Solution Architect (SQL Server, Oracle, Java, SAP)
Solution Architect (SQL Server, Oracle, Java, SAP)
Salary: Competitive
Location: Luton
Joining the IT Architecture team as a Solution Architect (SQL Server, Oracle, Java, SAP), your role will define end to end solutions across new and exciting change programmes for TUI UK and Ireland.
TUI Group is the world's number one integrated tourism business. We are building a single customer facing team across our airline, contact centre, overseas and retail service teams that will deliver a consistent, contemporary service to every single customer. Joining us will not only provide opportunities for you to grow your management career, but the benefits of being part of an exciting multi-cultural united team.
What the Solution Architect (SQL Server, Oracle, Java, SAP) will be doing
As a Solution Architect, your role will ensure that project/product technical options are considered and recommended approaches are clearly designed with valuable solutions. All project/product technical issues and risks are managed appropriately and resolved.
As a Solution Architect (SQL Server, Oracle, Java, SAP), you will also be the central point of contact on architecture matters, liaising with all stakeholders, from business leads to technical infrastructure teams, data, integration, security, service introduction and solution designers, both locally and with Group teams. You will provide the structured technical framework within which the IT solutions should be designed and subsequently delivered, driving forward the solution delivery and any impact assessments, evaluations, product selections and POC's as required. You will also be expected to support the Enterprise team on roadmaps, strategy and technical recommendations and evaluations.
What we are looking for in a Solution Architect (SQL Server, Oracle, Java, SAP)
You will have practical experience of:
• Delivering large scale, multi-project technical solutions throughout the entire development lifecycle from inception to operation.
• Defining architectural solutions for the resilient, scalable implementation and integration of products into enterprise systems.
• Designing holistic solutions working with data, integration, security and infrastructure architects.
• Application architecture for web, api/web service and mobile technologies.
• Architecting solutions using one or many of the following technologies:
o Web Services (SOAP/REST) and Messaging (JBOSS)
o Enterprise Service Bus (Tibco)
o Data Integration / ETL (Informatica)
o RDBMS (Oracle, SQL Server) and No SQL Databases (Mongo db)
o Java architectures and technologies (Spring, JDBC, JPA, EJBs & Message Driven Beans, Servlets, Web services)
• Translating and documenting complex architectural issues for non-technical staff within the business.
• Working with highly technical staff and outsourced teams, working on multiple projects towards a common end goal throughout the development lifecycle.
• An architectural notation framework for requirements definition and for systems design preferably TOGAF.
• Experience with delivering solutions for travel and airlines industries.
Additionally, you have experience of integration approaches and their application in a highly complex heterogeneous environment including SOA, API and data approaches; be comfortable with architectural implications of performance, scalability and extensibility on system design.
You will be an open collaborator to facilitate joint understanding of the outcomes of technology change and eliciting clear statements of requirements; be able to work with ambiguity and being able to solicit key information from project team members; demonstrate the ability to learn quickly and take on board a significant scale of technical and industry knowledge in a short period of time; and have consultative approach to work and able to give and receive constructive fact based criticism where necessary.
You will have excellent communication, presentation and inter-personal skills; excellent stakeholder management and customer focus; be conscientious, self-motivated and well organised, with a high level of personal integrity and a strong commercial acumen and awareness of business strategy and IT alignment.
Working within TUI group
TUI UK and Ireland is the UK's largest tour operator with key brands including Thomson, First Choice, and Thomson Cruises. Sub brands include Sensatori, Sensimar, and Family Life, as well as First Choice Holiday Villages and SplashWorld Resorts. Our airline, Thomson Airways is the UK's third largest airline with 62 aircraft operating to over 88 destinations in 30 countries. We have a team of more than 10,000 employees serving over 5.5 million customers each year.
TUI UK and Ireland is a member of TUI Group, the world's number one integrated tourism group. Covering the entire touristic value chain under one roof we employ 63,000 people in over 100 countries and offer 20 million customers comprehensive services in around 180 destinations worldwide.
Help make our customers smile and in return you will receive a competitive salary, pension scheme and further benefits such as generous holiday discounts, great rates with foreign exchange and discounts with retailers.
How to apply
Apply online, we just need a few details from you and your CV.
