Technical Solutions Architect – Digital Transformation - €750 per day
About the role
A key Irish Government Regulatory Organisation is looking for a Technical Solutions Architect to join their team and play a key role in the delivery of a Digital Transformation program they currently have underway.
The ideal candidate will have strong track record of Solutions design/delivery and a deep technical knowledge of Microsoft Technology Stack, in particular dynamics 365. They will also have excellent client negotiating/consulting skills along with some experience of working on an enterprise level architectural solution for a government/public sector organisation.
This is a hybrid role, with the Solutions Architect required onsite approximately 2 days per week which may occasionally increase at key project junctures. While the role is initially offered on a 6–12-month basis, there is a strong probability that it will be extended well beyond this timeframe.
Responsibilities of Role
1. Technical Leadership & Oversight
2. Advise on solution architecture, systems integration, and implementation.
3. Validate and support supplier's architecture and design.
4. Ensure solutions meet security, scalability, and performance standards.
5. Provide architectural direction across Security, Application, Infrastructure, and DevOps.
6. Governance & Compliance
7. Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, IT strategies, and best practices.
8. Guarantee compliance with security, data protection, and GDPR standards.
9. Oversee delivery of comprehensive technical documentation.
10. Stakeholder Engagement
11. Collaborate with internal teams, suppliers, and third-party vendors.
12. Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders.
13. Facilitate cross-business reuse of components and integrated architectures.
14. Project Delivery
15. Support project planning (activities, resources, timelines, costs).
16. Ensure readiness for post go-live operational management.
17. Maintain awareness of new technologies and guide adoption.
18. Quality Assurance
19. Review solution design for manageability, maintainability, robustness, and integration.
20. Ensure solutions meet both functional and non-functional requirements.
21. Technology Expertise
22. Apply knowledge across domains: Applications, Infrastructure, Integration, Security, and Data.
23. Demonstrate strong knowledge of platforms like Microsoft Dynamics 365, Azure, Dataverse and the wider Microsoft Technology stack.
Experience & Technical Requirements
* Third level degree or postgraduate qualification in IT, Computer Science or other are relevant to the role
* Microsoft Professional Certification
* 7+ Years experience in Architectural design
* Strong track record of working with the Microsoft Technology Stack which should include Microsoft Dynamics years), Power Apps, Pages, Portal or similar technologies (2+ years), Azure DevOps (2+ years), Data lake, Dataverse (2+ years). Experience with MS fabric, or a track record showing a capacity for working with similar technologies would also be most welcome.
* Experience of working as a technical architect on large system implementation projects.
* Experience of data migration projects in a large enterprise environment
* While not essential, experience of working on large scale solutions projects for Irish or other European government organisations would be advantageous.
IMPORTANT
All applicants must have UK right to work status as our client cannot provide any kind of Visa or Work Permit sponsorship at present.
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