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Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.\nWe’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of what we do:\nUK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner\n\n3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business\n\n10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK\n\nBest Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW\n\nBest Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW\n\nWe’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!\n We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to define, design, and support the delivery of modern, scalable, and secure technology solutions. 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We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.\nWe want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. 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