Architect

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Who We Are

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms and automation.  For more information, please visit solera.com.

The Role
We are looking for a Technical Architect to join our Global Technology team guiding Solera’s key products for our international market. The Architect will support global IT teams in designing and implementing technical solutions, ensuring adherence to Solera’s Best Practices. They should have no problem rolling up their sleeves to aid the teams to deliver, meeting with clients help gather requirements or diving deep into new technologies.

What You’ll Do

• Work as part of the global Enterprise Architecture team, alongside data, application, and solution architects
• Understand company needs to define system specifications in accordance with company security policies, architecture standards, and architecture principles and best practices
• Plan and design the structure of a technology solution, with a focus on security by design, capacity planning, and resiliency
• Working out which IT products to use based on cost benefit analysis and research
• Communicate system requirements and solutions to technical implementation teams
• Ensure the implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructure, and they meet both user and business needs
• Provide guidance and training to technical teams, transferring skills and knowledge to team members
• Evaluate and select appropriate software or hardware and suggest integration methods
• Promote the adoption of standard enterprise architecture and technology stacks across the organization, eliminating technology risks and unsupported technologies
• Research, prototype and evangelize new technologies and solutions and communicate them verbally and via written document
• Participate in the definition of the enterprise architecture strategy and the technology roadmap

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience as a Technical Architect and or Expert in on or more technical fields
• Understanding of strategic IT solutions in a large enterprise
• Experience with various operating systems (e.g. Windows, Linux) and databases (e.g. SQL, Oracle)
• Experience with virtualization and cloud technologies (e.g. VMware Azure AWS GCP)
• Experience with Storage and Backup technologies (e.g. FC Block, NAS, Object)
• Experience of network design, protocols, and concepts (e.g. Cisco ACI, TCP IP, DNS)
• Experience of IT tooling and management systems (e.g. monitoring, IDAM, Security tools)
• Professional proficiency in English
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to as part of a geo diverse organization
• BSc BA in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• Demonstrated ability to:
  • Clearly communicate technical designs and objectives to large groups of people in person and via tele presence
  • Perform stakeholder management and present solutions to Senior leadership as required
  • See how parts interact with the whole (Systems thinking big picture thinking)
  • Lead others and work effectively as part of a team
  • Use Interpersonal and leadership skills (servant leadership, collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation skills)
  • Investigate technology innovations and research independently

It is impossible to list every requirement for, or responsibility of, any position.  Similarly, we cannot identify all the skills a position may require since job responsibilities and the Company’s needs may change over time.  Therefore, the above job description is not comprehensive or exhaustive.   The Company reserves the right to adjust, add to or eliminate any aspect of the above description.  The Company also retains the right to require all employees to undertake additional or different job responsibilities when necessary to meet business needs.