Software Architect

The consultant/s shall be requested to perform various tasks related to the projects, products, applications and services managed by the ICT unit. The tasks will include:

Design, integration and implementation experience in one or more of the following domains:

• Workflow and Case Management;
• Portal and web content management;
• Document management;
• Master data management;
• Identity Access Management;
• Data Warehouse, ETL and BI architecture;
• Java and other programming languages.

• Ability to use the software architecture tools and methodologies as specified in the service request, especially on large and complex projects;

• Extensive working experience in delivering solutions following:

• Object oriented analysis and design methodologies;
• Service Oriented Architecture principles;
• Data Warehouse Architecture principles and patterns ;
• Iterative and Agile (i.e. Kanban, Scrum, other lean techniques) development methodologies.

Qualifications

• Min . 12 years in IT (12 years of higher studies + professional IT experience./ Min. 8 years professional IT experience in System architecture and functional design;
• Review business requirements, identifying high risk and/or costly requirements;
• Ensure functional and non-functional requirements such as security and performance are met by the system’s architecture and liaise with the stakeholders where necessary;
• Analyse candidate architectures in order to design and conduct proof of concepts and prototypes, validating that the proposed solution architecture meets the functional and non-functional requirements using existing components of the Agency’s reference architecture or, if necessary, introducing new ones;
• Co-operate with data architects on the feasibility of logical and physical data models;
• Design, communicate and document solution architecture, including as-is/to-be system designs, development and deployment views, satisfying functional and non-functional requirements and complying with EMA’s Enterprise Architecture standards;
• Lead the decision making process for the necessary solution architecture decisions and ensure they are justified and documented;
• Co-operate with project manager and define and estimate work packages and allocate resources according to their skills for project work;
• Present solution architecture to Enterprise Architecture Board and address resulting actions;
• Actively participate in software implementation phase according to defined requirements, including user interface design and application security aspects, in compliance with agreed project planning;
• Ensure the delivery of good quality software product by:
  • Confirming the implementation of unit and integration testing of the system’s key functional requirement by the development team;
  • Leading architecture and code reviews and addressing outcomes of the reviews;
  • Clearly articulating tactical decisions taken during the course of the project, enabling a development team to address them.
• Capacity to assist with the evaluation and testing of products delivered by external system suppliers to ensure that they conform to requirements and technical standards.
• Communication abilities:
  • Able to liaise with different stakeholders (e.g. business users, management and development teams) to understand requirements and communicate key technical issues appropriate for the audience.
  • Liaise with release managers, operations and support teams, providing the necessary documentation support and training to transition the system to production
• Supervisory experience:

 Able to define tasks and assign them to developers according to the nature of the task and the developer’s skills.

• Leadership capabilities:
  • Demonstrable leadership capabilities are mandatory;
  • Experience in coaching developers in new technologies;
  • Experience in managing interactions between the development team and other stakeholders (system administrators / technical operators, testers, support teams, analysts, management, business, etc.).     

 

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