Lead Solution Architect
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The Solution Architect is responsible for architecting and designing comprehensive solutions that meet functional requirements in support of a given initiative. The Solution Architect plays a role in establishing architectural vision and direction, architects solutions, provides advice and guidance, monitors emerging technologies, and assists in software and service procurements. Solution Architecture Development
- Creates solution options and solution architecture, adhering to architectural standards and the technology roadmap, and minimizing technical debt.
- Designs solutions that involve complex, multi-system integration, possibly across BUs or domains.
- Drives alignment between Enterprise Architecture, Technical Architecture and business needs.
- Participates in application rationalization and the development of application architecture roadmaps.
- Identifies applications and platforms impacted by the solution, the need for new platforms, and drives platform selection.
- Contributes to the technology strategy by identifying, assessing and recommending external trends in technology, technology solutions and methodologies.
- Exercises solution design leadership on initiatives, driving alignment to target architecture and design standards.
- Contribute to strategic plans for technology, which satisfy the current and ongoing needs of the organization's business strategy, and the current and future capabilities of technology.
- Lead the design of technical solutions for complex systems, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external, and internal customers.
- Establish policy and strategy for the selection of solution architecture components, and coordinate design activities, promoting the discipline to ensure consistency.
- Validate that appropriate standards are adhered to.
- Manage the target design, policies and standards, working proactively to maintain a stable, viable architecture and ensure consistency of design across projects.
- Understand diverse design disciplines (e.g., UX, service design, technical design, and business model/process design).
- Design solutions that involve complex, multi-system integration, possibly across BUs or domains.
- Provide leadership and guidelines to promote the development and exploitation of technical knowledge in the organization.
- Effectively communicate technical concepts, options, implications to non-technical stakeholders in written, verbal, and diagrammatic forms (and vice versa).
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science degree or related field or equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education
- 8 10 years of working experience designing, developing, and delivering technology solutions related to BI, Data Engineering, Data Analysis and reporting
- Working experience in delivering solutions
- Working experience architecting complex, multi-system solutions
- Working experience developing architecture principles and standards
- Experience with building cloud applications (Born in the cloud preferred)