuning, indexing, execution plans, Query Store and production troubleshooting.

• Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript and modern front-end frameworks such as React or Angular, with awareness of accessibility, security and browser performance.

• Proven integration experience with REST, SOAP, JSON, XML, SFTP and enterprise systems such as HCM, payroll, finance or identity platforms.

• Practical knowledge of Azure DevOps or equivalent tooling, Git workflows, CI/CD, automated quality controls and release governance.

• Working knowledge of OWASP-aligned secure development, identity and access management, encryption, secrets handling, logging and data-protection controls.

• Experience governing application hosting and operations across Windows Server, IIS, SQL Server, cloud services, monitoring and high-availability environments.

• Ability to convert complex requirements into technical architecture, delivery plans, estimates, risks, acceptance criteria and operational documentation.

Education and Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering or a related field.

• At least 5 years of relevant experience, including technical leadership across enterprise application development, integration, deployment and production support.

• Demonstrable experience leading .NET and SQL Server solutions and reviewing the work of developers, database specialists and integration engineers.

• Experience in HCM, payroll or other data-intensive enterprise platforms is a strong advantage.

• Experience working with hosting, change management, incident management, release governance and end-to-end software delivery lifecycles.

Travel Requirements

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