Solution Architect

Bank Of Ireland

At Bank of Ireland, I was assigned to a number of projects.
As the project solution architect, I had the following main responsibilities:

• Deliver of key architecture / design deliverables
• Architectural Vision
• Executive Overview and Architecture Summary Document
• High Level Design
• Solution presentation to ARB (Architecture Review Board)
• Security Review (with Security Architect)
• Submission to BOI Solution Review
• Technical governance of Solution Delivery

Solutions involved

• On Premise solution deployments
• Integration with vendor cloud offerings
• Secure data transfer between BOI and third party, cloud hosted solutions
• Integration with Enterprise Data Warehouse
• API services (Mulesoft, REST APIs and SOAP Webservices)
• Legacy systems integration (frontend integration, databases)
• Reusable patterns within BOI

Solution Architect

Bus Éireann

Architecture
As a solution architect, at Bus Éireann, I had the following responsibilities:

• Prepare a sizing for the project by producing a ROM and present to TDA
• Provide Input to review meetings of tender responses
• Present proposed Design to TDA
• Scope out integration work for ancillary systems
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to address design issues
• Architecture Requirements Verification and Validation
• Risk management and escalation
• Requirement analysis
• Prepare a High-Level Design based on the business requirements
• Production of Architecture designs, E2E Sequence diagrams and Data flow diagrams
• Provide Architect oversight for the implementation of the end-to-end solution
• Completion of market scans to support tendering process.
• Generation of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) as part of the tendering process
• Draft and Specifying ITT (Invitation to Tender)
• Review and Score vendor responses @ PQQ and ITT Stage.
• Attend Vendor workshops and presentations

Senior Architect

Canada Life Europe

Architecture
As a senior architect, I was technically responsible for projects of various sizes involving both in-house teams (development, infrastructure, security, compliance, legal) and third party vendors. I regularly presented my solution designs to the Design Authority. Solutions were both on-premise and to the cloud; most involved a hybrid solution. During my 5 years at Canada Life Europe (CLE), the most notable projects were related to the digital transformation programme:

CLE's new website and web applications

Identity and Access Mgt solutions (IAM for brokers/customers)

API-led approach and microservices architecture

Cyber Security programme

Cloud HR solution

Development
While primarily executing architectural duties, I also had the opportunity to develop a number of proof of concepts and solutions (e.g. Virtual DBA, Fund Service, Serious Illness Calculator, various cyber security applications).
When the need arose, I acted as technical team lead (e.g. defining technical tasks, conducting code reviews)

Software Architect

KBC Bank

Architect Responsibilities

• Management of third party providers
• Inhouse development management
• Requirements gathering with various departments (Payments/Retail)
• Estimation and scheduling for change management/budget approval
• Preparation of functional, technical, unit testing and deployment documentation
• User acceptance testing co-ordination, and live deployment mgt

Key projects

• Payments
• Integration of SEPA payment processing solution
• Integration of Anti-Money Laundering payment system
• Bespoke Homeloans Application
• Complex monolith developed by third party vendor
• Integration with KBC inhouse systems
• Consumer Finance
• Webservices solution to Retail and Core Banking
• Integration of ICB (Irish Credit Bureau) Credit Checking
• Data analytics (extraction, depersonalisation, and subsequent analysis)
• Central Bank reporting and Compliance (e.g. Tracker mortgage).

Software Development/Architect

AIB Bank

Design, Development, and Deployment of Web Application
Retail Product Information System
This project took 12 months to take from initial requirements gathering, analysis, development and live deployment.

Dates	Duration	Role	Company	Location
2023	1 year	Senior Solution Architect	Bank of Ireland	Dublin / Remote
2021	1 year 6 months	Solution Architect	Bus Éireann	Dublin / Remote
2016	5 years	Senior Software Developer	Canada Life	Dublin / Remote
2013	3 years	Software Architect	KBC Bank	Dublin
2012	1 year	Software Developer/Solution Architect	AIB Bank	Dublin
2010	9 months	Senior Developer	First Derivatives	Dublin, Ireland
2009	1 year	Senior Software Engineer	Cognotec	Dublin, Ireland
2006	2.5 years	Solution Architect	O2 & Ericsson	Dublin, Ireland
2006	6 months	Development Team Lead	Oracle	Dublin, Ireland
2002	3.5 years	Senior Software Developer	T-Mobile	Bonn, Germany
2002	6 months	Senior Developer	ADC	London, UK
2001	9 months	Senior Software Engineer	LogicaCMG	Birmingham, UK
1999	2 years	Senior Software Engineer	Ericsson	Dublin, Ireland
1997	2 years	Software Engineer	IONA Technologies	Dublin, Ireland
1995	1 year	Lecturer	Dublin City University	Dublin, Ireland
1994	2 years	Assistant Lecturer	University of Limerick	Limerick, Ireland
1992	9 months	Oracle DBA	AIB Bank	Dublin, Ireland

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