Job Description
Solutions Architect Dublin city centre/Hybrid 12 Month contract The Solutions Architect will work in the Technology, Platforms and Solutions and will ultimately be responsible for designing and implementing technical solutions that align with the clients technology and business goals and requirements. The Solutions Architect is the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for any technology decisions, challenges and conflicts within the organization. The Solutions Architect must demonstrate a proven ability to undertake structured analysis of technical issues, translating this analysis into technical designs that describe a solution. Responsibilities Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their needs, goals, and constraints. Analyse business requirements to ensure they are clearly defined and understood. Translate business requirements into technical architecture artefacts (including Diagrams, Functional Specifications and Technical Requirements) Design solutions ensuring that all solutions adhere to industry standards, best practices, and principals including implementing security best practices to protect systems and data from threat and compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and standards. Ensure maximum alignment with the Target Architecture across all project/initiative deliverables. Ensure that the latest Technical Architecture is captured in the Enterprise Architecture tool and is fully aligned with the defined Business Architecture. Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams and systems analyst throughout the project lifecycle. Work with the Development Team Lead to agree the technical design of the proposed solution. Break down the development effort into distinct work packages. Work with the Development Team to provide estimates for the development effort. Conduct code and design reviews to ensure adherence to architectural standards and best practices. Assist in troubleshooting and resolving technical issues that arise during development and implementation. Provide technical support to project stakeholders Assist project managers in planning and estimating project timelines, resources, and costs. Monitor project progress and provide updates to stakeholders, ensuring alignment with project plans. Provide relevant and accurate technical input into projects through engagement with project stakeholders. Provide feedback to the Enterprise, Solutions and Business Architects in terms of any potential gaps or deviations between the Target Architecture and project deliverables. Monitoring on-going risks and provide mitigations and resolutions Help to ensure that KPIs for the Solutions Architecture Team and Technical Solutions Delivery team are being met. Working with third parties in the delivery of projects. Reviewing estimates to provide assurances on accuracy and achievability. Review of Technical documentation and artefacts to ensure correctness and understandability. Review of agreed deliverables. Management of feedback. Tracking and management of issues. Experience Experience in the design and implementation of Enterprise grade, high performance, mission critical applications and solutions - CRM, Document Management Solutions, Telephony Solutions. Strong understanding of, and experience in Cloud native architectures (SaaS / Paas / iPaas / Containers / Kubernetes / Docker / Serverless / CI-CD) Excellent knowledge of databases including Relational Data Design e.g. MS SQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres, DataVerse. Full-stack design experience Front end - ReactJS, VueJS, Angular, Power Portals, UI Frameworks Back End - .NET (C#, VB.Net), Java, Spring, Python Integrations - Micro-services, web-services, event queues, message queues, integration services Low-code - PowerApps / PowerAutomate / Azure Logic Apps Thorough understanding of Application Security Models Working knowledge of Linux operating systems such as Centos, RedHat and AlmaLinux. Knowledge of NoSQL databases such as MongoDB Experience in DevOps and exposure to all DevOps areas like Source Control, Continuous Integration, Infra Automation, Continuous Deployment, including experience working with Application Lifecycle Tools such as Azure DevOps. Strong knowledge and understanding of Architectural Design Patterns. Strong communication skills, in both technical and non-technical environments. Ability to quickly research and learn new technologies, tools and techniques Ability to lead teams Ability to lead on technology selection Please note: it is a mandatory requirement for this role to have a level 8 degree with computer modules and full drivers license Skills: Solutions Architect kubernetes docker