Solution Architect

Description

For more than a decade, SQA Consulting has built a global client network across multiple vertical markets. Our experience and expertise reside across Business and Technology Transformation, Cyber Security, RPA and AML Compliance.

2022 is shaping up to be a pivotal and exciting year for the group. Via acquisitions and mergers, we are continuing to increase our global presence.

Responsibilities

• Leading continuous improvement initiatives
• Reporting to the CEO on work and all issues related to achieving strategic and operational goals;
• Close collaboration with other managers on services quality issues for the general business growth;
• Managing organisational operations, in order to achieve objectives, and incorporate policies and procedures of the company in daily activities;
• Managing sales activities with project managers and team leads in defining technical requirements, estimations and other relevant information to complete sales offers;
• Evaluating outcomes, identify problems, and suggest corrective measures, explore trends, and anticipate needs of projects;
• Suggesting process improvements, and drive for process standardization and quality assurance; Maintain quality services by establishing and enforcing organization standards;
• Analysing working environment, equipment and used software and licenses for procurement needs;
• Mentoring and empower employees to achieve maximum impact and commitment;
• Collaborating with other managers within the company organisational structure in developing and implementing plans;
• Articulating problems and solutions in non-technical language to stakeholders;
• Apply an agile scrum / sprint practice to design and develop of software solutions to client requirements;
• Supporting learning and development activities for engineering resources;
• Leading by example, embody the Employer's values and behaviours;
• Leading continuous improvement initiatives;
• Reporting on work and all issues related to achieving strategic and operational goals, and generating reports on projects' status, utilization, and operations;
• Other activities that are within the management of business activities

Requirements

Accountability:

• Work closely with Management and suggest technical strategies
• Provide technical leadership to the development teams
• Prepare solution designs, process and service flow diagrams
• Review and document existing client architecture
• Present findings and solutions design to IT stakeholders
• Specify solution design and technology best practices and tooling
• Help establish architecture, design and technology principles and guidelines
• Participate in solution design and application development
• Ensure standards and architecture principles
• Recommend technology and solution architectures
• Work closely with both internal and client architects
• Work with clients to implement solution designs and architectures
• Decide on the platforms and coding standards for solutions
• Ensure that security is integral to all client solutions
• Provide technical support to sales team and programme/project managers
• Be up to date with emerging technology trends and ideas
• Embed a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the development teams, with client counterpart teams and across the Employer's network;
• Evaluate new technologies to be implemented by clients
• Create processes to improve internal and client business efficiency
• Lead development and maintaining of architecture documentation
• Other activities assigned by the Employer that shows the nature related to solution architecture.
• Providing support in sales process in technical presales and estimations
• Supporting learning and development activities for Development company’s resources
• Updating job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations and events.
• Enhancing the company’s reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Benefits

• Excellent Remuneration Package