Description
We are looking for a Solution Architect to work at our multinational client in The Hague
Expected tasks and deliverables by the Consultants
- Acts as the overall architecture lead for projects, owning the end-to-end definition of the solution for the project across all architecture layers: business, information, application, and infrastructure.
- Structure and complete business demand from an architecture perspective, and translate the demand into a viable, feasible, durable, and compliant solution architecture that can be delivered to budget, on time and to the required quality
- Support the project managers/technical project managers in delivering a solution that adhere to the principles, policies and patterns established in the enterprise architecture.
- Adhere where appropriate to the overall enterprise architecture through the delivery of solutions, solution architectures and models, design patterns, principles, models, requirements, standards and policies of EA and/or security.
- Deliver the Project Scope Architecture document;
- Propose solution alternatives to business automation needs that are not supported by standard solutions, presenting the merits and disadvantages of each.
- Draft the technical specifications for the customisation or application development based on the product descriptions and the business requirements;
- Perform Architecture reviews to verify that the solution to the business problem is integral and will deliver the required functional and non-functional requirements in line with stated architecture direction.
- Interface with the Design Authority and Enterprise Architecture directorate (EA&I) in the context of roadmaps for architectural changes and capability platform strategies
- Determine the potential impact of industry and market trends in the respective area, and make recommendations for changes and improvements;
- Develop Proofs of Concept as proposals to answer Architecture concerns.
- Manage technical design issues and key decisions escalated during project execution and take responsibility for resolving these issues.
- Manage Non-Functional Requirements to support the business requirements and being accountable for the system to comply with those requirements.
- Take ownership of required architecture governance deliverables and deliver results against respective timelines.
Educational and experience
- University Degree in Computer science and knowledge in Architecture frameworks and standards (ie: Sparx Enterprise Architect TOGAF, Zachman)
- Knowledge in the following Mainframe software (Z/OS, MVS, OMVS, batch, CICS, MQSeries, DB2, Cobol, Java).
- Knowledge in IBM Lotus Notes flows and repositories.
- Knowledge in Middle-tier (web-services, web clients, Back End of web clients, Java/Groovy, Java RMI, GRAILS, JBoss, Maven, SVN)
- Deep understanding of authorization mechanisms supporting fine-and coarse-grained authorization and externalization of authorization from business applications.
- Expert knowledge of J2EE technologies.
- Expert knowledge of REST architectural constraints and development of Restful web services.
- Experience with externalizing authorisation from Java applications through authorisation engines and/or business rules engines. Authentication single sign on with Active Directory.
- Ability to create and maintain technical documentation.
- Good Communication skills, interpersonal skills and analytical skills.
- Knowledge in HTML5/CSS/JavaScript Front End technologies and frameworks (eg Bootstrap) will be beneficial.
- Being active in a multi-cultural environment
- Very good level of English. The knowledge of German or French will be an advantage.
infeurope is a Luxembourg-based IT service provider, designing, developing and managing multilingual information and documentary systems in many application areas and business sectors. For more than 33 years we have delivered IT systems and solutions, and IT consultancy and staffing services, to our clients in Luxembourg and across Europe.