General information   

Location: Ireland / Dublin

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship: YES

Business Area: Technology Strategy & Transformation

Contract Type: Full-Time - Permanent

The Team and the opportunity

Our Technology Strategy & Transformation team specialises in supporting our clients on business and digital enablement through technology strategy, architecture and advisory services. Technology Strategy & Transformation operates within a global and EMEIA network across EY and provides C-Suites with insight and services to support the derivation of business value from technology investments. Our services cover the entire spectrum from strategy development to architecture and solution design through to execution.

Our clients are facing a future of massive disruption driven by rapid market shifts, regulatory change, customer expectations, new competition and technology innovation. We're building a vision for how technology can accelerate growth. By bringing our brand, content, and technology together, EY can become our clients’ reliable and chosen transformation partner. Our approach and solutions combine the breadth and scale of EY’s leading advisory and technology practices, capabilities and insight to drive real transformation, real change, real outcomes and we are expanding its Technology Consulting team to help these companies navigate this disruption and take advantage of new opportunities.

As a Solution Architect you will be helping our clients to solve their business problems and to take advantage of opportunities in an ever-changing marketplace. You will be working with clients to understand their business strategy and technology strategy, build enabling target operating model, technology initiatives and roadmaps that enables transitioning from their current state to the desired target state in a cost-efficient approach. You will be using your information technology knowledge and experience to design and implement complex software solutions that meet the needs of the business.

We are seeking an energetic Solution Architect resource to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a fundamental understanding of Business and Technology applications; and will play a critical role in guiding development teams, ensuring best practices are followed, and delivering high-quality solutions that are scalable, secure, and maintainable.

Your key responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to programme sponsors and technology leadership.
• Provide architecture leadership across enterprise applications platforms like ERP, CRM, ITSM, integration (Oracle, MS Dynamics, Infor, Kraken, Salesforce etc) and /or related platforms.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to understand business, functional and non-functional requirements, translating them into technical specifications ensuring architecture decisions align with enterprise strategy, digital roadmap, and operating model.
• Guide platform selection, implementation strategy, migration approaches and integration models.
• Ensure configuration and customisation decisions minimise technical debt and preserve upgradeability.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles, business capability models, and technology standards.
• Define logical, application, integration, data, and deployment architectures.
• Produce high-quality architecture artefacts including solution blueprints, integration diagrams, deployment views, and architecture decision records.
• Build strong internal relationships within EY Technology Consulting and across the other service lines we work with and support. Support the growth of the practice through development of relevant industry and technology Thought Leadership material.
• Ensure and adhere compliance to EY quality and risk management processes across projects and other interactions.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have

• An undergraduate or graduate degree.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience with 3+ years as a solution architect, platform architect or in a similar role. 
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels. 
• Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication with team members and leadership on progress. 

Ideally, you will also have

• Solution Architecture Experience in one or more of below:
  • Business applications like ERP, CRM, ITSM, Billing, Clinical/Health Administration Systems (Oracle, MS Dynamics, Salesforce, Kraken, Infor, Deltek, Workday etc).
  • Data and API integration technologies inclusive of designing and implementing integrations in complex environments, architecture patterns (Microservices, SOA etc) and design principles.
• Experience in creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation of architectural designs, technical specifications, and implementation guidelines. 
• Good understanding of Information Security Governance, principles and technical techniques to protect information systems. 
• Good understanding of Cloud concepts and cloud-based technology e.g Azure, AWS.
• Relevant certifications across different platforms such as AWS, TOGAF, Azure or related PM certifications – Agile, Scrum, ITIL certification. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate complex technology challenges and develop innovative solutions. 
• Ability to use effective written and verbal business communication skills when interacting with clients and team members.