Oracle Product Architect

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Internal Tech teams manage and support our internal IT infrastructure, systems, and tools, ensuring operational efficiency, security, and continuous improvement, enabling employees to work effectively and securely with up-to-date technology resources. They bridge the gap between the company's overall IT strategy and the execution of that strategy to ensure the company selects and executes the right projects and programs.

The Oracle Product Architect provides strategic analysis, design and implementation guidance of solution design /architecture services on the development, integration, interfacing and synchronization of a variety of Oracle Cloud Applications (Fusion ERP, EPM, HCM) and Oracle Infrastructure Cloud components on both existing business needs and integration/implementation needs.

The position will work closely with other technology departments and business stakeholders and has an emphasis on shaping the development of architectural solutions. The role is responsible for the assessment and selection of the most suitable solution that addresses a specific business need following Business Systems strategy as defined by the Head of Business Systems.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas. Ensures that appropriate tools and methods are available, understood and employed in architecture development.

• Within a business change programme, leads the preparation of technical plans and in liaison with business assurance and project staff, ensures that appropriate technical resources are made available.
• Develops product short-lists and evaluation criteria then uses them in product selection, in accordance with policy and strategy for the selection of solution architecture components. Translates component specifications into detailed designs for implementation using selected products.
• Provides advice on solution architecture, including solution development methods and tools, security requirements, the operational and maintenance aspects of solutions under development, and non-functional aspects of solution design. Assists in the development of service level agreements and any associated service guarantees. Ensures that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices (including security) are applied correctly.
• Advises on appropriate technical assurance criteria, and the conduct of quality reviews of technical products. Ensures change control is applied to specifications and designs. Ensures the adequacy and effective use of quality control procedures in relation to solution architecture components.
• Monitors technical progress, informing project management of major technical issues and making recommendations on their resolution. Advises on the impact of technical exceptions (including requests for changes, deviations from specifications, etc), and ensures that there is proper technical assessment of all exceptions. Informs project management of major technical issues and makes recommendations on their resolution.
• Contributes to formal reviews and evaluations when projects and programmes end. Documents and socialises the lessons learned from the architecture development.
• Takes responsibility for work to investigate business problems and opportunities, and specify required changes to business processes, people skills, information, technology and organisation structures and roles. Selects, applies and monitors the use of modelling and analysis techniques, methods and standards in an informed and proficient way.
• Works effectively with senior business and IT stakeholders, conducting investigations at a strategic level and assuring the feasibility of proposed solutions. Ensures that a holistic view is taken of the business situations investigated, and that stakeholder perspectives are identified and analysed with a view to achieving consensus. Ensures that business objectives and requirements are understood and provide a context with which recommended solutions are aligned. Advises senior stakeholders on business change priorities within the context of the organisational strategy and objectives.
• Utilises business knowledge and experience to assess and advise on the feasibility and relevance of proposed options for business and technical change.
• Takes responsibility for the detailed specification and modelling of holistic solutions using standards, methods and techniques as required. Maintains links with colleagues within related disciplines such as business operations, software engineering and service delivery functions. Supports the deployment of business and technical changes.
• Plans, arranges and facilitates meetings and workshops with stakeholders throughout the business change and software development lifecycles. Takes responsibility for the management of stakeholder relationships across different levels of seniority.
• Support business case development through the identification and definition of business and technical options that will address the business objectives and requirements, and the analysis of the costs, benefits, risks and impacts for each option.
• Assists business stakeholders in defining acceptance tests for new business processes and IT systems, and takes responsibility for the effective execution of the acceptance tests.
• Leads integration work in line with the agreed system and service design.
• Designs and builds integration components and interfaces.
• Monitors and reports on the results of each integration and build.
• Designs and performs tests, and designs test environments. Records and reports results of tests.
• Identifies, evaluates and manages the adoption of appropriate tools, technique and processes (including automation and continuous integration) to create a robust integration framework. Contributes to the development of systems integration policies, standards and tools.
• Contributes to the overall design of the service and the definition of criteria for product and component selection.

• Is familiar with the systems development life-cycle and typical problems associated with the implementation and operations of information systems, from initial concept through development and implementation to operation and support. Has detailed practical knowledge of the organisation's IT infrastructure and software development and maintenance methods, tools and techniques. Is conversant with the organisation's IT strategy, policies and standards, and any industry regulations/constraints. Has a good appreciation of risk management, change management, configuration management, reliability and safety methods and the use of metrics.
• Has excellent interpersonal skills and is fully experienced at dealing with stakeholders. Understands the rationale for business analysis and is proficient in applying business analysis skills and techniques within the business change and software development life-cycles. Possesses a good understanding of business and business skills, and understands the significance of commercial constraints. Is able to apply business and technical expertise to assignments in other specialist areas and business domains.
• Demonstrates a rational and organised approach to the tasks undertaken and an awareness of the need to achieve quality. Has good knowledge of the system components and interfaces being integrated. Has thorough knowledge of testing procedures. Has good knowledge of configuration issues. Has good appreciation of project management techniques.

Discover some of the global benefits that empower our people to become the best version of themselves:

• Finance: Competitive salary package, share plan, company performance bonuses, value-based recognition awards, referral bonus;   
• Career Development: Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;
• Learning Opportunities: Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions, pass-it-on sessions, workshops, conferences;
• Work-Life Balance: Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;
• Health: Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps;
• Community: Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, events and celebrations.