Job Purpose
The Head-Solution Architect will partner with stakeholders across the organization to understand business requirements and to design how the various modules of the digital solution will interact with one another and with existing systems. The incumbent will design, architect and map the scope of migration and modernization of platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and architect the product vision and strategy
- Define and own the solution architecture, including all components, middle-ware, interfaces and application programming interfaces (APIs) required
- Define the testing and scalability requirements
- Collaborate with IT teams to assess technical requirements
- Develop technology solutions and map business requirements to systems/technical requirements to ensure they are in line with the enterprise architectural plan
- Provide specifications according to which the solution is defined, managed, and delivered
- Communicate the value proposition through proposals and presentations
- Contribute across the technology stack, from database and DevOps infrastructure that supports continuous deployment to native apps
- Leverage agile prototyping practices and transformation experts to provide a differentiating and distinctive service
- Develop excellent working relationships with diverse teams and job functions throughout the organization
- Proactively identify and manage technical risks/issues
- Ensure quality assurance for solutions and mitigation on complex issues
- Demonstrate leadership in product quality, technical excellence and engineering practices.
- Lead a team and ensure delivery within agreed timelines
- Implement best practices and procedures
Experience
- 10+ years of experience in software development, architecture, and/or IT management positions
- Excellent understanding of Node.js, Go, Ruby on Rails, Java, PHP, Perl, SQL, HTML, .Net, JavaScript and CSS.
- Infrastructure knowledge including RESTful APIs, Single Sign On, LDAP, LAMP, Search Technologies
- Rich background in agile software development, architecture, and/or development management is expected
- Experiences with code refactoring, design patterns, design-driven development, continuous deployment, highly scalable applications, application security
- Expert in pair programming, continuous integration, test-driven development & incremental design
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree
