Solution Architect

Our client, a leading Software, Information and Communication Technologies company, operates internationally (Athens, Brussels, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Nicosia, Hong-Kong, Valetta, etc). Our client is a renowned supplier of IT services to government institutions, multinational corporations, public administrations and multinational companies, research and academic institutes.

Role Overview

Our client currently has a vacancy for a Solution Architect in English, to offer his/her services as an expert remotely (within EU) . In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated in the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team.

Location: Europe

Workplace: Remote

Please note that we can consider only EU candidates for this position due to security clearance.

Requirements

• University degree in IT or relevant discipline, combined with minimum 10 years of relevant working experience in IT;
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a technology architect, data architect or applications/services architect;
• Experience in Software development;
• Experience of on-premise, virtualization and cloud-based Infrastructure (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS);
• Experience of working in an agile software development environment;
• Experience with OCP, Postgres and Kafka ;
• Experience in Solutions Architecture and Design experience across a broad portfolio of software, cloud and / or data projects;
• Hands-on knowledge in the administration, customization and use of the architecture, modelling or design tools (e.g. Sparx EA);
• Excellent knowledge of architecture solutions design and modelling and project management;
• Excellent knowledge of key IT skills: software engineering, security, system and network management, transaction processing, location and directory, user interface, international operations, data interchange, data management, graphics and image, operating system services, network services, communications infrastructure;
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms;
• Knowledge of security best practices and tools;
• Biometrics knowledge would be considered an asset;
• The following certification is required: TOGAF practitioner;
• Excellent command of the English language.

Responsibilities

• Understand, interpret and respond to detailed business requirements specifications and implement that requirements understanding in the architecture solutions and specifications;
• Customize and use the architecture, modelling or design tools to develop;
• Design the required conceptual architecture models using client’s architectural standard tools, define the components of the solution, and analyze the components from existing systems that can be reused.
• Design, develop, test and deploy customized artefacts (reports, data export and import scripts, diagrams and objects layouts and design, tool configuration, etc.) according to a set of requirements;
• Identify system, infrastructure and project interdependencies and balance competing demands to ensure project deliverables are achieved;
• Assess the usage of the client’s modelling tools and advice on governance, conventions, procedures, methods, customizations and/or configurations that should ensure its most effective usage.