Solution Architect - Office 365, Azure - 9 Months - Gelderland

Global Enterprise Partners is looking for a Solution Architect for a big international project in Arnhem, Gelderland.

Key competencies:

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strong analytical skills both technical domains (Office 365 and Azure) to identify opportunities and solutions
- Recognized by others as authority in the these technical domains
- Ability to see the whole picture ( helicopter view ) as well as being able to focus in to the detail
- Dedicated to reach and maintain high quality standards
- Ability to influence internal and external parties
- Ability to delegate work to other Solution Architects or coach other Solution Architects working on similar projects (with less knowledge/experience of the O365 SharePoint and Azure platforms)
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- A hands-on mentality

Azure (and other) technology in use/being used in development:

- Web Application (Azure App Service)
- ASP.NET MVC 5.0 on .NET Framework 4.6.2
- Bootstrap UI Framework version 3.3.7
- Azure Application Insights Service (Analytical insights of the application usage and performance)
- Azure Blob Storage Service (Application data storage log files, backups, etc.)
- Azure Redis Cache Service (Caching of users sessions and application data)
- Azure LogicApps Service
- Storage
- SharePoint Online Lists & Libraries (Small amount of information storage needs)
- Azure SQL Server Service (Big rational model data usage & growth needs)
- Security
- Azure Active Directory (Users, Groups and Applications management)
- Azure KeyVault Service (Manage application secrets keys, passwords)
- InfoPath & Nintex Online
- Visual Studio Team Services

Experience:

- SharePoint 2007-2010, Office 365 SharePoint and Azure application development (see below, Azure Technology)
- Solid technical solution architecture experience with modelling and/or infrastructure/application architecture design frameworks (for example: TOGAF), tools, technologies, methodologies
- Knowledge and practical skills in best practice solutions in the shared solutions space
- Experience with consulting or business roles, experience with dealing with stakeholders (project manager, solution architects, 3rd party development team, business customers) in a proactive and decisive manner

Key responsibilities are:

- Translate requirements into technical solutions and architecture within agreed EA roadmaps
- Ensure solutions compatible with (technical) architecture to ensure compliance with strategy, policy, guidelines, budget, and operational supportability and establish impact assessment
- Design, test and document moderately/complex fit for purpose solutions using a structured approach (PoC) and approved template models. Review documentation and share feedback to 3rd party development teams.
- Ensure quality and consistency with technical design for deployments
- Drive implementation of technical solutions in adherence with the technical solution design
- Perform complex analysis (eg scenario analysis), on own and other impacted domains and advise on business impact, (process) optimization, implementation planning and approach, cost and effort
- Actively use and promote best practice solutions
- Manage a variety of stakeholder groups
- Sparring partner for senior management who will and can challenge senior management regarding primary processes and projects and strategic IM issues

For more information about this feature, please contact Fleur Werkhoven by calling or respond via the link or send your up to date CV.

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