SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

SLI Consulting Inc.; Makati, Pasig; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

SLI Consulting Inc. in the Philippines is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to drive the development of enterprise solution architecture for IT programs and strategic initiatives.

The role requires deep expertise in CRM, Dynamics 365, Azure, and integration technologies with a strong focus on delivering end-to-end CRM projects. You will collaborate with delivery teams, business partners, and stakeholders to define current, transition, and target state architectures, ensuring alignment with

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience in IT software/services definition, build, and management.
• At least 2 to 3 years of experience in Solution Architecture practice responsible for the development of the overall solution vision that supports business-oriented project developments or strategic projects driven by IT
• Understanding of solutions delivery lifecycle, agile methods and processes
• Proven capability to support project and delivery teams by providing guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural considerations
• Understanding of financial services, payments or insurance industry is an advantage
• Good understanding of strategic, new and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing, new and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating model
• Good knowledge and understanding of application development, middleware, system integration, infrastructure, database management, data governance, security and IT operations
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments gained from financial services, payments or insurance industry
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in CRM solution architecture, with a focus on Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex CRM projects from inception to completion.

Responsibilities

• Proactively and holistically leading or supporting the activities related to the development of BDO IT’s Solution Architecture.
• Creating deliverables that provide solution direction for supporting the bank’s organizational and strategic portfolio of programs/projects where the solution should depict the current, transition and target state solutions.
• Determining as the most appropriate technology to resolve a business problem built around the parameters of enterprise architecture guardrails to aid the teams responsible for performing the project planning, implementation and operationalsupport.
• Leading and providing guidance to technical implementation teams and other stakeholders within the organization as part of the over-all project delivery.

Skills

IT strategy

Solution Architecture

Agile methodologies

Risk management

CRM domain knowledge

Power Platform

Azure cloud

APIs / Web services / ETL

Communication skills

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI)

Azure

APIs / Web services

ETL

Job description

• At least 8 years of experience in IT software/services definition, build, and management.
• At least 2 to 3 years of experience in Solution Architecture practice responsible for the development of the overall solution vision that supports business-oriented project developments or strategic projects driven by IT
• Understanding of solutions delivery lifecycle, agile methods and processes
• Proven capability to support project and delivery teams by providing guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural considerations
• Understanding of financial services, payments or insurance industry is an advantage
• Good understanding of strategic, new and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing, new and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating model
• Good knowledge and understanding of application development, middleware, system integration, infrastructure, database management, data governance, security and IT operations
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments gained from financial services, payments or insurance industry
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in CRM solution architecture, with a focus on Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex CRM projects from inception to completion.

Technical Skills

• Excellent analytical, technical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Excellent understanding of solution development methodologies, application development, infrastructure and network architecture
• Communicate both in ‘technical’ language with developers and ‘business language’ with business partners/clients
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM modules (Sales, Service, etc.)
• Proficiency in Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, etc.)
• Strong understanding of integration technologies (APIs, web services, ETL).
• Experience with Azure services and cloud architecture.

Job Mandate

Reporting to the Solutions Architecture Lead, the Solutions Architect (SA) is accountable for:

• Proactively and holistically leading or supporting the activities related to the development of BDO IT’s Solution Architecture.
• Creating deliverables that provide solution direction for supporting the bank’s organizational and strategic portfolio of programs/projects where the solution should depict the current, transition and target state solutions.
• Determining as the most appropriate technology to resolve a business problem built around the parameters of enterprise architecture guardrails to aid the teams responsible for performing the project planning, implementation and operationalsupport.
• Leading and providing guidance to technical implementation teams and other stakeholders within the organization as part of the over-all project delivery