Solution Architect

About the Opportunity

Come be a part of S4Digital’s growing team and join projects with our Tier 1 TELECOM operator customers in Europe that are looking for several technical analysts/architects to join fast-paced and evolving Digital Transformation initiatives.

Remote (Europe or Asia). Occasional travel to the customer may be required.

Company Bio

S4 Digital activities span the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East, with offices in Brazil, Portugal, the UK, the Netherlands, Pakistan, and India. We bring together creative problem solvers, doers, and makers from all walks of life, cultures, and regions, united by a drive to help make change happen. We listen to our client’s challenges and help them build scalable technology solutions that deliver faster and better results for their businesses. We believe positive influence can make an impact that matters: customers, teams, and individuals. Our executive team leads by example and establishes confident relationships with senior leaders across our customers and partners. They are expected to set the example and inspire their colleagues, making quality time to care about people and discuss career growth opportunities internally and with our major customers and partners.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Understand the business vision, strategy, and project roadmaps.
• Ensure that there is a complete set of relevant and clear business requirements.
• Translate the functional and non-functional requirements into an effective, reliable, and future-proof solution architecture in line with the architectural blueprint of the organization and domain.
• Work with Solution Architects and squad analysts to create an end-to-end solution across applications.
• Refine large requirements into well-defined time-boxed features.
• Provide high-level estimates to develop and implement the solution.
• Act as the single point of contact for the business requestors.
• Provide clear and structured communication and documentation on the solution to users, squad analysts, operations, and management.
• Ensure the solution is implemented in line with the architecture during project execution.
• Clearly understand and communicate dependencies between various initiatives.
• Participate in customer RFP processes to provide input on the digital scope

What we are looking for

• You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree (preferably in an IT-related domain) or equivalent by experience.
• Minimum 8 years of overall IT experience having profound knowledge in analysis or architecture in a complex IT environment.
• Knowledge of the telecom ecosystem is considered an asset.
• You have strong analytical skills and anticipate the impact of possible solutions to complex problems.
• Good experience with UML and design patterns
• Good Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular, GraphQL and NoSQL databases is a MUST.
• At least 3 years of experience in designing solutions for web/mobile applications using OAuth, REST, µservice architecture with security and optimization.
• React Native and CMS are a plus.
• Experience with Agile methodologies/Scrum, Jira as issue and backlog management tool
• Customer-centricity and solution-orientation are part of your nature
• Excellent communication skills (spoken and written).
• English is mandatory. French, German or Dutch is a plus.

Location: Lisbon (PT), Pune (IN), Lahore (PK), Brussels (BE), United Kingdom

At S4 Digital we believe the best impact is the value we add, not the hours we sit at the desk at the office. We consider both formal and informal ways of working together, fostering inclusion, and collaborating for maximum impact. We have a flexible WFH policy, and we are open to aligning the working pattern that suits you the best.