Group IT Solution Architect

Solution Architect - Group IT

Member of the Strategy & Architecture pillar. Responsible to successfully align IT solutions with business objectives, solutions architect must have strong leadership and communication skills, as well as both technical and business knowledge.

Key Responsibilities:

• Evaluate and recommend on solution architectures for specific business needs; Using Solution Architecture principals to develop options analysis documentation for approval of future change
• Ensure proposed solutions integrate with overall Ardagh technology ecosystem
• Identify problem areas and perform root cause analysis of architectural design and solutions and provide relevant solutions to the problem
• Collaborating across Ardagh business units and corporate functions to reconcile solutions to architecture 
• Supporting design and documentation of solutions to feed into delivery phases of new systems and applications
• Supporting high level costing, drawing on information and documentation gathered
• Track industry and application trends and relates these to planning current and future IT needs
• Provides technical and strategic input during the project planning phase in the form of technical architectural designs and recommendations
• Collaborates with all relevant parties in order to review the objectives and constraints of solutions and determine conformance with the Enterprise Architecture. 
• Identifies implementation risks and potential impacts.
• Enable Delivery Teams by providing optimal delivery solutions/ frameworks 
• Build and maintain relationships with executives, technical leaders, product owners, peer architects and other stakeholders to become a trusted advisor 

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or other related field 
• Certified in AWS Certified Solutions Architect, ITIL, CISSP Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (CISSIP-ISSAP)
• Experience in various software designs, languages, and architecture.
• Solution definition and problem-solving skills.

About Ardagh Group
Ardagh Group is a global leader in metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for the world’s leading brands. We trace our roots all the way back to the Irish Glass Bottle Company, founded in 1932. Since then we have grown rapidly to a team of more than 20,000 people with revenues of almost $10 billion. Today we have a presence across Europe, Africa and the Americas.

• Did you know that Ardagh produce many of the beverage cans and bottles you drink your favourite beverages from?
• Did you know we produce metal and glass packaging which are permanent materials, meaning they can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality?
• Did you know we produce more than 160 million containers per day?

Ardagh is passionate about sustainability and have a reputation for innovation. We push the boundaries of what’s possible, pioneering new production methods, new design techniques and new ways to recycle and save energy. Our aim is to reduce any negative environmental impact whilst remaining economically sustainable and socially responsible.

We believe that the success of our business depends on the success of our people. We strive to create working environments where our employees feel valued, can work to their full potential, and where their achievements are celebrated.

Here at Ardagh, we offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for talented and creative people. If you have ambition and want to make an impact with your career, come and join our team, you’ll enjoy the journey!