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Software Architect I (MS.Net)

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4.1

based on 12 Reviews

9-12 years

Pune

1 vacancy

Software Architect I (MS.Net)

Piktorlabs

posted 3mon ago

Job Role Insights

Flexible timing

Key skills for the job

Research Automation Testing Project Management Oracle SOA Application Development Hibernate

+ 3 more

Job Description

Leverage expertise in a technology area (e.g. Big Data Cluster) and responsible for Architecture for small to mid size projects.

Outcomes:

Design and develop the framework; be the technical owner for a project in one technology area
Guide and review technical delivery by internal teams
Resolve design issues and deliver/own design for a complex module for projects of the following nature: architecture enhancements small sized development and maintenance projects
Review design and code ensuring adoption of industry best practices

Measures of Outcomes:

Number of reusable components / processes developed
Number of times components / processes reused
Delivery efficiency (Adherence to UST defined principles)
Contribution to technology capability development (e.g. Training Webinars Blogs)
Customer feedback on overall technical quality (zero technology related escalations)
Number of white papers/document assets contributed to
Relevant technology certifications
Business Development number of proposals contributed to as applicable)
Feedback from Project Team/Program Management on project support

Outputs Expected:

Solution Definition Design:

Define Architecture for small/mid-sized type of projects
Design the technical framework and implement the same
Identify and conduct design of complex sub-components /module in collaboration with project team
architects and client SME
Present the detailed design documents to relevant stakeholders and seek feedback
Undertake project specific Proof of Concepts activities to validate technical feasibility with guidance from the Application Architect
Implement best optimized solution and resolve performance issues
Support the team in the design of functional modules and review deliverables
Conduct code reviews

Requirement gathering and Analysis:

Understand the functional and non-functional requirements
Collect non-functional requirements (such as response time
throughput numbers
user load
etc.) through discussions with SMEs and business users
Identify technical aspects as part of story definition
especially at an architecture / component level

Project Management Support:

Share technical inputs from Agile/project planning perspective with SCRUM Master / Project Manager
Help SCRUM Masters / Project Managers to understand the technical risks and come-up with mitigation strategies
Help developers overcome technical challenges

Technology Consulting:

Analysis of technology landscape
process and tools based on project objectives

Business and Technical Research:

Understand application architecture and its criticality to: analyze and assess tools (internal/external) on specific parameters
Understand application architecture and its criticality to: Support Architect/Sr. Architect in drafting recommendations based on findings contained within Proof of Concept
Understand application architecture and its criticality to: analyze and identify new developments in existing technologies (e.g. methodologies
frameworks
accelerators
etc.)
Understand application architecture and its criticality to: document the new developments (e.g. report
white paper
national/ international publications) to build team capabilities.

Project Estimation:

Provide support for project estimations for business proposals and support sprint level / component level estimates
Articulate estimation methodology and module level estimations for more standard projects with focus on effort estimation alone

Proposal Development:

Contribute to proposal development of small to medium size projects from technology/architecture perspective

Knowledge Management Capability Development:

Conduct technical trainings and webinars to impart knowledge to relevant application development/ project teams
Create collaterals (e.g. case study
business value documents
summary
etc.)
Post in blogs / interviews to share expertise
Gain industry standard certifications on technology and architecture consulting
Contribute to knowledge repository and tools
Creating reference architecture model
reusable design patterns and mining reusable components from the project
Partner with UST Gamma to create curriculum
assessments; etc.; conduct training
Create KT Packages for new team members

Testing Support:

Suggest unit test automation strategies using appropriate frameworks

Process Improvements / Delivery Excellence:

Identify avenues to improve project delivery parameters (e.g. productivity
efficiency
process
security
etc.) by leveraging tools
automation
etc.
Understand various technical tools used in the project (third party as well as home-grown) to improve efficiency
productivity

Audit:

Conduct cross project technical audits and reviews
across multiple accounts
as required to check adherence to architecture
design and coding best practices

Skill Examples:

