Solutions Architect, Front Office (SQL Server, Java, SAP)
Solutions Architect, Front Office (SQL Server, Java, SAP)
Salary: Competitive
Location: Luton
Joining the IT Architecture team as a Solutions Architect, Front Office (SQL Server, 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 career, but the benefits of being part of an exciting multi-cultural united team.
What the Solutions Architect, Front Office (SQL Server, Java, SAP) will be doing
As a Solution Architect, working at the senior solution architect level your role will define solution architectures that provide technology solutions for business requirements and align to the organisations enterprise architecture. Your role will ensure that appropriate project/product technical options are considered and recommended approaches have appropriate cost and complexity to the problem set. You will ensure all project/product technical issues and risks are managed appropriately and resolved.
As a Solutions Architect, Front Office (SQL Server, Java, SAP), you will also be the central point of contact on project 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.
In addition to providing the architectural solution you will work with the Solution Designers who will provide the detailed design and you will provide architecture oversight and change management during the project delivery. You will drive forward the solution delivery and any impact assessments, evaluations, product selections and POC's as required.
You will also be expected to provide input into the Enterprise team on roadmaps, strategy and technical recommendations and evaluations.
What we are looking for in a Solutions Architect, Front Office (SQL Server, Java, SAP)
You will have practical experience of:
• Delivering large scale, multi-project technical solutions throughout the entire development lifecycle from inception to operation.
• Delivering solutions for travel and hospitality, retail sector or similar environment.
• Translating and documenting complex architectural issues to non-technical staff within the business.
• Application architecture for web, api and mobile technologies including micro services based solutions.
• Architecting solutions using the following technologies. Candidates with experience of one or more of these technologies are preferable.
• SAP Hybris, C4C
• Pega BPM
• IBM Unica, Silverpop
• Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) architectures and technologies (JDBC, JPA, JMS, EJBs, Servlets, Web services etc.)
• Content Management Systems (CMS)
• Content Distribution Networks (CDN)
• Digital Asset Management (DAM).
• No SQL, RDBMS (Oracle, MS SQL)
• Architecting solutions for B2B and B2C eCommerce, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and/or Onmi-Channel Marketing technologies.
• Working with highly technical staff and outsourced teams, working on multiple projects towards a common end goal throughout the development lifecycle.
• Experience of architecting applications for cloud (Amazon Web Services)
• Experience of defining solution architecture for an agile development organisation.
• An architectural notation framework for requirements definition and for systems design preferably TOGAF and UML.
Additionally, you have experience of integration approaches and their application in complex heterogeneous environments including SOA and API approaches; be comfortable with architectural implications of performance, scalability and extensibility on solution architecture.
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 Solutions Architect, Front Office (SQL Server, Java, SAP), please click the apply now button.
Salary: Competitive
Location: Luton
Joining the IT Architecture team as a Solutions Architect, Front Office (SQL Server, 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 career, but the benefits of being part of an exciting multi-cultural united team.
What the Solutions Architect, Front Office (SQL Server, Java, SAP) will be doing
As a Solution Architect, working at the senior solution architect level your role will define solution architectures that provide technology solutions for business requirements and align to the organisations enterprise architecture. Your role will ensure that appropriate project/product technical options are considered and recommended approaches have appropriate cost and complexity to the problem set. You will ensure all project/product technical issues and risks are managed appropriately and resolved.
As a Solutions Architect, Front Office (SQL Server, Java, SAP), you will also be the central point of contact on project 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.
In addition to providing the architectural solution you will work with the Solution Designers who will provide the detailed design and you will provide architecture oversight and change management during the project delivery. You will drive forward the solution delivery and any impact assessments, evaluations, product selections and POC's as required.
You will also be expected to provide input into the Enterprise team on roadmaps, strategy and technical recommendations and evaluations.
What we are looking for in a Solutions Architect, Front Office (SQL Server, Java, SAP)
You will have practical experience of:
• Delivering large scale, multi-project technical solutions throughout the entire development lifecycle from inception to operation.
• Delivering solutions for travel and hospitality, retail sector or similar environment.
• Translating and documenting complex architectural issues to non-technical staff within the business.
• Application architecture for web, api and mobile technologies including micro services based solutions.
• Architecting solutions using the following technologies. Candidates with experience of one or more of these technologies are preferable.
• SAP Hybris, C4C
• Pega BPM
• IBM Unica, Silverpop
• Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) architectures and technologies (JDBC, JPA, JMS, EJBs, Servlets, Web services etc.)
• Content Management Systems (CMS)
• Content Distribution Networks (CDN)
• Digital Asset Management (DAM).
• No SQL, RDBMS (Oracle, MS SQL)
• Architecting solutions for B2B and B2C eCommerce, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and/or Onmi-Channel Marketing technologies.
• Working with highly technical staff and outsourced teams, working on multiple projects towards a common end goal throughout the development lifecycle.
• Experience of architecting applications for cloud (Amazon Web Services)
• Experience of defining solution architecture for an agile development organisation.
• An architectural notation framework for requirements definition and for systems design preferably TOGAF and UML.
Additionally, you have experience of integration approaches and their application in complex heterogeneous environments including SOA and API approaches; be comfortable with architectural implications of performance, scalability and extensibility on solution architecture.
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 Solutions Architect, Front Office (SQL Server, Java, SAP), please click the apply now button.