Responsibilities

• Design and architect end-to-end solutions that meet client business requirements and align with best practices.
• Create and maintain detailed technical documentation and solution architecture diagrams.
• Participate in the full project lifecycle, from requirements gathering and design, to development, testing, and deployment.
• Provide technical guidance to development teams, ensuring adherence to design and architecture standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions on time and within budget.
• You translate functional and non-functional requirements into an efficient, reliable, scalable, and future proof solution architecture.
• Plan, execute, and manage the further development of existing applications in the business domain landscape in collaboration with business leaders and IT business partners.
• Plan, execute, and manage the implementation of new applications into existing systems and software throughout the business domain landscape in collaboration with business leaders and IT business partners.
• Ensure that the projects meet business requirements and goals, fulfill end-user requirements, and identify and resolve systems issues.
• Ensure that planning and practices are aligned with strategic business goals and the company’s overall strategic vision.
• Research and make recommendations on solutions and services in support of procurement and development efforts.
• Collaborate with analysts, designers, and system owners in the testing of newly integrated software programs and applications.
• Liaise with IT business partners, software developers and engineers to address issues in program logic and the interoperability of new applications with existing systems software.
• Build relationships with software development and engineering teams to gain an understanding of application architectures and required functionality.
• Build relationships with vendors of application software deployed in the organization’s IT environment to learn about and provide feedback on their technical integration capabilities.
• Experience
• You have a Bachelor or Master’s degree (preferably in IT or a related domain) or equivalent by experience
• Any Enterprise Architecture, agile and/or project management certification is a strong bonus
• You have experience as a solution architect or as an (ERP) implementation consultant
• Experience in an operational and/or maritime context would be a plus
• Strong knowledge of technologies and trends relevant to IT and Enterprise Architecture
• Experience with projects involving different technologies and application platforms in a large organization and demonstrated knowledge of the challenges faced by different teams in producing an integrated enterprise-wide solution.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including teamwork and facilitation and this at various levels; ability to navigate the enterprise and project “politics”; able to drive change in an organization; natural authority.