Senior Solutions Architect

3 weeks ago

Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland FBD Consulting, LLC Full time

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Job Description

The Senior Solutions Architect, reporting to the Head of IT Architecture, is responsible for creating and maintaining the architecture of FBD and supporting architecture processes for governance, risk and compliance.

Company Description

FBD Holdings PLC

Job Description

The Senior Solutions Architect, reporting to the Head of IT Architecture, is responsible for creating and maintaining the architecture of FBD and supporting architecture processes for governance, risk and compliance.

This role will be focused on delivering secure & resilient, DORA compliant solutions in a hybrid environment utilizing primarily on-premise infrastructure (Nutanix, HPE Greenlake) alongside public cloud (Azure, M365) services.

The Senior Solutions Architect will also have responsibility for managing the architecture Governance, Risk and Compliance requirements which apply to an architecture function in a regulated entity.

This includes management of the FBD Design Authority, compliance reporting and completion of quarterly risk controls self-assessment and metrics.

Job Responsibilities

Actively supporting the development & enhancement of FBD IT Strategy, designing target states for technology architecture & operating model as needed.
Facilitating the evaluation and selection of software/hardware product standards and services, as well as the design of standard and custom software configurations.
Define and drive best-practices in a hybrid infrastructure environment, adopting industry best practices and providing architectural support to project teams during implementation phase.
Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and driving these through to delivery.
Promote collaboration and engagement across the team by facilitating knowledge transfer and ensuring improvement initiatives are documented and actioned.
Creating deliverables including architecture diagrams and descriptions, solution blueprints and high and low-level solution designs for secure, scalable and reliable solution architectures and presenting solution designs to FBDs Design Authority.
Understanding end-to-end business and technical requirements and determining corresponding enterprise system designs and change requirements.
Work in a highly collaborative way with cross-functional teams on projects, providing support to project teams to ensure the project is aligned with the overall target enterprise architecture and target integration architecture.
Managing the delivery of architecture governance, risk and compliance (GRC) requirements including:
- management of the FBD Design Authority,
- delivery of compliance reporting,
- delivery of risk control self-assessments & risk metrics,
- supporting risk IT management through risk identification & assessment,
- managing architecture governance artifacts including standards, principles & guidelines,
- driving improvements to existing architecture GRC processes,
- supporting regulatory and internal audits of IT practices & processes.
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or relevant experience.
- Relevant architecture certification e.g. TOGAF certification, IASA Core Certification or equivalent).
- Relevant technical certifications e.g. Nutanix, HPE, Azure).
Experiences
- 7 years+ experience in operational topics with 3+ years as an architect/technical lead.
- Hands-on experience of designing solutions for a hybrid environment, particularly with on-premise private cloud solutions such as Nutanix, HPE Greenlake.
- Experience working with M365 or public cloud, particularly Microsoft Azure, including PaaS, SaaS, IaaS technologies strongly preferred.
- Strong experience of architecture governance, compliance and risk management processes.
- Strong knowledge of architectural patterns, IT standards and IT controls (including IT risk management).
- Experience in the use of one or more architecture tools using Archimate.
- Experience in dealing with both internal & external stakeholders, technical & non-technical.
- Experience of working in the insurance industry or other regulated industry would be an advantage.
Competencies
- Delivery focused with a strong aptitude for team motivation.
- Highly organized and structured approach to working.
- A thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle.
- Excellent communication skills, both written & verbal.
- Ability to interact effectively with bothtechnical and business personnel.
- Proactive, willing to take the initiative and associated responsibility.
This role is being offered as a permanent role and it is hybrid role (requirement to work from the office on a Monday and Tuesday).This is Manager Specialist role.

FBDis an inclusive Equal Opportunity employer that considers applicantsirrespective of their age, gender, ethnicity, culture, religion, language, sexual orientation, ability, disability and social circumstances.

Skills

Azure PaaS SaaS IaaS Nutanix HPE

Benefits

Bonus Canteen Lunch Vouchers Parking Pension Staff discountSeniority level
- Seniority levelMid-Senior level
Employment type
- Employment typeFull-time
Job function
- Job functionEngineering and Information Technology
- IndustriesIT System Design Services

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