To apply for the role of Solution Architect (SQL Server, Oracle, Java, SAP), please click the apply now button
Salary: Competitive
Location: Luton
Joining the IT Architecture team as a Solution Architect (SQL Server, Oracle, Java, SAP), your role will define end to end solutions across new and exciting change programmes for TUI UK and Ireland.
TUI Group is the world's number one integrated tourism business. We are building a single customer facing team across our airline, contact centre, overseas and retail service teams that will deliver a consistent, contemporary service to every single customer. Joining us will not only provide opportunities for you to grow your management career, but the benefits of being part of an exciting multi-cultural united team.
What the Solution Architect (SQL Server, Oracle, Java, SAP) will be doing
As a Solution Architect, your role will ensure that project/product technical options are considered and recommended approaches are clearly designed with valuable solutions. All project/product technical issues and risks are managed appropriately and resolved.
As a Solution Architect (SQL Server, Oracle, Java, SAP), you will also be the central point of contact on architecture matters, liaising with all stakeholders, from business leads to technical infrastructure teams, data, integration, security, service introduction and solution designers, both locally and with Group teams. You will provide the structured technical framework within which the IT solutions should be designed and subsequently delivered, driving forward the solution delivery and any impact assessments, evaluations, product selections and POC's as required. You will also be expected to support the Enterprise team on roadmaps, strategy and technical recommendations and evaluations.
What we are looking for in a Solution Architect (SQL Server, Oracle, Java, SAP)
You will have practical experience of:
• Delivering large scale, multi-project technical solutions throughout the entire development lifecycle from inception to operation.
• Defining architectural solutions for the resilient, scalable implementation and integration of products into enterprise systems.
• Designing holistic solutions working with data, integration, security and infrastructure architects.
• Application architecture for web, api/web service and mobile technologies.
• Architecting solutions using one or many of the following technologies:
o Web Services (SOAP/REST) and Messaging (JBOSS)
o Enterprise Service Bus (Tibco)
o Data Integration / ETL (Informatica)
o RDBMS (Oracle, SQL Server) and No SQL Databases (Mongo db)
o Java architectures and technologies (Spring, JDBC, JPA, EJBs & Message Driven Beans, Servlets, Web services)
• Translating and documenting complex architectural issues for non-technical staff within the business.
• Working with highly technical staff and outsourced teams, working on multiple projects towards a common end goal throughout the development lifecycle.
• An architectural notation framework for requirements definition and for systems design preferably TOGAF.
• Experience with delivering solutions for travel and airlines industries.
Additionally, you have experience of integration approaches and their application in a highly complex heterogeneous environment including SOA, API and data approaches; be comfortable with architectural implications of performance, scalability and extensibility on system design.
You will be an open collaborator to facilitate joint understanding of the outcomes of technology change and eliciting clear statements of requirements; be able to work with ambiguity and being able to solicit key information from project team members; demonstrate the ability to learn quickly and take on board a significant scale of technical and industry knowledge in a short period of time; and have consultative approach to work and able to give and receive constructive fact based criticism where necessary.
You will have excellent communication, presentation and inter-personal skills; excellent stakeholder management and customer focus; be conscientious, self-motivated and well organised, with a high level of personal integrity and a strong commercial acumen and awareness of business strategy and IT alignment.
Working within TUI group
TUI UK and Ireland is the UK's largest tour operator with key brands including Thomson, First Choice, and Thomson Cruises. Sub brands include Sensatori, Sensimar, and Family Life, as well as First Choice Holiday Villages and SplashWorld Resorts. Our airline, Thomson Airways is the UK's third largest airline with 62 aircraft operating to over 88 destinations in 30 countries. We have a team of more than 10,000 employees serving over 5.5 million customers each year.
TUI UK and Ireland is a member of TUI Group, the world's number one integrated tourism group. Covering the entire touristic value chain under one roof we employ 63,000 people in over 100 countries and offer 20 million customers comprehensive services in around 180 destinations worldwide.
Help make our customers smile and in return you will receive a competitive salary, pension scheme and further benefits such as generous holiday discounts, great rates with foreign exchange and discounts with retailers.
How to apply
Apply online, we just need a few details from you and your CV.
To apply for the role of Solution Architect (SQL Server, Oracle, Java, SAP), please click the apply now button