Professional Solution Architect

What you will do

As a Solution Architect, you will be responsible for defining and designing the architecture of business applications and digital products within the organization, ensuring that technology solutions deliver maximum value to our end users. You will play a key role in shaping the target architecture for digital initiatives, aligning technology choices with the organization’s North Star Architecture and D&IT CAST. Working closely with product teams, Tech Leads, and Enterprise Architects, you will ensure that all solutions adhere to established principles, guidelines, and standards, supporting the realization of business strategy through robust digital capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse the current technology environment and enterprise-specific requirements to inform architectural decisions.
• Design and document IT integration solutions using relevant platforms, support services, methods, and guidelines.
• Develop application architectures that guide product development, emphasizing the reuse of business components and the adoption of modern architecture disciplines in line with the North Star vision.
• Ensure the use of shared technical standards, tools, and platforms across solutions.
• Align all architectural designs with Volvo Group Security directives.
• Translate business requirements into IT architecture, utilizing a range of architecture and design artifacts to communicate solutions.
• Analyse functional requirements and develop non-functional requirements to ensure comprehensive solution design.
• Participate in the selection of appropriate technologies for solution implementation.
• Ensure architectural designs are consistent with established architecture principles and the North Star framework.

Contribute to Enterprise Architecture practices and the development of Target Architecture by addressing technical aspects and ensuring consistency with Business and Information Architecture

Additional Responsibilities

• Support the planning, development, deployment, and maintenance of digital solutions within the organization.
• Foster collaboration within stable teams and across product teams, maintaining strong engagement with Tech Leads and Enterprise Architects.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in solution architecture, application design, or related roles within digital product or business application development.
• Strong understanding of modern architecture disciplines, IT integration, and enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Familiarity with security directives, technical standards, and best practices in IT architecture.
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities.