Principle Responsibilities

· Works with the business on future product direction and technology capability through relevant engagement processes

· Understanding on Sales/CRM processes for B2C and B2B both

. O2A experience in the solution designer

· Responsible for the sign off of requirements with the Business Analyst

· Carries out requirements management and scope assessments based on technical and budget constraints (will work closely with the Engagement leads)

· Inputs into architectural discussions and the resulting Architectural artefacts for a given solution

· Input into the estimation process during the Concept and Feasibility stages of projects

· Identifying the scope and scale of the change needed to satisfy the project requirements

· Produces and owns the E2E Solution Design Document which will be the reference for the technical implementation

· Ensure any detailed platform solution designs are produced and aligned with the E2E Solution Design Document

· Responsible for alignment of Technical Solution with project requirements including definition of project phasing and work package breakdown

· Responsible for briefing the solution design to the development leads and relevant architecture and design forums

· Gathers input from Business Analysts and other relevant parties (eg. User Experience) to coordinate and produce Functional Specification document as a follow-on from the Solution Design to a level of detail required for implementation

· Supervise and review the deliverables produced by the development teams for their projects

· Verify the technical specification produced by the development teams against the solution design

· Owns the project list of technical issues or queries and works closely with the delivery team to agree and communicate resolution

· Provides input to the delivery team on the scope of the solution to help with the construction of the delivery plan

· Gain mutual agreement on the design with the Development Leads and delivery managers

· Work with Service Transition on the deployment plans and the non-functional requirements for the solution

· Incorporates 3rd party deliverables into overall solution

· Accountable for ensuring that the E2E Solution Design remains up to date throughout the lifecycle of the project; that it represents the solution which is deployed; and that the final solution is communicated back to Architecture to baseline production environments/infrastructure and to any other interested parties

· Adhere to guidelines established by (Enterprise) Architecture, Operations, and Information Security for all solutions

Required Experience

· Good knowledge of software principles and design experience with relevant platform

· Hands-on experience working in Dital Transformation.

· Good knowledge of working with Jira, Confluence and other Design tools like draw.io, visio etc.

· Thorough understanding of Open Digital Architecture, TMF Frameworks, Open APIs etc.

· Experience of UML design principles

· Proven experience of working with technical teams. At all levels, from design through to development and implementation

· Able to coordinate design decisions for systems to be delivered by multiple suppliers, both internal and external

· Ability to lead design discussions with third party vendors

· Understanding of development methodology and software development

· IT related degree or similar, preferred

· Other IT industry qualifications and evidence of vocational training/experience

· Experience of designing solutions in a multi-tiered IT infrastructure.

· Strong communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences

· The ability to make decisions on major technical and delivery issues

· Excellent communications skills both verbal and written

· Demonstrates a high level of interpersonal skills, and is comfortable at all levels of contact and in a wide variety of situations

· A broad understanding across the whole of the software life cycle with a record of having applied the knowledge successfully in a variety of situations