Solution Architect

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A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Solution Architect to join one of the worlds leading consulting, systems integration and outsourcing companies which has a presence in over 80 countries with annual revenues of over USD 17 billion

The Solution Architect is responsible for translating business requirements into IT solutions taking into account the complexity of existing systems.

Main Responsibilities:

* Work with the global teams to ensure the appropriate specification of the infrastructure required for development

* Design overall system and solution architecture, system integration, and implementation strategy

* Ensure the technical integrity and quality of the solutions

* Generate conceptual/logical architectures, system documents, testing analyses, test plans, and risk assessments

* Lead the analysis of new/existing infrastructure architectures, specify long term direction, and ensures engineering platforms meet reliability expectations throughout the process

Requirements:

* Hands/on experience with design and implementation of IT infrastructure

* Understanding of the advantages, pitfalls and costs of applications and technologies as well as integration of various technical platforms

* Knowledge of different technologies used in large infrastructures including one or more from the list below:

/ Wintel/servers: NT4, W2K, XP, W2K3, AD.

/ Midrange: HP/UX, Solaris, AIX, AS/400, VMS, Linux, Mainframe.

/ Network: Cisco, Novell.

/ Storage: IBM, HP, Veritas, EMC, HDS, SAN, Cluster.

/ Databases: Oracle, SQL, Ingres, DB2.

/ Service management software: SMS, TNG, TSM.

/ Web: Apache Web Server, Websphere, Sharepoint.

* Strong analytic ability especially the ability to look at complex technical landscapes and recommend key business focused solutions

* Team player and customer service driven

This organisation has an excellent reputation of providing customers with strategic solutions that enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology. They look to provide their employees with an individually/tailored personal and professional development, a competitive base salary and the opportunity to work on long/term, challenging various projects involving a broad range of technology in a complex systems environment.

For more information please apply now