Solution Architect

Job Responsibilities:

• • Providing technical co-ordination between scrum Teams;
  • Providing scrum teams with technical leadership and guidance on design options;
  • Suggest and implement process improvements and providing alternatives where relevant;
  • Creating and maintaining technology standards;
  • Ability to understand and define software and hardware capacity requirements based on system or user requirements;
  • Ability to conceptualise and translate business requirements into end-to-end technical solutions;
  • Identify technical gaps, opportunities, or inefficiencies in any area of architecture, and the overall application development lifecycle and develop plans to close such gaps;
  • Support scrum teams in building robust applications using the most appropriate technologies, languages, tools and methodologies;
  • Ability to create vision of the overall solution
  • Ability to review architecture designs, to identify issues and risks, escalating them as needed.
  • Understand business needs to define system specifications and work collaboratively with business analysis teams
  • Use tools and methodologies to create representations for functions and user interface of desired solution
  • Develop high-level product specifications with attention to system integration and feasibility
  • Plan and design the structure of a technology solution
  • Communicate system requirements to solution delivery, development and testing teams
  • Evaluate and select appropriate software or hardware and suggest integration methods
  • Assist with solving technical problems when they arise
  • Ensure the implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructure
  • Address technical concerns, ideas and suggestions
  • Monitor systems to ensure they meet both user needs and business goals

Experience Required:

• • 10+ years practical experience
  • Proven architecture, design, and implementation experience with large scale projects;
  • Experience in developing IT Strategies;
  • Ability to conceptualize and translate business requirements into end-to-end technical solutions;
  • Extensive experience of multiple technologies – Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, AWS, …;
  • Experience at providing technical leadership to project resources to meet project deadlines and ensure project objectives are met;
  • Ability to review architecture designs, to identify issues and risks, escalating them as needed;
  • Experience of developing detailed knowledge of all aspects of the application development cycle;
  • Ability to understand and define software and hardware capacity requirements based on system or user requirements;
  • Innovative thinker with strong analytical and problem solving skills;
  • Ability to learn new technology and ability to learn quickly;
  • A broad understanding and knowledge of industry technology trends;
  • Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
  • Knowledge of Project delivery and Project Management methodologies as used in large integrated environments – Waterfall and Agile

Essential and Desirable Skills:

• Experience in professional services nice to have

Education Requirements:

• Third level Degree 

Working Hours and Benefits

• Standard working hours
• Bonus
• pension
• healthcare