Solution Architecture is responsible for delivering solution designs to projects. These solutions need to be fit for purpose within the portfolio, have technical integrity, the right TCO (total cost of ownership) through its life cycle and a good fit with the IT technology direction.

Responsibilities:

• Provide solution architecture development, consultancy and assurance to projects, making sure applications are well designed and conform to company standards and reference/segment architectures. The Solution Architect is accountable to the Project Manager for the architecture of a solution being developed and implemented until the successful deployment of the solution. This includes:
  • Being the point of call for all architecture aspects of an IT Project.
  • Being able to address and integrate the: Business Process, Data, Application, Technical and Information Security aspects of an IT Solution.
  • Ensure projects solution architecture is documented using the templates, Architect tooling and conforms to standards.
  • Coach detailed designers and business analysts in projects during their design work.
  • Have a proven ability to be drive complex Solution Architecture engagements at a detailed level across a broad range of engagement and industries
  • Having a track record within a number of large scale IT programmes, taking ownership of the Architecture and Design activities and outputs
  • Have experience in seeking the alignment of business and IT, operating across organisational and technology teams to drive common approaches, delivering sustainable, agile and re-usable solutions
  • Ideally accreditation and practitioner experience of TOGAF and/or IASA
  • Be comfortable working with client executives and senior management
  • Have worked in one or more of the following sectors: Mainly Retail, Trading etc…
• Take an active role in documenting, improving & maintaining the Reference Models in Architect tooling. Lifting project deliverables to the Conceptual and Logical levels.
• Liaison with IT Managers for Estimated cost, and prepare business cases for IT solutions
• Follow IT Technology developments in the market and leverage this knowledge in architecting solutions. Ensure solutions are ‘future-proof’
• Drive a fit for purpose Solution Architecture and Design aligned with client wider architectural principles, policies and design
• Ensure effective design governance around key design decisions
• Build strong internal relationships within Advisory and across other services
• Work alongside and actively provide guidance and steer to SaaS providers, cloud providers, 3rd party managed services and internal services which are being leveraged in the IT solution.
• Deal with complex end to end IT landscapes which consist of 10 or more applications leveraging disparate products, integration patterns and tools.
• Work globally with colleagues and partners in different locations and time zones.
• Formulate and execute solutions for customers across all channels (mobile, internet etc.)
• Help formulate and capture requirements and understand business objectives

Requirements:

• 11+ years of prior experience in various SDLC roles: development, architecture, requirements gathering etc.
• Hands on experience in Enterprise System Architecture execution
• Hands on Experience in E-Commerce Architecture – Keeping Omnichannel in Mind.
• Expertise in Omnichannel frameworks/accelerators
• Proven ability to design, optimize and integrate business processes across disparate systems and mobile technologies
• Experience with mobile analytics
• Experience on API Development and API Management
• Expert in UML process Design
• Clear Understanding in Complex data structure and RDBMS.
• Demonstrated deployments of enterprise or consumer-facing application software
• Understanding of Object-Oriented programming – with hands on experience.
• Great technical Problem Solving Skill
• Experience in one or more vertical industries- retail .
• Experience with HTML5 and web technologies like javascript, CSS.
• Experience in Kotlin and Swift Language
• Experience in RestFul Architecture
• Experience in Node Js
• Experience in Azure Cloud Services – AKS, Function and App service