IT Architect - Sweden - Long Term Contract

The IS/IT Architect should focus on the decisions behind why certain models and artefacts are produced and why a particular solution is selected for a specific need, more than the actual models and artefacts produced. To prepare these decisions, the Architect needs to balance Process & IT strategies, policies, time-to-market, operating cost, market/technology trends, opportunities for further development, competitor solution of choice and more. The Architect should also contribute to a learning organisation by coaching, giving trainings and learning from experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage the technical quality aspects of an IT solution


• Deliver an architecture in accordance to the EA framework that:


• follow target architecture


• meet architectural principles


• comply with strategies and policies


• support process & solution roadmaps


• Create architectural description including reasons for architectural decisions and considerations


• Ensure that the designed solution supports business policies, strategy and stakeholders' concerns


• Suggest alternative solutions and point out deficiencies related to quality requirements


• Secure the right technical competence for the resources


• Contribute to the initial assessment of the feasibility of business requirements


• Identify influencing factors for the solution (eg communication mechanisms, process life cycles, concurrency requirements, security)


• Explain and communicate architectural decisions to stakeholders


• Ensure a solid architecture even in heterogeneous IT Solution


• Participate in reviews of architecture concepts and solutions, for example on behalf of the project office


• Take the role as Lead Architect of projects


• Design and maintain architecture views, models and target architectures.


• Secure horizontal and vertical consistency across the layers of the enterprise architecture pyramid from a Volvo group perspective


• Support reduction of complexity in business processes, information, applications, integration and infrastructure


• Be a part of critical and/or strategic projects as well as prioritized projects and be prepared to be considered for these projects


• Lead competence networks and communities both locally and globally


• Contribute in the IT methodology area and sharing knowledge through presentations on conferences, seminars, networks, etc.


• Take the role as EA Certifier of projects


• Have strong leadership qualities, including open and frequent communications at all levels of the organization


• Collaborate effectively with other Architects to solve cross solutions problem spanning their respective areas and resolve technological disagreement with informed, rational solutions


• Provide Subject Matter Expertise on request


• Lead and foster the development of high performing technical teams


• Key contributor on products, services and/or infrastructure strategies that require complex or advanced conceptualization


• Make strategic technology choices, directly supervising the quality of designs and implementation inside and between components


• Work with improvements, by participation in the development, of the architectural principles, processes and standards


• Influence, identify and support recruitment of technical leaders into the organization to ensure the appropriate levels of quality on architecture(s)


• Perform validation and approval of Architecture artefacts


• Resolve cross-processes and cross-portfolio architectural concerns


• Secure and support the overall architectural quality


• Participate in the assessment board for Architects


• Up to date with the current IT market and business trends across platforms and/or processes


• Break down the strategic objectives to requirements on the solution portfolio and target architecture


• Good platform independence (Broad technical skills needed)


• Act as an Architect's leader


• Take the role as EA Reviewer of projects


• Lead and plan architectural changes and transformation roadmaps


• Provide strategic & architectural direction to solve customer's business problems