Solution Architect

The Solution Architect is responsible for delivering solution designs to projects. These solutions need to be fit-for-purpose within the portfolio, have technical integrity, the right TCO (total cost of ownership) through its life cycle and a good fit with the IT technology direction of Shell. The resultant High-Level Design have a measurable impact on the effectiveness and profitability of our client. RESPONSIBILITES INCLUDE Provide solution architecture development, consultancy, and assurance to projects, making sure applications are well-designed and conform to Shell standards and reference/segment architectures. The Solution Architect is accountable to the Project Manager for the architecture from design through to successful deployment of the solution. This includes: Being the point of call for all architecture aspects of an IT Project. b. Being able to address and integrate the Business Process, Data, Application, Technical and Information Security aspects of an IT Solution. c. Ensuring project solution architectures are documented using the standard templates and BizzDesign tooling and conform to standards. d. Coach detailed designers and business analysts in projects during their design work. e. Reviewing and accepting the detailed design of an IT solution. f. Support Segment Architects (Enterprise Architects responsible for a business portfolio or Segment) and deliver design reviews through the Architecture Review Board as required. Take an active role in documenting, improving & maintaining the Reference Models in BizzDesign. Lifting project deliverables to the Conceptual and Logical levels. Follow IT Technology developments in the market and leverage this knowledge in architecting solutions. Ensure solutions are ‘future-proof’ Stay in touch with development of standards and standard services in IT. Ensure the latest service developments are considered as part of solution design. Pro-actively contribute to the development of the Architecture community and be an ambassador for Architecture. Interact with stakeholders on architecture issues and strategic improvements where such expertise is required. SKILLS & REQUIRMENTS: We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect Architecture skills TOGAF (or similar framework) certification. Knowledge of Architectural Modelling (ArchiMate)- preferably BizzDesign tool. Being the point of call for all architecture aspects of an IT Project (in line with Project Delivery Framework). Being able to address the Business Process, Data, Application, Technical and Information Security aspects of an IT Solution and to document that in the Solution High Level Design document. Applies the IT Strategic Roadmap and related services and standards (e.g. use of RESTful API's). Understands enterprise architecture (known in Shell as segment architecture) and the link to portfolio management. Collaborates with other IT disciplines (e.g. Data Architects, IRM, IT Delivery and Support Teams) to acquire information driving design. Maintains an active view of the external market development and integrates these in the delivery of segment architectures. Influences the redesign of business processes and related business data by interfacing with Process Owners, Information & Data Definition Owners, and other relevant stakeholders. Understands how to use our standard architecture tools (BiZZDesign, Power Designer) to define new and / or interpret existing solution designs, business processes and data models. Technology skills A university degree, preferably in Information Technology, Information Management, Software Engineering, or related field. Experience working with Agile Delivery teams and a knowledge of DevOps constructs. Having technical / data / application / integration architecture experience with SAP ECC, SAP BW/BI, S4 HANA, Microsoft Azure and / or Amazon Web Services. Exposure to / experience with Azure Data Lakes, SAP Analytics, Cloud, CRM, Salesforce, and similar tools. Experience with building ‘hybrid’ landscapes where SaaS solutions need to integrate with on premise applications. Hands-on demonstrable experience in architecting migrations / re platforming of legacy applications into Azure/AWS platform. Hands-on Architecting experience in building Microservices, 12 Factor Apps, Cloud Native applications, data platforms. Desirable Skills: - intermediate to advanced exposure to below skills. Azure Active Directory, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Storage, Azure Functions, Azure Kubernetes Service, Cosmos DB, Azure Synapse. Integration: MuleSoft, Kafka, Aspera. Other Technologies/Platforms: - SAP HANA, Spark, Salesforce, API management, Multifactor authentication. Programming / Scripting Languages: C
, Java, Golang, JavaScript, PHP, Perl, Python, Pig/Hive, SQL, T-SQL, Scala, PowerShell. Operating System Platforms: Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, etc.), Windows. Preferred Business Domain Desirable to have good understanding of one or more of Commodity Trading, Oil, Gas, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Master Data Management, Commercial B2B Marketing, B2B Customer Operations, Logistics, Supply Chain Management. All Applicates must be eligible to work in the UK Wipro is ranked as a “Top Employer” as part of the Top Employer Institute annual listings. We were assessed on several key HR practices including Diversity and Inclusion. This is accompanied by exciting business growth in the last six-quarters coming into 2022. ETRM Energy Trading and Risk Management