Solution Architect - Bracknell, Berkshire

ZipRecruiter; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global brand is seeking a Solution Architect in Bracknell to enhance their digital transformation initiatives. You will develop and propose solutions, ensuring strategic alignment and efficiency while managing the application landscape. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience and strong analytical skills.

Benefits

Great benefits package

Qualifications

• 5 years+ in an Architect role required.
• Solid knowledge of digital technologies & transformation.
• Strong analytical & critical thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze application & service portfolio, proposing roadmaps.
• Develop solutions aligning with business strategies.
• Foster cross-functional process alignment.

Skills

SAP

Salesforce

Digital Technologies

Analytical Skills

Process Improvement

Job description

Job Description

Solution Architect - Bracknell, Berkshire (3 days a week on-site)

£65K basic + other great benefits

Our client a truly global brand are seeking experienced Architect to assist in there Digital transformation across all platforms.

The role holder will provide proactive proposals to the business for continuous improvement and innovation or cost optimisation, ensure correct security and IT policies are in place to minimise business risks and manage cost down by simplifying the IT landscape - reducing the application & technology portfolio.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

Required

This is an important role within the organisation's transition so demonstrated success in a similar role is essential. That will include:

• 5 years+ in an Architect role
• some experience in SAP/Salesforce
• The definition and adoption of the target architecture.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of digital technologies and transformation.
• The implementation of good governance processes.
• Demonstrated ability to understand business drivers and to work closely with the business to understand their strategy and translate that into an IT environment.
• The ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation, to present a coherent proposition and to listen and understand the needs of others.
• The ability to think and plan strategically and to deliver tactically.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with colleagues at all levels.
• Ability to take ownership over digital transformations with the best guarantee on creating business value, no matter the technological and structural context. You also can act to improve existing processes to achieve better efficiency, effectiveness, and value creation.
• Design/document business processes end to end.
• Analyse & improve business processes to industry best practice.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to identify performance gaps and root cause.
• Clarity of thinking, clarity in communication - ability to present technical concepts to non-technical audiences for understanding and decision making.

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience in an organisation which sells and distributes manufactured goods.

Main Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the application and service portfolio & prepare/propose roadmaps that will be part of the tactical/strategical roadmap of the IT development.
• Support the business units to realise their strategies & requirements into a sustainable architecture in line with the Systems Development strategy in function of services, processes, functions and information.
• Develop solutions that address the tactical and strategic goals for the business while sustaining and driving further process standardization across the Enterprise through your evaluation, design and solutioning for process improvement requests.
• Help define business requirements for new initiatives and gather current business requirements and user perspective for process improvement design.
• Identify integration opportunities for business system management applications and other applicable interdependent technology assets to maximize their capabilities to drive process efficiency, effectiveness and/or affordability. Provide expertise on systems integrations and potential issues/bottlenecks.
• Drive cross functional process alignment, manage and provide guidance on BPM technology tools and applications.
• Define & maintain L0-L3 process flows working with the business process owners.
• Foster innovation and bring technical improvements and opportunities to the business.
• Collaborate with other parts of the IT organisation to manage out non-compliant applications and infrastructure over time to reduce costs.
• You will collaborate closely with program managers & project leaders of the various digital transformation initiatives.
• Other related tasks as may be assigned from time to time.

Solution Architect - Bracknell, Berkshire (3 days a week on-site)