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

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

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