Solution Architect

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Responsibilities

• ▹Design and ensure the coherence and security of IT solutions delivered in transformation projects
• ▹Act as subject-matter expert aligning business needs, functional and technical constraints, architecture standards and IT strategy
• ▹Design the functional and technical architecture of solutions
• ▹Define architecture building blocks, patterns and integration principles
• ▹Ensure compliance with architecture, security and infrastructure standards and with data and performance requirements
• ▹Formalize recommendations, support client decision-making and document architectural decisions
• ▹Prepare, structure and facilitate functional and technical workshops
• ▹Coordinate interactions between business, IT, security, infrastructure and project teams
• ▹Ensure global consistency of the architecture across all contributors
• ▹Participate in or lead application audits (obsolescence, security, reliability)
• ▹Integrate data classification and cybersecurity standards into architectural decisions
• ▹Produce architecture deliverables and keep risks, assumptions and decisions up to date
• ▹Contribute to architecture governance: committees, reviews, steering committees

Requirements

• ▹10 to 15 years of experience, especially in complex IT transformation projects
• ▹Strong background in end-to-end (functional and technical) architecture design
• ▹Regular practice writing architecture documentation and facilitating workshops
• ▹Collaboration with security, infrastructure, business, data and development teams
• ▹Participation in technical or performance audits
• ▹Application and technical architecture (multi-system, integration, patterns, APIs)
• ▹Cloud architecture (Azure, AWS, GCP): fundamentals and enterprise integration
• ▹Strong knowledge of IT/OT security standards, IAM, compliance and data classification
• ▹Understanding of data architecture practices (data flows, data modeling, data quality)
• ▹Architecture modelling (Archimate)
• ▹Agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe)
• ▹Architecture best practices (TOGAF)
• ▹EU citizenship
• ▹Located in Poland
• ▹Openness to occasional business trips abroad and visits to the Katowice office

Nice to have

• ▹Certifications: TOGAF, SAFe, Archimate, Cloud Architect (Azure/AWS/GCP), ITIL
• ▹French language skills (any level)

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Employment contract (UoP): Luxmed, Medicover Sport, Worksmile, educational and language learning platforms, referral bonus, copyrights, life insurance, company-paid certifications, conferences, Tech Lunches, communities, local kindergarten
• ▹B2B: Tech Lunches, Worksmile, communities (Project Management, Architecture, Security, Process Management, Leadership, AI and Cloud)
• ▹Free parking, fresh fruit, workation

About the company

Sopra Steria is one of Europe's largest tech players, known for consulting, digital services and software development, with more than 55,000 employees in nearly 30 countries. The Polish branch has operated in Katowice as a Global Delivery Center since 2007, with about 1,000 specialists.