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 who will be based in Strasbourg, France. The work will be carried out either in the company’s premises or on site at customer premises. 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 on site.

Job type: Full time/Permanent

Location: Strasbourg, France

Workplace: Onsite

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.