Solution Architect

Role & responsibilities

• Responsible for enhancing and accelerating projects while ensuring the logical and physical architecture for a project aligns with the standards and reference architectures defined by the technical domain and enterprise architects; to deliver the architectural design of technology solutions, the solution architect must utilize knowledge of defined reference architectures, technology trends, and implementation experience in order to translate a business need into a solution blueprint that represents an end-to-end technical solution.
• Understand business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state), and determine corresponding enterprise system designs and change requirements to drive the organization's targeted business outcomes.
• Design and lead the implementation of solutions architecture across a group of specific business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities and business requirements.
• Manage and develop the architecture for a broader scope of projects, working closely with application architects that manage and design architecture for a single project or initiative.
• Provide consulting support to application architects within projects to ensure the project is aligned with the overall enterprise architecture.
• Monitor the current-state solution portfolio to identify deficiencies through aging of the technologies used by the application, or misalignment with business requirements.
• Understand technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models.

Preferred candidate profile

• 5 years of experience of developing/documenting Architecture Roadmaps, Standards & Patterns, Business problems including Scope, Functional and Non-functional Requirements Solution Design as well as detailed architecture Blueprints is essential.
• 3 years of experience of contributing to Architecture Governance forum with the ability to document and track actions is essential.
• 3 years of experience in Leadership, project management, and relationship management skills is essential.
• 3 years of experience in Excellent business and technical problem solving skills is essential.
• 3 years of experience of Technology implementation experience is essential.
• 3 years of experience in 3 - 5 year Total Cost Ownership analysis is desirable.
• 3 years of experience in Ability to think big” and demonstrate strong analytical skills is desirable.
• 3 years of experience in Ability to bridge communications on complex needs and requirements between technical and business-oriented audiences required is desirable.

3 years of experience of Knowledge of multiple development methodologies is desirable.