Job Description

A Solutions Architect provides the experience and leadership to design the interactions between business processes and the technologies that enable those processes to function in today's data-driven age. This person focuses on establishing the best technology solution to meet a specific business need and works on medium complex projects that require in-depth knowledge across one or two technical and functional areas while guiding other architects in the definition, design, and project delivery of services in the workplace.

A Solutions Architect also works directly with business representatives to understand the specific requirements that are driving the need for a solution to be designed. Key activities include:

Development of architecture standards in the applications area
Review and evaluation of proposed third-party and internally developed application architecture
Review of existing applications for re-design
Responsible for the development of the overall vision that underlies the proposed solution and transformation of that vision through execution into the solution
Become involved with a project at the time of inception and participate in the business requirements gathering.
Remain involved throughout the balance of the project.
Provide solution architecture for application design and development.

Required Skills

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field required.
5+ years in IT work experience, specifically in technical design, development and implementation or support of business systems.
3+ years of experience with relational and non-relational Databases.
Strong development experience in several programming languages. Experience in analysis and decomposition of legacy applications.
Familiarity with web development, specifically SOAP, RESTful, SAML, ADFS, or Shibboleth is desirable.

Familiarity with cloud-based technologies: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) is desirable. Familiarity with IBM Mainframe, specifically JCL and ADABAS/Natural environments is a plus. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Experience working as part of a team ideally teams that have included designers, developers, and project management.

Oscar Associates Limited (US) is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.