Rail Baltica - IT System Architect, Latvia

Ewi, the market leading infrastructure recruitment specialist is very proud to be partnering with Rail Baltica to provide staffing support for the 670km High speed passenger and freight line linking Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia (and indirectly Finland) to the European network via Poland.

Opportunity:

As part of the organisation Rail Baltica are requiring a Geodesy Grid Expert to plan and develop IT systems and solutions according to user requirements and project goals. Systems Architect has the design authority within project related IT Systems of Rail Baltica Global Project. Decide on, and enforce the use of IT systems best practices, methodologies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

The successful expert shall be responsible for

• Designs and integrates IT systems and solutions which meet service level requirements;
• Establishes system architecture principles and standards across Rail Baltica project contributors (RB Rail, Implementing Bodies);
• Primary focus is the systems architecture of Technical Division's requirements, such as:

- Common Data Environment (CDE) for project technical and graphical documentation delivery and exchange;

- Geographic Information System (GIS) integration;

- Contract Management system integration;

- MS SharePoint system integration;

- Project Planning, Scheduling and Risk management system integration;

- Railway Asset Management system integration;

- Document and maintain an inventory of applications and their integration points;

- Providing architecturally complaint technical advice to non-technical meetings.

• Defines systems architecture technical target picture, which is in line with user requirements described in cooperation with Business Development team and internal IT systems;
• Creates system roadmaps leading to infrastructure architecture target picture, taking into account technology lifecycle;
• Establishes architectural compliancy procedure and ensures IT solutions alignment/compliance with systems roadmaps, systems architecture principles and standards;
• Supports Rail Baltica Global Project with IT systems planning expertise - analyse needs in different departments, describe user requirements and plan long term sustainable and interoperable IT systems.
• Participates in other departments projects as a project architect to provide expertise, to help mapping risks, to ensure that project follows the architectural standards and is aligned with technical target picture;
• Forecasts capacity, availability, interoperability and security requirements for IT Systems and ensures that these can be achieved with reasonable cost;
• Collaborates with technical leaders, inside and outside of the organisation, to identify and scope the IT systems related opportunities, identify risks and constraints;
• Mentors, develops and assists in building, implementing, and operating IT solutions.
• In accordance with the employer's request and within the scope of the work responsibilities, to participate in the preparation of technical specifications and participate at the RB Rail AS public procurement committees.

Key requirements for the role:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in IT, Systems Engineering or relevant
• 5+ years of practical experience in IT systems engineering and architecture (experience in rail industry will be considered as an advantage);
• Experience with design and deployment of SaaS based solutions;
• Experience with 3D modelling and design tools in large infrastructure projects, BIM systems, large scale planning tools (Oracle Primavera P6, Safran etc) is not required but would give a strong advantage;
• Outstanding organizational abilities and technical mindset;
• Resilient to coping with conflicting demands, able to prioritize duties and work under pressure
• Able to benchmark and apply best practices of large infrastructure projects;
• Adventurous mind, willingness to discover unknown and to contribute in building up Digital Rail Baltica;
• Requires Experience with Information Assurance/Security; Hardware Configuration; Software Configuration and Virtual Environments;
• Has experience of cloud-based solution delivery, preferably in Azure.

Language:

Fluency in English writing and communication

Salary Package:

The freelance rate for this assignment is to be confirmed taking into account taxation, living cost and allowances. The role would be on an initial 6 month contract but with likely extensions.

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For more information on the Rail Baltica project please contact Oliver Jones at ewi recruitment on o.jones(at)ewi-group.com

EWI Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.