Contract

All European Careers BENELUX; Madrid; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The EU Agency in Amsterdam is seeking a Solution Architect with strong MS Cloud expertise to lead domain architecture across our IT landscape. This on-site role requires shaping architecture visions for business value and risk management.

You will collaborate with Platform and Enterprise Architects, develop design alternatives, deliver cost estimates, and present architectures to governance bodies. A master’s degree and 8 years in solution architecture are expected, with certificates in

Qualifications

• Master's degree in an IT-related field.
• 8 years' experience as Solution Architect.
• Qualifications in designing cloud-based solutions (Azure, PowerApps Portal, MS Dynamics 365, MS SharePoint Online, SAP, SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, Salesforce).
• BCS, TOGAF, SWEBOK or equivalent architecture certificates.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft cloud technologies (Microsoft Dynamics Portals, SharePoint Online).
• Experience with Azure DevOps, JIRA SDLC and ServiceNow modules.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation and review of end-to-end domain architecture and processes aligned with business requirements.
• Ensure compliance between business strategies, enterprise architecture and technology directions.
• Develop and present business cases for high-level initiatives and approvals.
• Create and communicate multiple design views to balance stakeholder concerns and requirements.
• Justify and document domain architecture decisions and manage associated risks.
• Ensure platforms and components selected for delivery are integrated to meet domain objectives.
• Provide effort/cost estimates and work breakdown structure.
• Present domain architecture to governance bodies and participate in IT governance structures.
• Collaborate with Platform Architects to optimize domain requirements and augment with platform architecture.
• Partner with Enterprise Architect to ensure domain fits into broader enterprise architecture.
• Assist Customer Portfolio Leads to incorporate business needs into technical solutions.
• Contribute to testing and identify improvements to domain solution and processes.
• Support knowledge transfer and transparent sharing of risks/dependencies.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Education

Master's degree in IT

Tools

Azure DevOps

JIRA

ServiceNow

PowerApps Portal

MS Dynamics 365

SharePoint Online

SAP

SuccessFactors

Salesforce

Job description

We are looking for a Solution Architect, with experience in MS Cloud technologies for an EU agency in Amsterdam. This position is 100% on site.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Lead the creation and review of an end-to-end domain architecture and processes to support the strategic requirements of the business. Identify the business benefits of alternative strategies.
  
• Ensure compliance between business strategies, enterprise architecture and technology directions, setting strategies, policies, standards and practices.
  
• Develop and present business cases, for high-level initiatives and approvals.
  
• Create and communicate multiple design views to identify and balance the concerns of all stakeholders of the domain design and to allow for both functional and non-functional requirements. Identify and evaluates alternative design options and trade-offs.
  
• Ensure that domain architecture decisions are justified and documented. Assess and manage associated risks.
  
• Ensure that platforms and components selected for delivery of a domain specific solution are integrated to achieve domain objectives.
  
• Provide effort / cost estimates and work breakdown structure.
  
• Present domain architecture to governance bodies, address resulting architectural actions and participate in the overall IT governance structures.
  
• Collaborates strongly with the architects in developing the solution, by applying the agency´s architectural principles.
  
• Partner with Platform Architects from the Strategic Platforms (I-SP) department in order to assess and optimize domain functional requirements and augment with technical requirements from the platform architecture.
  
• Partner with the Enterprise Architect from the CIO Office to ensure that the domain architecture fits into the broader enterprise architecture.
  
• Partner with Customer Portfolio Leads from the Customer Advocacy Department (I-CA) in order to assess and incorporate business needs and requirements to build these into technical solutions and platform architecture.
  
• Contribute to solutions testing and identify potential improvements to the domain solution, processes and to the strategic platforms according to agreed designs/requirements.
  
• Collaborates with Business Analysis function in identifying and preventing risks from the requirements gathering phase and all through the lifecycle of the solution.
  
• Supports continuous knowledge transfer to team members and transparent approach in sharing risks/issues/dependencies.
  
• Identifies potential improvements to the process and to the software products according to agreed designs/requirements.
  

Your profile:

• You have a master's degree in an IT related field.
  
• You have 8 years' experience as Solution Architect.
  
• You have relevant professional qualifications in designing cloud-based solutions (e.g. Azure, PowerApps Portal, MS Dynamics 365, MS SharePoint Online, SAP, SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, Salesforce).
  
• You have BCS, TOGAF, SWEBOK or other equivalent and valid architecture certificates.
  
• Strong knowledge Microsoft cloud technologies (Microsoft Dynamics Portals, Microsoft SharePoint Online).
  
• Experience in working with Azure DevOps, JIRA SDLC and ServiceNow modules (IT Operations Management Visibility, IT Service Management Professional and Customer Service Modules) is desired.