Solution Architect

6. PERSON SPECIFIC:

• Extensive experience in Solution Architecture, idealy with experience in Automotive industry
  
• Good understanding and experience of Cloud Architecture covering IaaS, PaaS and SaaS based applications, ideally using Microsoft Azure
  
• Experience in designing cloud native applications using Containers and Serverless technologies following Microservice based architectures
  
• Strong experience in the design and implementation of multiple integration patterns covering SOA and API s
  
• Background in application development
  
• Understands the key considerations in Security, Resilience and High-Availability when designing new patterns for mission-critical applications
  
• Acknowledged for driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through with exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  
• Analytical and creative in solving problems, experience in using design thinking
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, confident presenter with a high degree of comfort in front of audiences of all sizes and able to translate complex subjects in a simple manner (Senior Executives, IT management and developers)
  
• Ability to build strong relationships across multiple IT teams including infrastructure, application, security and data
  
• Good leadership and teamwork skills with strong experience of working collaboratively in an agile environment using SCRUM, Kanban, etc to deliver new products and services.
  
• Constantly strives for better ways of doing things does not remain happy with the status quo
  
• Solid understanding and experience of ITIL covering Incident, Problem & Change to improve the Operations Architecture
  
• Breadth and Depth of Technical knowledge covering: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, RPA, Mobile, Web, Cloud
  
• Understanding of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks, such as TOGAF or Zachman, including the development (and ensuring adherence to) of Architecture principles and standards
  
• Architecture framework qualification such as TOGAF
  

Education: Degree in Computer Science/IT/similar