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Job Summary

  • Solution Architect

  • Country: Netherlands
  • Location: Amsterdam
  • Sector: Architect
  • Daily Rate: Euros 700
  • Job Type: Contract
  • Technologies: Togaf Azure Powerapps Portal MS Dynamics 365 Sharepoint SAP Success Factors ServiceNow Salesforce Agile kanban Scrum JIRA
  • Reference: S221012SA

Solution Architect

Posted Wednesday, 12 October 2022

Experienced Solution Architect required to join a Leading client, onsite in Amsterdam.

The design and communication of end-to-end solutions to enable and guide the design and development

of integrated solutions across multiple platforms that meet current and future business needs.

Professional qualifications

  • BCS, TOGAF, SWEBOK or other equivalent and valid architecture certificates
  • Relevant professional qualifications in designing cloud-based solutions (e.g.Azure, PowerApps Portal, MS Dynamics 365, MS SharePoint Online, SAP, SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, Salesforce)

Role specific experience

  • Proven record in designing and delivering end-to-end business solutions implemented across multiple components, platforms and technologies (both cloud and on-prem);
  • Experience using agile software development methodologies (i.e. Scaled Agile Framework, Kanban, Scrum and other lean techniques);
  • Strong knowledge Microsoft cloud technologies (Microsoft Dynamics Portals, Microsoft SharePointOnline Experience in working with Azure DevOps, JIRA SDLC and ServiceNow modules (IT Operations Management Visibility, IT Service Management
  • Professional and Customer Service Modules) is desired

Role specific skills, competencies & responsibilities

  • Lead the creation and review of an end-to-end domain architecture and processes to support the strategic requirements of the business. Identify the business benefits of alternative strategies.
  • Ensure compliance between business strategies, enterprise architecture and technology directions, setting strategies, policies, standards and practices.
  • Develop and present business cases, for high-level initiatives and approvals.
  • Create and communicate multiple design views to identify and balance the concerns of all stakeholders of the domain design and to allow for both functional and non-functional requirements. Identify and evaluates alternative design options and trade-offs.
  • Ensure that domain architecture decisions are justified and documented.
  • Assess and manage associated risks.
  • Ensure that platforms and components selected for delivery of a domain specific solution are integrated to achieve domain objectives.
  • Provide effort / cost estimates and work breakdown structure.
  • Present domain architecture to governance bodies, address resulting architectural actions and participate in the overall IT governance structures.
  • Collaborates strongly with architects in developing the solution, by applying the architectural principles

Topic Description

  • Partner with Platform Architects and Managers from the Strategic Platforms department in order to assess and optimise domain functional requirements and augment with technical requirements from the platform
  • architecture.
  • Partner with the Enterprise Architect to ensure that the domain architecture fits into the broader enterprise architecture.
  • Partner with Customer Portfolio Leads from the Customer Advocacy in order to assess and incorporate business needs and requirements to build these into technical solutions and platform architecture,
  • Contribute to solutions testing and identify potential improvements to the domain solution, processes and to the strategic platforms according to agreed designs/requirements;
  • Collaborates with Business Analysis function in identifying and preventing risks from the requirements gathering phase and all through the lifecycle

    Experienced Solution Architect required to join a Leading client, onsite in Amsterdam.

    The design and communication of end-to-end solutions to enable and guide the design and development

    of integrated solutions across multiple platforms that meet current and future business needs.

    Professional qualifications

  • BCS, TOGAF, SWEBOK or other equivalent and valid architecture certificates
  • Relevant professional qualifications in designing cloud-based solutions (e.g.Azure, PowerApps Portal, MS Dynamics 365, MS SharePoint Online, SAP, SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, Salesforce)
  • Role specific experience

  • Proven record in designing and delivering end-to-end business solutions implemented across multiple components, platforms and technologies (both cloud and on-prem);
  • Experience using agile software development methodologies (i.e. Scaled Agile Framework, Kanban, Scrum and other lean techniques);
  • Strong knowledge Microsoft cloud technologies (Microsoft Dynamics Portals, Microsoft SharePointOnline Experience in working with Azure DevOps, JIRA SDLC and ServiceNow modules (IT Operations Management Visibility, IT Service Management
  • Professional and Customer Service Modules) is desired
  • Role specific skills, competencies & responsibilities

  • Lead the creation and review of an end-to-end domain architecture and processes to support the strategic requirements of the business. Identify the business benefits of alternative strategies.
  • Ensure compliance between business strategies, enterprise architecture and technology directions, setting strategies, policies, standards and practices.
  • Develop and present business cases, for high-level initiatives and approvals.
  • Create and communicate multiple design views to identify and balance the concerns of all stakeholders of the domain design and to allow for both functional and non-functional requirements. Identify and evaluates alternative design options and trade-offs.
  • Ensure that domain architecture decisions are justified and documented.
  • Assess and manage associated risks.
  • Ensure that platforms and components selected for delivery of a domain specific solution are integrated to achieve domain objectives.
  • Provide effort / cost estimates and work breakdown structure.
  • Present domain architecture to governance bodies, address resulting architectural actions and participate in the overall IT governance structures.
  • Collaborates strongly with architects in developing the solution, by applying the architectural principles
  • Topic Description

  • Partner with Platform Architects and Managers from the Strategic Platforms department in order to assess and optimise domain functional requirements and augment with technical requirements from the platform
  • architecture.
  • Partner with the Enterprise Architect to ensure that the domain architecture fits into the broader enterprise architecture.
  • Partner with Customer Portfolio Leads from the Customer Advocacy in order to assess and incorporate business needs and requirements to build these into technical solutions and platform architecture,
  • Contribute to solutions testing and identify potential improvements to the domain solution, processes and to the strategic platforms according to agreed designs/requirements;
  • Collaborates with Business Analysis function in identifying and preventing risks from the requirements gathering phase and all through the lifecycle of the solution
  • Support continuous knowledge transfer to team members and transparent approach in sharing risks/issues/dependencies
  • Autonomous in managing activities based on priorities given by the Project Manager
  • Report outcome of testing through the relevant tools
  • Identify potential improvements to the process and to the software products according to agreed designs/requirements;
  • Experience working with key users in a fast paced and changing business environment to design and develop software that meets business needs;
  • Experience of the full development lifecycle of complex large scale and multiuser applications;
  • Production of the relevant technical documentation, such as system designs, class designs and documentation for the support team;
  • Capacity to assist the support team in training the users of the system;
  • A strong technical background, specifically the delivery of complex software systems;
  • Knowledge in IT Service Management and/or Risk frameworks, and/or international standards.
  • Please don’t hesitate to apply for further details.

    of the solution
  • Support continuous knowledge transfer to team members and transparent approach in sharing risks/issues/dependencies
  • Autonomous in managing activities based on priorities given by the Project Manager
  • Report outcome of testing through the relevant tools
  • Identify potential improvements to the process and to the software products according to agreed designs/requirements;
  • Experience working with key users in a fast paced and changing business environment to design and develop software that meets business needs;
  • Experience of the full development lifecycle of complex large scale and multiuser applications;
  • Production of the relevant technical documentation, such as system designs, class designs and documentation for the support team;
  • Capacity to assist the support team in training the users of the system;
  • A strong technical background, specifically the delivery of complex software systems;
  • Knowledge in IT Service Management and/or Risk frameworks, and/or international standards.

Please don’t hesitate to apply for further details.

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