Jay Redfern
Lead Innovation Architect @Freshfields
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WORK HISTORY
Lead Innovation Architect @Freshfields
As a Lead Architect within the Global Architecture Office at Freshfields, I am responsible for leading the architecture direction, design, and implementation for specific products and solution sets, working directly within the firm’s Global Innovation function. My primary focus is driving the change agenda to transform the firm’s technology capability, ensuring our clients and colleagues globally have the right technology capabilities to achieve objectives and maintain market leadership.I provide high-solution level technical delivery, guiding product and platform strategy decisions and influencing the prioritization of firmwide technology investments. This involves pragmatically creating architecture artefacts that support the delivery roadmap, while assuring end-to-end technical integrity and quality of solutions and product releases.My expertise centres on designing robust, cloud-first solutions built on enterprise platforms, including Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). I possess comprehensive knowledge of Cloud Architecture, particularly in the Google Cloud space, where I am actively delivering solutions across nemerous infrastructure services and patterns.A key focus area involves leveraging AI to enhance client-facing products and internal initiatives. I am skilled in designing and implementing AI, ensuring appropriate models and integration patterns are utilised. Furthermore, I am responsible for building architecture coherence across multiple delivery workstreams, resolving complex technical challenges, and empowering and nurturing other architects through coaching and mentoring within the Architecture Community of Practice.
EDUCATION
Brunts Upper School
GCSE Qualifications, English, Mathematics, Biology, Engineering, Geography, French
ABOUT JAY REDFERN
TOGAF9.2 Enterprise Architecture certifiedGoogle certified Professional Cloud ArchitectInfrastructure and Architecture, system and solution design and technical analysis.Specialties: Infrastructure and platform architecture design and development. Experienced across various platforms and technologies (Google Cloud Platform, Big Data, z-series, p-series) and development languages. End-to-end project life-cycle experience (Agile, DevOps, SDLC methodologies).Line management and project management.
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