Solution Architect

 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

Permanent

Role:
The Solution Architect creates the complete solution to be built by a squad to solve a given business problem. The SA works with the EA, Product Owner and analysts, along with business stakeholders to clarify and shape requirements and then create a complete solution architecture. The SA typically works in just one squad to deliver a solution, although they will ‘interlock’ with other architects to ensure that dependencies are well understood and therefore the solution is assured.

Responsibilities:

Create Solution Designs

• Collect together all the elements of a given feature and describe those to form a view of what must be delivered and how it will be achieved.
• Liaise with all required stakeholders to ensure Features and Epics are clear.

Highlight required software and deliver the rationale for selection

• Raise all required new technology solutions and catalogue entries to the relevant EA and prepare content for approval of these at the relevant governance forum.
• Create technology solution analysis content discussing the rationale for selection of a given piece of technology.

Guide delivery

• Act as a consultant to a given squad, guiding how the delivery is achieved.

Patterns and Templates

• Contribute to and create reusable pattern and template documents.

Skills/Experience:

• Solution architecture experience in a highly regulated business, preferably in multiple architecture domains.
• Specific domain knowledge of blocks of Financial Services capabilities (for example, Banking Products, Risk, Compliance, Customer Service, Finance, Treasury, Channel Applications, etc.)
• Demonstrable experience in creating valuable solutions in a large scale enterprise class business and experience of dealing with C-suite decision makers.
• Particular experience in building Cloud based solutions in any delivery method (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) is a significant benefit.
• Clear understanding of highly engineered systems, complex and modern SDLC and high degrees of automation is an advantage.
• At least 8 years experience in IT with at least 4 years in an architecture role.
• Experience in describing architectures within a prescribed framework.
• Experience of Agile delivery and ways of working.