Solution Architect

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Solution Architect

1 day a week into Dublin offices

Contract, Outside IR35

Required skills:

• 10+ years of work experience in multiple technology disciplines
• Experience in a solution architect role working closely with Business Analysts, Product Owners and Developers
• Experience with large scale software development project
• Strong Design knowledge, including API design principles, SOA and similar design techniques
• Strong interpersonal, communications skills and ability to present technical ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language

Key responsibilities & duties include:

• Translate business needs into elegant designs with clear and definable technology requirements using the most appropriate technology
• Support technical and software architects, developers and other departments in cross-functional product teams
• Communicate your vision and designs to all stakeholders and achieve consensus on direction
• Collaborate cross-functionally as well as with external partners to ensure the delivery of best-practice solutions
• Analyse problems and structure solutions for complex technology implementations
• Work across a wide range of solutions including off the shelf applications, existing systems, integration platforms, data management and reporting, web & mobile technologies and others
• Contribute to IT strategy, architecture management, governance, standards, technology evaluations and be instrumental in guiding our technology goals

Desirable skills:

• Previous experience with large scale software development project
• Previous experience or knowledge of AWS technologies
• Experience of Microservices architecture
• Ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Evaluative and problem-solving abilities
• Experience working within Architectural frameworks and standards such as TOGAF, IASA, Archimate or hold equivalent certification
• Experience with applying architecture in an agile environment. e.g. SAFe
• Knowledge of high volume e-Commerce/retail and Services architectures