ARC Solutions Architect

6 month contract

Minimum Requirements:

• Qualification in Information Technology or Information Systems 
• Certification and working knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies (e.g. TOGAF, ITIL, COBIT, etc.)
• Digital Transformation Strategy ITIL Foundation 
• Certified Required Experience: Leading and managing software development teams
• Comprehensive understanding of majority software development methodologies including agile
  
• Strong change management skills 
• Customer focused software design principles using design thinking principles
• Project and operational risk management 
• Budget planning, forecasting and control
• Strategic and visionary software expert 
• Enterprise and Solution Architecture
  

Responsibilities:

• Contributes to the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas
• Identifies and evaluates alternative architectures and the trade-offs in cost, performance and scalability
• Produces specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers and interfaces, for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products.
• Management of full software development cycle 
• Strong stakeholder engagement Effective communication strategy to ensure organization readiness and application adoption
• Liaising with operational environments for Go-Live opportunities. 
• Document review and approval (Specification, Technical Blueprints, Training, User manuals)
• Supports a change programme or project through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles that comply with enterprise and solution architecture standards.
• Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution
• Embed Enterprise Architecture framework (APQC) within organisation
• Mapping technology to EA business model Evaluate and solutioning of technology for sustainable business value
• Engaging with strategic technology partners and vendors 
• Reporting on process progress and change management
• Project management