Job Description

A government entity is hiring a Solutions Architect to lead solution design that fits the enterprise: information architecture, system portfolios and integration, not a design that looks good and breaks the landscape. You will sit with departments, test the idea, write the case, and hand development teams a design they can build. The Role: You lead the process of developing solutions from predefined processes, guidelines and best practices, so the result fits the enterprise architecture. You know the application portfolio, and you work with Development and Enterprise Architecture so design, architecture and applications stay aligned. What you will do: ▸ Lead the development of solutions based on predefined processes, guidelines and best practices, so the solution fits the enterprise architecture in information architecture, system portfolios and integration requirements. ▸ Understand the application portfolio landscape of the government entity. ▸ Work closely with Development and Enterprise Architecture teams on solution design, architecture and application alignment. ▸ Provide solution architecture guidance to application development teams. ▸ Interview key role-players across departments to understand business processes, needs and challenges. ▸ Conduct feasibility studies. ▸ Prepare business cases and conduct an initial risk assessment. ▸ Conduct solution assessments and validation. ▸ Present deliverables for playback to the government entity, and run playback sessions to confirm that information from documents and interviews is correct. ▸ Produce a detailed functional design document to match the government entity’s requirements. ▸ Produce process flow analysis and process redesign documents. ▸ Share best practices and be consultative to teams and the government entity. ▸ Collaborate with Technical Architects, Technology Managers and Application Development Managers on a technical specification for custom development and systems integration. ▸ Provide current best practices and third-party solution alternatives in the functional design, aligned to the government entity’s standards and application portfolio roadmaps. ▸ Participate in, and lead when needed, project meetings with the government entity. ▸ Participate in internal projects as required. ▸ Convert business requirements into solution designs, with good judgment and a pragmatic eye on constraints. ▸ Balance alternatives against business and financial limits, and manage expectations while you do it. ▸ Present and communicate clearly, including playback to the government entity. ▸ Bring proven solutions consulting experience in large enterprises. Requirements What you bring: Minimum qualifications and competences: ▸ A tertiary qualification in Computer Science and/or Software Engineering and/or Information Systems and/or Information Technology, and/or a related technical certification in an IT field. ▸ A minimum of 7 years’ experience with Microsoft and/or Oracle and/or AWS as a Solutions Architect. ▸ Experience with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. ▸ Experience with enterprise integration tools and Extract, Transformation and Load (ETL) tools. ▸ Strong presentation and communication skills. ▸ Good knowledge of cloud solutions, services and cloud development. ▸ The ability to understand business requirements and convert them into solution designs. ▸ Knowledge of web-based, service-based, enterprise application and mobile application architecture, and experience managing expectations when balancing alternatives against business and financial constraints. ▸ Good judgment and a pragmatic approach to delivering a solution that optimises architecture across the government entity’s needs, business constraints and technological realities. ▸ Participation in, and familiarity with, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Agile project management methodologies. ▸ Proven solutions consulting experience in large enterprises. READY TO DRAW THE FIT? If you can turn a department’s problem into a design the portfolio can hold, this seat is open. ​