Solution Architect
- Limerick Cork
- Permanent
- Full-time
- UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
- 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
- 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
- Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
- Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW
- Expert technical skills and proven experience across the architecture disciplines of Application, Integration, Data and Security and proven experience bringing all these views together into an organised IT architecture.
- Proven experience architecting business applications and services to run on complex large scale on-premise and cloud/hybrid cloud infrastructures;
- Proven experience providing advice and support to the various business and technology stakeholders in designing future ICT platforms and business support services;
- Proven experience working with architecture tools, frameworks and methodologies with the ability to define, publish, and maintain high quality architecture documentation;
- Proven experience in producing design documentation in advance of implementation in both waterfall and agile project delivery.
- Proven experience of functional application architecture design patterns and leading practices;
- Strong understanding of designing software for non-functional requirements (e.g. system performance, availability, scalability, etc.);
- Proven experience of architecting on large transformation programmes.
- Knowledge and understanding of architecting software to run across multiple platform technologies (e.g. VMWare, RedHat OpenShift, IMDG, Redis, 3Scale, SSO/Keycloak, OIDC, Identity Management, LDAP & Active Directory), database technologies (e.g. MariaDB/Galera, MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, Ingres), application technologies (JBoss, Springboot), web UI technologies (e.g. Angular SPA) and operational knowledge of CICD pipelines and Jenkins build operations;
- Knowledge and understanding of SOA and microservices architecture patterns and practical application of these patterns to designing optimal solutions.
- Knowledge and understanding of IT governance processes with experience providing architectural governance across projects;
- Ability to oversee the implementation of a solution architecture based on business requirements and the Department's ICT strategy;
- Understanding of application programming interface (API), micro-services and interoperability solutions;
- Understanding of Federation and federated identity providers (local, social, other external);
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with the ability to engage with various stakeholders to define and get agreement on technical aspects of IT architecture;
- Ability to support the Department in forming the future strategic direction of its ICT and digital services;
- Effective Communication both orally and in writing in the English Language.
- Work closely with clients to assess their current infrastructure, application portfolios, and pain points to define strategic modernization plans.
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure designs are implemented with best practices in coding, security, and performance.
- Guide and participate in proof-of-concept (PoC) development, helping clients visualize the future state of their applications.
- Facilitate workshops, technical sessions, and presentations for clients to build consensus and ensure alignment on architectural decisions.
- 5+ years prior experience as a Solution Architect or Technical Architect
- Prior experience as a hands-on Java developer / Tech Lead
- Intimate knowledge of architectural patterns and best practice
- Application Modernisation experience
- Strong technical and communication skills
- Confident working with senior stakeholders
- Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
- Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
- Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people's individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
- Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
- Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
- Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
- Reward schemes including Version 1's Annual Excellence Awards & 'Call-Out' platform.
- Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.