Deputy Manager_SAP SRM

The IT Solution Design Specialist focuses upon the provision of solution design advice and administration regarding the design and implementation of a solution and the application architecture (e.g. for a particular platform/business capability/user journey) according to the overall vision and target architecture.  
The IT Solution Design Specialist has a good understanding of established concepts and procedures in solution design and conducts technical analysis enabling the translation of the technical vision into a holistic solution design of future capabilities and features, including external dependencies, cross-domain integrations (APIs), and technical enablers/stories.
Typically reports to the IT Solution Design Manager.

*     Demonstrates a good understanding of procedures and concepts through extensive experience and advises on the execution of designing end-to-end solutions and cross domain integration and APIs in support of the technology roadmap;
*     Supports the team to deliver activities related, but not limited to delivery of the target architecture vision and roadmap. Evaluating and prioritising roadmap items and translating them into designs, changes and non-functional requirements;
*     Uses communication skills to exchange ideas and information in a concise and logical way to support defining technical stories to enable business capabilities, fostering re-use of existing components and accepts technical features following demos;
*     Effectively interacts with colleagues, supporting with facilitating solution compliance to security, privacy, and regulatory needs, providing input and support to release planning and the adoption of new technologies into solutions;
*     Works effectively with colleagues through defining non-functional, operational, security and quality requirements for solutions;
*     Supports the team to maintain solid relations with engineering and delivery teams to ensure the development of technical stories are aligned to defined architecture principles and patterns;
*     Helps to ensure all relevant technical functions (e.g. architects, developers and operations) are involved during the definition and impact of the solution and facilitates interactions;
*     Performs other job-related duties or tasks defined by the supervisor or resulting from assigned agendas.
 

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