Requirements
- Steer, formulate, review and approve the solution architecture and infrastructure architecture of the project or product, integrating the work done by various vendors and subject matter experts into a coherent and holistic solution design
- Ensure that the solutions designed are secure, responsive, scalable, reusable and leveraging on existing components where available
- Collaborate widely across all participating teams and stakeholders in the project
- Identify and engage the appropriate subject matter experts to understand and solve complex issues and/or meet requirements
- Follow-through on IT governance processes in the company in relation to the project
- Support the management of project issues and risks
- Comply with internal audit requirements for the project
- Support feature prioritization in a way that balances business priorities and technical dependencies
- Be a champion of the documented user requirements, user interface and user experience, and ensure that they are adequately met by vendors
- Support key operational activities: incident management, deployments, preventive maintenance, operational reviews, continuous improvement initiatives
Responsibilities
- Degree in Information Technology or Computing
- Minimum of 7 years in Digital or IT project delivery of which at least 3 years are in the capacity of solution architect
- Some experience in a technical support and operations role of an application or digital product
- Experience in agile project delivery is an advantage
- Functional experience: hospitality, travel, retail, real estate, social media, bookings, payments, UI/UX design
- Technology experience: solution architecture, infrastructure, performance optimization, website security, systems integration, web applications with financial transactions, web analytics, search engine optimization, mobile applications, content management systems, application programming interfaces
- Effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin will be an advantage; the candidate may be required to work closely with IT teams and vendors in the region
- Excellent team player, interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to thrive in a fast pace environment are pre-requisites for this role
- Willingness to travel overseas for brief work assignments