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Solution Architect / Cloud / Java / Liniux 

Overview

• Analyze and design technical solutions that are compliant with requirements and performance targets.
• Support to other Professionals in understanding and interpreting scope and designs.
• Complete work to high standards of quality and performance.
• Deliver work items within agreed timescales.
• Complete work in line with corporate IT strategy and subject to peer and management review.
• Contribute to a high performing and dynamic team delivering effective, reliable IT solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Is responsible for and owns the overall system design including interfaces with other systems.
• Take the lead in presales activities and JAD sessions to understand the overall scope, and produce initial designs, reports and estimates to outline the approach and proposed solution.
• Build strong relationships with business partners to ensure technology alignment with business priorities.
• Clarify business requirements quickly and accurately and develop solutions to meet those requirements.
• Maintain familiarity with key regulatory/compliance issues and ensure system solutions meet all regulatory requirements.
• Shares knowledge and experience with other Professionals in the company.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and key Developers to ensure the design is compliant with requirements and performance targets.
• Assist developers and testers in interpreting scope and designs.
• Assist with problem analysis and resolution.
• Assessing the feasibility and impact of change requests.
• Identify application components and their contents and ensure separate component developments will function together.
• Ownership and contribute to design of standards and QA reviews.
• Identifying appropriate software, methods and technologies to deliver solutions.
• Keeps abreast of developments in IT generally, at the client site and at Sapiens R&D specifically, taking into account any constraints that these will impose on the design/architecture.
• Ability to perform risk analysis and escalate issues to management where appropriate.
• Identifying requests outside of the agreed scope.

Key Skills & Requirements

• Leadership and influencing capabilities.
• Ability to work in a collaborative and energetic environment with other technology and business disciplines.
• Proficient knowledge of diverse technologies including Linux, Unix, Oracle, COBOL, Java, Web Services (SOAP/REST), XML, SOA and ESB middleware.

• Experience in Cloud-based solutions and infrastructure would be advantageous.
• Any experience in Sapiens eMerge development and presentation toolset will be advantageous, but training will be provided if the successful candidate does not have this.

• Experience working in the Life & Pensions insurance industry.
• Willing and able to learn new technologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Competent in software and project estimating and estimation techniques.
• Experience in Agile Development is desirable.
• Experience in UML (Unified Modelling Language) is desirable.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a group and alone with good attention to detail and time conscious.

Educational and Experience Requirements

• 5 or more years relevant experience
• Experienced or familiar with The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) principles is desirable
• It is likely that the individual will be a certified software engineer in at least one of the technologies listed. Alternatively, the individual’s experience should clearly demonstrate experience and a good technical standard