Solution Architect

Responsibilities

• Broad knowledge and understanding of IT concepts and architectures, coupled with practical knowledge of problem management and the principles and processes of implementing and delivering IT services.
• Candidate must be able to take a business problem, conceptualize an innovative solution and build it from the ground up
• Interacts with key business technology stakeholders to define, analyze, and deliver requirements that reflect the needs of both the business and end-customers.
• Recommends and implements solutions based on analysis of issues and implications for the business.
• Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making.
• Leads and implements initiatives as required to deliver business objectives.
• Recommends or automates approaches to streamline and integrate technological processes and/or systems to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Builds effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders and ensures alignment.
• Define current and target business architecture and process impact when needed.
• Develop and collaborate closely with IT and Business tower leads to provide direction on tech opportunities driving reduced complexity for all facets of technology.
• Define details, customizing for development efforts required for new solutions, ensuring they are sustainable and reusable over time.
• Enable predictability and repeatable success to projects by employing frameworks, methodologies, patterns, and best practices; and how to take a product / vendor-neutral approach when solution architecture
• Expertise in application and middleware-messaging architecture disciplines
• Build a development asset repository to be consumed by any developer in the future.
• Conduct code reviews and coach developers
• Knowledge of Agile and DevOps methodologies
• Significant experience designing, deploying, and supporting production cloud environments, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and private cloud environments.
• Assesses impact of design decisions to the computer solution/product/service being developed (i.e. performance, schedule, budget, downstream component/system impact, quality, etc.) and recommends alternate/creative solutions for mitigation/optimization if required.
• Develop customer service excellence. It includes metrics distribution, conduct customer service calls, and initiate process improvements
• Recommend and implement enhancements to existing practices, to include the development of workflow tools where necessary