Solution Architect (Enterprise Architecture & Strategy)

Job Responsibilities:

The Solution Architect role will be working under the Enterprise Architecture & Strategy (EAS) office to support the following objectives:

• Align the development of RWS IT landscape according to the setout IT architectural principles and standards across the RWS organization.
• Drive the RWS Business Services Platform initiative across the different lines of business.
• Explore and evaluate technologies & solutions in pursuance of the RWS digital transformation journey.
• Participate in the forming up and execution of various RWS IT strategies.
• Participate in architecture reviews for new systems or changes to existing systems.
• Engage stakeholders (i.e. project teams and business units) to ensure solution architecture is aligned with business functional and non-functional requirements
• Support proof-of-value initiatives to meet business and IT needs.
• Provide technical leadership to project teams in areas of solution design and application development.
• Perform technical design reviews and ensure enterprise-wide architectural standards are adhered to.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science with a specialization in software engineering, application development, or similar
• Technology enthusiast with a minimum of 10 years working experience in the fields of IT architecture and solutions development.
• Avid practitioner of system architecture design patterns such as modularity designs, event-driven architectures, and microservices architectures
• Highly proficient in development platforms/frameworks/tooling such as Java, .NET Core, Springboot, Kubernetes, Jenkins and OpenSearch
• Good knowledge in Cloud technologies; X-as-a-Service from different Cloud Services Providers (CSP)
• Familiar with project delivery methodologies (i.e. Waterfall, Agile/Scrum)
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
• Superb organizational and time management skills