SOLUTION ARCHITECT REQUIRED IN WELWYN GARDEN City

DURATION 6 months

DAY RATE - COMPETITIVE VIA UMBRELLA

My client is a blue chip FMCG and retail brand that serve millions of customers every week from all over the globe. With over 6,000 stores internationally my client is a well-known household name.

Our vision here is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home, in store, on the move anywhere in their world. With our unrivalled physical and digital assets and an ambitious investment programme, we aim to become the world's best multi-channel retailer.

Everything is underpinned by our continuous drive for the best tools and technology to deliver our vision. We're driving innovation, evolving our product development process, and transforming our technology to become the world's leading E-commerce business.

Joining us means playing a part in defining, building, and launching the holistic data architecture across the Colleague (HR) data landscape.

The Role - Architecture - Colleague Programme

Whilst specific responsibilities will be dependent upon the changing needs of the business, the following provides an overview of the role's key responsibilities and measures:

We are rearchitecting the core HR technology landscape for our businesses. For this initiative we are looking for an experience HR Solutions Architect who will:

. Build an understanding of the current as-is colleague technology landscape and the data entities contained therein
. Build an understanding of the Technology and Colleague Data strategy and objectives with regards to the current & future colleague data requirements
. Owns key design decisions around strategic data sources
. Support Product managers in shaping their respective backlogs with required data products
. Product artefacts that support the High-Level Designs
. Support the formal evaluation of technology options
. Participate in formal RFPs and represent Technology to ensure that Technology standards are followed
. Work with chosen vendors to define the high level solution design (including integrations)
. Support the implementation of chosen technology product
. Work on a variety of exciting projects;
o The implementation and configuration of new flexible working practices.
o The implementation of a new set of digital tools for colleagues

You'll need to have demonstrated experience of:

. Owning the definition of a data architecture within an HR landscape
. Defining source to target mappings and any intermediate transformation requirements of data
. Leading conversations around the use of strategic data source
. Extensive experience of working with several core HR and payroll technologies including Software as a Service (SaaS) products
. Extensive experience in designing robust integrations using APIs and/or flat files
. Be comfortable with domain modelling and applying a model to develop APIs.
. Excellent verbal and written communication skills - you must be able to articulate complex concepts to a diverse audience
. Experience managing work completed from external agencies to ensure the highest standards are met
. The ability to influence without authority.
. Architect using Modern Software Architecture - RESTful APIs, Microservices, Cloud Based Services

Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and passion into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an all-encompassing environment that helps them thrive.

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.

Pontoon is an employment consultancy and operates as an equal opportunity's employer.

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