Solution Architect

Inter IKEA Group (Old Sandbox); Dortmund; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A global home furnishings company is seeking Solution Architects for their warehouse management solutions in Dortmund. The role involves developing robust solution architectures, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with company standards. Ideal candidates have experience in information technology and application architecture, are familiar with industry frameworks like TOGAF and ITIL, and possess strong analytical and interpersonal skills. This position requires a passion for enabling business opportunities through IT solutions.

Qualifikationen

• Working experience in Information Technology and application architecture.
• Knowledge of frameworks like TOGAF, IT4IT, and ITIL.
• Interest in business development and requirement management.

Aufgaben

• Shape solution architecture with stakeholders.
• Communicate architecture and roadmaps to business and IT.
• Ensure compliance with policies and standards.

Kenntnisse

Experience in Information Technology

Understanding of application architecture

Familiarity with agile development (e.g., SCRUM)

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Jobbeschreibung

“IKEA offers
well-designed, functional home furnishing at prices so low that as many people
as possible can afford them. The role of the supply process is to buy, produce
and distribute the IKEA range at the lowest total cost, making high quality available
to the customer under good social and environmental conditions.”

Job Description

We seek Solution Architects for Business Solution Area Handling and
Storage at IKEA Warehousing Logistics, located in Dortmund.

About the job

The team within the Business Solution Area “Handling and Storage” is responsible to develop and support all Solutions needed to operate a logistic unit. With Solutions we mean the tools used to run and develop our business - supported by information technology.

We ensure that the IKEA Handling and Storage Solutions fit in the overall digital landscape - in line with guiding
frameworks like security, enterprise architecture and information management.

We are looking for Solution Architects for our portfolio of Warehouse Management
Solutions, Base data- and Material Flow Control Solutions. As a SolutionArchitect you will create high level designs of IT solutions, guide the low level design and govern the implementation and provide in-depth expertise about Solutions, technology and their implementation at IKEA.

Qualifications

About the assignment

In this role you will:

• Shape ideas in close collaboration with relevant internal and external stakeholders into concrete, robust and appropriate solution architecture and
  transition roadmaps.
• Communicate the Solution architecture- and transition roadmaps to relevant
  business and IT
  stakeholders within and across organisations.
• Seek understanding
  and agreement to ensure
  aligned and consistent solution
  implementations across the IKEA
  Solutions.
• Ensure that the solution
  architecture and roadmaps complies with relevant policies,
  principles, rules and standards.
• Coordinate and align solution design
  towards other system and initiate change requests.

About you

To be able to perform in this position we believe
you have:

• Working
  experience in Information Technology and experience in application
  architecture
• Understanding
  of frameworks such as The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), the
  IT4IT component model, ITIL and other software modelling techniques
• Familiarity
  with current concepts, industry standards and trends (application
  architecture concepts and reference architecture) including agile
  development e.g. SCRUM
• Basic knowledge
  and skills in business development, requirement management and test methods
• Interest and
  ability to travel within Europe as well as intercontinental

As a person, you have strong analytical skills - being able to
structure information and derive conclusions and consequences out of them. You
have passion in listening, coaching and facilitating and have good
interpersonal as well as intercultural skills. You show openness, willpower,
drive and are motivated by working in a fast pace environment. You are a team
player with a business mind and you understand the importance of building a
cross functional relationship with both internal partners and vendors. You are motivated by enabling business opportunities through IT Solutions. You
naturally reflect what IKEA stands for and act according to the IKEA values in
your daily work.

Additional Information

The recruitment process will take place continuously so please send your
application in English today via Job vacancies on IKEA Home!

We are looking forward to receiving your application!