Senior Solution Architect - Deadline 04/06/26

BCS, TOGAF, SWEBOK or other equivalent and valid architecture certificates

Relevant professional qualifications in software engineering, computer science, or computer systems engineering.

 Additional qualifications, in IT related disciplines advantageous.

Role specific experience

Object oriented design in one of the mainstream platforms (Java or .Net or equivalent)

Solution design in cloud technologies and microservices.

Data architecting in the context of polyglot database systems (SQL and NonSQL)

Proven record in designing and delivering end-to-end business solutions implemented across multiple components, platforms and technologies

Experience using agile software development methodologies (i.e. Kanban, Scrum, SAFE and other lean techniques).

Machine learning and data analytics

Technical management of development teams.

Technical solutions on one/several of EMA’s strategic platforms, with an API First approach in a transnational healthcare system.

Architectural frameworks such as TOGAF, and UML.

Design of microservices architecture with an orchestration or choreography approach

Role specific skills, competencies & responsibilities

•Contribute to the creation and review of end-to-end domain architecture and processes to support the strategic requirements of the business.

Identify the business benefits of alternative strategies.

•Design solutions that comply with EMA’s Enterprise Architecture standards, communicate solution architecture and ensure it is sufficiently documented.

• Contribute in the specification of business requirements and ensure that are feasible and economical.

• Ensure compliance between business strategies, enterprise architecture and technology directions, setting strategies, policies, standards and practices.

•Produce solution architecture deliverables, as per the EMA standards. 

•Contribute to the decision-making process related to the solution architecture and ensure they are justified and documented. 

•Conduct proof of concepts for new technology developments and keep up to date EMA’s technology standards.

•Ensure that domain architecture decisions are justified and documented. Assess and manage associated risks.

•Ensure that platforms and components selected for delivery of a domain specific solution are integrated to achieve domain objectives. 

•Present domain architecture to governance bodies, address resulting architectural actions and participate in the overall IT governance structures.

•Partner with Platform Architects from the Strategic Platforms (I-SP) department and with Domain Architects from I-CA department in order to assess and optimise domain functional requirements and augment with technical requirements from the platform architecture.

•Contribute to solutions testing and identify potential improvements to the domain solution, processes and to the strategic platforms according to agreed designs/requirements. 

•Autonomous in managing activities based on priorities given by the Project Manager.

•Identify potential improvements to the process and to the software products according to agreed designs/requirements. 

•Production of the relevant technical documentation, such as system designs, class designs and documentation for the support team. 

•Capacity to assist the support team in training the users of the system. 

•Has strong technical background, specifically the delivery of complex software systems.

•Knowledge and proven experience of SAFE delivery methodologies. 

•Review the fitness of technical solutions delivered by the supplier. 

Level : Senior

Delivery mode: Near Site (Amsterdam)