About us:

Amach is an industry-leading technology driven company with headquarters located in Dublin and remote teams in UK and Europe.

Our blended teams of local and nearshore talent are optimised to deliver high quality and collaborative solutions.

Established in 2013, we specialise in cloud migration and development, digital transformation including agile software development, DevOps, automation, data and machine learning…

Reporting to the Enterprise Architecture team, you will participate in the delivery of key projects within the technology programme plan. You will collaborate with business SMEs, business analysts and technical teams to conceptualise new solutions, recommend technical resources and strategies and then design the solution for the project. Together with the architecture team you will help develop technology strategies, roadmaps, standards and guidelines.

We are looking for someone with the experience to contribute to major projects including Enterprise Services, updated e-retail platforms, API architecture, domain rationalisation and other key strategic development projects. Experience with architecture in an agile environment or transitioning from project-based development to product centric development would be advantageous.

Required skills:

• 5+ years of work experience
• Experience in a solution architect role working closely with Business Analysts, Product Owners and Developers
• Experience with large scale software development project
• Strong Design knowledge, including API design principles, SOA and similar design techniques
  
  

Key responsibilities & duties include:

• Translate business needs into elegant designs with clear and definable technology requirements using the most appropriate technology
• Support technical and software architects, developers and other departments in cross-functional product teams
• Communicate your vision and designs to all stakeholders and achieve consensus on direction
• Collaborate cross-functionally as well as with external partners to ensure the delivery of best-practice solutions
• Analyse problems and structure solutions for complex technology implementations
• Work across a wide range of solutions including off the shelf applications, existing systems, integration platforms, data management and reporting, web & mobile technologies and others
• Contribute to IT strategy, architecture management, governance, standards, technology evaluations and be instrumental in guiding our technology goals
  
  

Desirable skills:

• 10+ years of work experience in multiple technology disciplines; required.
• Experience in a solution architect role working closely with Business Analysts, Product Owners and Developers
• Previous experience with large scale software development project
• Strong Design knowledge, including API design principles, SOA and similar design techniques
• Previous experience or knowledge of AWS technologies
• Experience of Microservices architecture is an advantage
• Strong interpersonal, communications skills and ability to present technical ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language
• Ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Evaluative and problem-solving abilities
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Experience working within Architectural frameworks and standards such as TOGAF, IASA, Archimate or hold equivalent certification
• Experience with applying architecture in an agile environment. e.g. SAFe
• Knowledge of high volume e-Commerce/retail and Services architectures
  
  

What's in it for you:

• An opportunity to join a fast-growing company
• Options for career advancement
• Learning and development opportunities
• Flexible working environment
• Competitive rates based on experience
  
  

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At Amach, we strive to be an inclusive community of open-minded individuals with different backgrounds and we are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We strongly believe that a diversity of experience and background is essential to create a fulfilling environment and better solutions for our people and our customers. All Amach employees and contractors are expected to honour this policy and act to ensure that every individual is respected in the workplace.