Solution Designer

**MISSION**

**TASKS**

As a solution designer, you become part of an Agile team where you add value in 3 different ways:
**Project delivery & release train build activities**:

- You are accountable for estimating the effort and time required for solution design, configuration, implementation and unit/integration testing
- You are accountable & responsible for creating, documenting & communicating the solution design
- You are responsible to ensure the solution design adheres to the solution principles, IT & security policies and standards, guidelines and best practices
- You evaluate the feasibility of the different solutions always keeping in mind the affordability, fit-for-purpose and value for money
- You are accountable for the solution quality control by reviewing and approval of solution documentation, configuration, implementation and testing
- You provide the necessary input in case there are dependencies with other changes
- You understand the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) drivers and contribute to keep their evolution under control

**Operations**:

- You identify & propose improvements to the solution design of the existing landscape
- You are able to provide guidance to operational support
- You support the solution lifecycle

**Collaboration**:

- You collaborate closely with the Solution Architect to ensure the solution design adheres to the overall solution architecture
- You support the Solution Architect and the Business Engagement team during intake
- You provide expert advice within your domain and advise stakeholders on how to best align business processes and solutions
- You organize regular knowledge transfer of solution specifics and changes towards the team
- You coach other Solution Designers/Engineers within your domain where needed
- You are responsible for supporting the technical team in their technical analysis and design

**TECHNICAL SKILLS**
- Has a proven track record of working on successful functional solution designs and their implementation
- Worked at least 3 years in a solution designer role (senior profile)
- Can read, understand and critically challenge the solution architecture, as well as the business requirements, on which the solution design must be based
- Can leverage reusability in his/her solution designs to find the most effective design
- Can fluently express him/herself using data models, state diagrams, sequence diagrams and other artifacts, as well as natural language (English)
- Can discuss and/or explain the solution design to both technical (such as developers) and non-technical (such as the product owner) stakeholders
- Has an understanding of the technologies and their key properties, limitations and design patterns, that are used to build the solutions: AWS cloud, CI/CD pipelines, serverless compute, SQL and noSQL databases, REST services, API management, data-centric landscapes, event-driven architectures
- Is comfortable to interact with the solutions on a technical level, such as running (SQL or noSQL) database queries, interacting with APIs using Postman, SoapUI or scripting languages such as Python, reading logs and using the AWS console
- Is able to use UML to elaborate the solution design documentation
- Is able to understand data architecture within his/her domain

**SOFT SKILLS**
- You have strong listening, facilitation, influencing and analytical skills.
- You have strong communication skills towards the business & IT counterparts
- You are able to understand and discuss Business needs (users), facilitating pragmatic & affordable solutions
- You are able to work autonomously while being a team player in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- You have good collaboration/interaction skills to optimize the flow between design & development
- You are eager to work in the core business of Optimisation & Generation and be part of a significant transformation journey to shape the future IT landscape
- You are a fast learner
- You are business proficient in English and at least in Dutch or French