Solutions Architect [T500-12315]

Job Requirements:

• Lead the long-range planning for the business, application, data, and technical architecture for the solutions in a specific domain.
• Ensuring all solutions within that domain work logically and coherently together.
• Applies enterprise principles, standards, and practices serving as the conduit for influencing Enterprise Architecture direction while optimizing solutions.
• Responsible for decisions/priorities regarding the overall domain architecture.
• Translate business impacts for the domain into architectural solutions (current and target state).
• Develop architecture solutions that meet performance, scalability, reliability, and security needs.
• Provide technical guidance to the development team.
• Mentor those in less senior positions.

Skills Required:

• Experience with large-scale enterprise applications design and architecture. (front-end UI) perspective is needed.
• Experience in architecting global public cloud-based platforms at scale.
• Experience with a wide range of technologies, hosting environments, security landscapes, and infrastructure.
• Experience across various architectures including Microservices and Event-Driven Architectures, Domain Driven Design.
• Experience in an IT role requiring effective communication with senior leadership and all relevant functions.
• Experience delivering architecture solutions in an agile environment and constantly evolving the architecture with changing business needs.
• Experience in cross-domain IT architecture.
• Knowledge of technology solutions and ability to learn, understand, and work quickly with emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the cloud/IT technology space.

Soft Skills:

• Communication Skills: Articulate complex technical concepts in a clear and concise manner to diverse audiences, including stakeholders, team members, and executives. Foster open communication channels within the team and across departments to facilitate collaboration and alignment.
• Leadership: Lead by example, demonstrating integrity, resilience, and a commitment to excellence. Inspire and motivate team members to embrace challenges, drive innovation, and deliver high-quality solutions. Cultivate a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and professional growth.
• Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including developers, engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders. Foster a collaborative environment where diverse perspectives are valued, and collective success is prioritized over individual achievements.
• Adaptability: Adapt quickly to changing business priorities, technological advancements, and market dynamics. Embrace uncertainty and ambiguity as opportunities for growth and innovation. Remain flexible and open-minded in the face of challenges, seeking creative solutions to complex problems.
• Empathy: Demonstrate empathy and emotional intelligence in your interactions with team members and stakeholders. Understand their perspectives, needs, and concerns, and proactively address them with sensitivity and compassion. Foster a supportive and inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and respected.
• Conflict Resolution: Effectively manage conflicts and disagreements within the team or with stakeholders, employing active listening, negotiation, and mediation skills. Seek mutually beneficial resolutions that prioritize team cohesion and project success.
• Decision Making: Make informed decisions based on a balance of data-driven insights, technical expertise, and strategic considerations. Evaluate risks and trade-offs systematically, considering both short-term objectives and long-term implications. Communicate decisions transparently and seek input from relevant stakeholders when appropriate.
• Mentorship: Mentor and coach junior architects and team members, providing guidance, feedback, and support to foster their professional development. Share your knowledge, experience, and best practices generously, empowering others to grow and excel in their roles.
• Influence: Influence organizational strategy, roadmap, and decision-making processes by advocating for architectural best practices, innovation, and continuous improvement. Build consensus and alignment among stakeholders through effective persuasion, negotiation, and storytelling.
• Customer Focus: Maintain a customer-centric mindset, prioritizing the needs and expectations of end-users in all architectural decisions and solutions. Solicit feedback from customers and stakeholders regularly to ensure alignment with business objectives and user requirements.
• Demonstrated collaboration skills and ability to work in a dynamic team environment and interact with resources from technical and non-technical organizations

Must Haves:

• Hands on Architect with part time coding experience
• Would work with different domain Architect for solutioning.
• Java Angular or React & Spring framework
• Service-oriented architecture
• API-first
• Cloud-native architecture
• CI/CD principles
• Experience architecting large projects in multi domain
• Microservices
• Public cloud experience
• PostgreSQL / Oracle DB / SQL
• Application Security - OWASP / architecture guidelines and secure design practices
• Azure Managed Services (Event Hub, K8s, Storage Accounts)
• Proven executive presentation skills

TOGAF good to have

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information Systems, business, and / or equivalent formal training or work experience.
• 9+ years of work experience in an information technology or engineering environment.
• A related advanced degree may offset the related experience requirement.
• The Solution Architect will facilitate the development of enterprise architecture, communicate the technical architectures, roadmaps, and solutions for our products and assist in defining our technology future.