Use domain/ industry knowledge to understand business requirements. Create POC to meet business requirements under guidance
Use technology knowledge to analyse technology based on clients specific requirement analyse and understand existing implementations. Work on simple technology implementations (POC) under guidance guide the developers and enable them in the implementation of design into working software in the technology
Use knowledge of Architecture Concepts and Principles to provide inputs to the practitioner towards building component solutions and deploy the solution as per the architecture under guidance
Use knowledge of Design Patterns Tools and Principles to create low level design under guidance from the Architect for the given business requirements Review low level design created by team for maintainability (error handling ing etc.) of design define technical checklists for design and coding
Use knowledge of Software Development Process Tools Techniques/Scrum tools to increase productivity and develop efficient code. Constantly check for reusability of codes design and develop complex assets and provide technical consultancy related to these areas
Use knowledge of Project Management Tools and Techniques to provide inputs in project management activities (e.g. reporting reviewing documents audit compliance reports providing status). Raise concerns within own area of work in a timely manner and implement the same under guidance
Use Project Governance Framework to facilitate communication with the right stakeholders and Project Metrics to help them understand their relevance in project; and to share inputs on project metrics with the relevant stakeholders for own area of work
Use Estimation and Resource Planning knowledge to help estimate and plan resources for specific modules / small projects with detailed requirements in place
Use Knowledge Management Tools Techniques to participate in the knowledge management process (such as Project specific KT). Consume and contribute to the knowledge management repository
Use knowledge of Technical Standards Documentation Templates to understand and interpret the documents provided
Use Requirement Gathering and Analysis knowledge to analyse requirements (functional/ non -functional) and functionality raise clarifications/ambiguities create requirement documents (such as traceability matrix bridge documents etc.) under supervision. Provide inputs/ create estimates and solutions (based on the size of the project) create design documents identify impacted areas based on the change requests understand the data and model the requirements based on requirements
Use Solution Structuring knowledge to understand the proposed solution. Provide inputs to create draft proposals/ RFP (including effort estimation scheduling resource loading etc.)

Knowledge Examples:

Domain/ Industry Knowledge: Basic knowledge of standard business processes within the relevant industry vertical and customer business domain
1. Technology Knowledge: Working knowledge of sub-portion in a technology area related to own area of work (e.g. Java/JEE 5+ Microsoft technologies or Mainframe/legacy); sub-set of frameworks (Struts JSF Hibernate Spring) etc. sufficient enough to implement end-to-end application related to own area of work; low level details such as data structures algorithms within one technology stack; configuration parameters for successful deployment within one technology stack
2. Architecture Concepts and Principles: Basic knowledge of standard architectural principles models patterns (e.g. SOA N-Tier EDA etc.) and perspective (e.g. TOGAF Zachman etc) integration architecture including input and output components existing integration methodologies and topologies source and external system non functional requirements data architecture deployment architecture and architecture governance
3. Design Patterns Tools and Principles: Working knowledge of design patterns principles patterns and tools
4. Software Development Process Tools Techniques: Specialized knowledge of SDLC process (Agile and Traditional) SDLC methodology programming principles best practices (refactoring code code package etc.)
5. Project Management Tools and Techniques: Basic knowledge of: project management process (such as project scoping requirements management change management risk management quality assurance disaster management etc.) tools (MS Excel MPP Client specific time sheets capacity planning tools etc.)
6. Project Management: Basic understanding of project governance structure awareness of basic project metrics like effort and defect quality metrics
7. Estimation and Resource Planning: Working knowledge of estimation and resource planning techniques (e.g. TCP estimation model) UST specific estimation templates
8. Knowledge Management Tools Techniques
9. Basic knowledge of industry knowledge management tools (such as portals wiki) UST and customer knowledge management tools techniques (such as workshops classroom training self-study application walkthrough and reverse KT)
10. Technical Standards Documentation Templates: Basic knowledge of various document templates and standards (such as business blueprint design documents and test specifications)
11. Requirement Gathering and Analysis: Demonstrates working knowledge of requirements gathering for ( non functional) requirements analysis for functional and non functional requirement analysis tools (such as functional flow diagrams activity diagrams blueprint storyboard) techniques (business analysis process mapping etc.) and requirements management tools (e.g.MS Excel)