Volvo Group Looking for Senior Solution Architect – Core Platform Area, Purchasing at Bengaluru, Karnataka Full Time

Position Description

Position Description

We are looking for a Solution Architect – to enable the digital transformation journey in the Core Platform Area – Purchasing.

This is Us, your new colleagues – your colleagues within Technology

Technology is the function within Group IT which will modernize Volvo’s core digital backbone making it a platform for digital products. Our digital talents develop capabilities and digital technologies to improve business performance and create value for the Group with speed and at scale.

We collaborate with other parts of the organization, both in Group IT, with TD/BAs and Group Functions. We foster an environment where ideas, thoughts and opinions can be shared. We are team players with clear common ambitions, and we win together!

Role Mission

As a Solution Architect, you will lead and coordinate architectural work within a cross-functional agile team. You will collaborate with different teams globally in the delivery portfolio for purchasing solutions and business stakeholders helping to define and develop the strategic and tactical direction for the system architecture.

The role is expected to work closely with the agile delivery team to shape the solution. This requires that the architect can function at the technical level having modern information technology deep knowledge, as well as work with the business speaking in non-technical language.

The role is also expected to work with enterprise architect, for governance and strategic view of business capabilities, processes, security and supporting IT Solution portfolios and infrastructure.

In this role you’ll interact with stakeholders and global teams to ensure that business needs are fulfilled – both related to one-time and run-time deliveries. You will have great opportunities to influence our way of working and drive continuous improvements together with the teams. For this position we put a high focus on interpersonal skills and attitude. You are passionate about people, customer value, and technology.

Competencies

Sound knowledge of IT ecosystem, development, integration, cybersecurity, data handling, and application infrastructure.

Good at EA artifacts and documentation, i.e. flow drawing, process and data modeling, proposals presenting, etc.

Proficient in Microsoft technology stack and good understanding in .NET (Core and Framework)

Experience in working with SaaS solutions and knowledge and proficiency in cloud platform such as Azure platform.

Ability to drive initiatives and communicate with stakeholders to find optimal setup from an IT perspective

Experience in transforming legacy applications into modern applications and migrating on-premise applications to cloud

Be able to independently analyze and resolve issues, identify potential issues to reduce technical debt, assess alternatives as appropriate and implement long-term solutions

We can offer you

An attractive working environment where you will get an opportunity to work together with highly skilled colleagues in a global environment

To work with exciting techniques and development practices in a complex technical environment

Have great influence on Volvo’s purchasing solutions.

To grow your competence both within IT as well as the purchasing domain

You will work in close collaboration with our users, suppliers and development team

You will be part of an organization where continues improvements and fulfillment of business value is vital.

About us

The Volvo Group drives prosperity through transport solutions, offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity. Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to shaping the future landscape of sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions. Countless career opportunities are offered across the group’s leading brands and entities that share a culture of Trust, Passion, High Performance, Change and Customer Success.

www.volvogroup.com/career.

Group Digital & IT has the ambition to enable value creation at scale for the Volvo Group. Digital solutions are becoming more and more key in the industries, where we are operating. The solutions and emerging technologies, provided by Group Digital & IT, enable our customers and their customers to do more with less, better for others and best for the future.

We are 3,600 employees located in more than 30 countries, present at all major Volvo Group locations, and we are working in a completely global organization.

In Group Digital & IT we strive for something bigger, we are truly customer centric, and we collaborate with inclusion, together cross the Volvo Group. We learn to stay ahead, we are curious and eager to acquire new and deeper knowledge, both as individuals and as teams.

Auto req ID

131314BR

Organization

Group Digital & IT

State / Province

Karnataka

City/Town

Bangalore

Employment/Assignment Type

Regular

Travel Required (maximum)

Occasional Travel

Functional Area

Information Technology

Last application date

02-Sep-2022