Solutions Architect

About the Job 

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Solutions Architect for our Cloud DevOps operations team in Barcelona. As a Solution Architect, you will beresponsible for designing, developing, and implementing technology solutions that meet specific business needs. You will work closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and industry standards. You will also play a critical role in guiding the technical direction of projects and ensuring the integration and interoperability of systems.

What you do:

1. Requirement Analysis:
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements.
• Understand business objectives and translate them into technical solutions.
2. Solution Design:
• Design comprehensive architecture solutions that address business needs and requirements.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with industry best practices.
3. Technology Evaluation:
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies and tools to support solution design.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and industry trends.
4. Integration and Interoperability:
• Ensure seamless integration of new solutions with existing systems and platforms.
• Address interoperability challenges and ensure data consistency across systems.
5. Documentation:
• Create detailed architectural documentation, including diagrams and specifications.
• Maintain documentation for future reference and updates.
6. Stakeholder Communication:
• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Serve as a liaison between technical teams and business units.
7. Project Management Support:
• Work closely with project managers to ensure timely delivery of solutions.
• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies.
8. Quality Assurance:
• Ensure solutions meet quality standards and performance benchmarks.
• Conduct testing and validation to ensure functionality and reliability.
9. Mentoring and Leadership:
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior architects and development teams.
• Lead architectural reviews and provide constructive feedback.
10. Continuous Improvement:
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and optimization.
• Implement best practices and drive innovation within the organizatio

What you bring:

• Strong experience in Cloud environments.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders to gather and translate business needs into technical specifications.
• Solid expertise in designing scalable, secure, and maintainable architecture solutions aligned with business goals.
• 5y of experience assessing and recommend technologies that support solution design and align with industry trends.
• Strong experience ensuring seamless integration with existing systems and maintain data consistency across platforms.
• Experience communicating technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders and bridge business-technical gaps.
• Solid experience validating solutions through testing to ensure they meet performance and reliability standards. 

81246 | IT & Tech Engineering | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent

What we offer:

· We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.

· We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).

· From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.

· Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

About Allianz Technology:

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform, and innovate the infrastructure, applications, and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centers, networks, and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.

Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion:

Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment for everyone. We embrace individuals of all gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, ethnicities, ages, nationalities, religions, disabilities, and philosophies of life. Ultimately, our greatest strength as a company lies in the unique skills, experiences, and backgrounds our employees contribute.

To Recruitment Agencies:

Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.