Solution Architect

As our Solution Architect, you will be entrusted with the following key responsibilities: - Business Case Development: Create comprehensive business cases that evaluate and justify the selection of SaaS solutions, conducting cost-benefit analyses and feasibility studies to support decision-making. - Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather and analyze functional and non-functional requirements, translating business needs into technical specifications and architectural designs. - RFP Evaluation: Review and assess RFP submissions to ensure alignment with business objectives and technical requirements while collaborating with stakeholders to define evaluation criteria. - Non-Functional Requirements (NFR): Identify and document NFRs like performance, scalability, and usability, ensuring that the selected solution accommodates these requirements effectively. - Architectural Design: Develop high-level architecture designs and detailed technical specifications, ensuring that the architecture is scalable, secure, and maintainable. - Security and IT Controls: Implement security best practices and compliance measures within the architecture, collaborating with security teams for risk assessments. - Architecture Artefacts: Create and maintain architectural artefacts such as diagrams and documentation to reflect the current state of the architecture. - Multi-Domain Architecture: Design solutions that operate across multiple domains, ensuring seamless integration and data flow while addressing domain-specific requirements in the architecture. - Identity Provider (IdP) SSO Integration: Lead the integration of IdP SSO solutions for secure and efficient user authentication, ensuring architecture support for various authentication protocols. - Understanding Business Functional Requirements: Engage with stakeholders to gather functional requirements, using this understanding to influence option selection and align architectural decisions with business needs. - Technical Leadership: Lead the technical aspects of SaaS deployment, guiding development teams to ensure adherence to architectural standards. - Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with product managers and developers, effectively communicating complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. - Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, ensuring accessibility and currency for future reference. - Quality Assurance: Establish quality assurance processes to ensure solutions meet defined standards, conducting code reviews and providing feedback to development teams. - Performance Monitoring: Monitor the performance of implemented solutions, identifying areas for improvement and proposing optimizations based on performance metrics.