Solution Architect

Solution Architect

Solution Architect Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for assisting in the execution of the IT Architecture standards and practices, and the adoption of a consistent, modern, and distributed design methodology.
• Manages activities that take place during solution ideation, solution design, and solution implementation.
• Reviews business context for solutions to company challenges as well as defining the vision and requirements for the solution, recommending potential options, (which may include RFIs, RFPs or prototype development), selecting the most optimal option, and the development of a roadmap for the selected solution.
• Communicates the architecture to the stakeholders and collaborates and coordinates with existing domain architects in the formalization and adoption of IT standards and procedures.
• Champions a structured approach to business application solutions.
• Directly assists in the development of a solutions architecture program.
• Assures solutions not only are a fit for the specific purpose but also closely align with the standards guidelines of technology solutions.
• Understands hybrid cloud architecture and knows how to apply the architecture reference architectures to solution design
• Influences changes to standards when necessary.
• Assists domain architecture team on solutions management and timing of financial spend for application solutions.
• Supports the architectural aspects of all application projects in peer IT portfolios.
• Directs the identification and recommendation of appropriate solutions, upgrades, replacements, or decommissioning options incorporating business and technology productivity, usability, and total cost of ownership.
• Develops and executes solutions which further reduce the percentage of time spent on reactive work.
• Provides analysis of security protection technologies as necessary.
• Includes Zero Trust Architecture in designs.
• Assists with test strategy and ongoing testing automation.
• Understands and contributes to DevSecOps practices for solution team.

Solution Architect Qualifications / Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail regarding accounting skills
• Ability to work under indirect supervision
• Broad understanding of information technology topics
• Effectively communicates ideas without bias
• Able to adapt solution to changing requirements and specifications
• Effective interpersonal skills and collaborative management style to include teamwork and team building ability
• Comfortable with ambiguity and time spent outside of comfort zone acquiring new skills
• Flexible in a fast-paced dynamic environment with shifting roles and responsibilities
• Technically creative and open-minded
• Understands Behavior Driven Development and how to write scenarios
• Understands the benefits of Shift Left methodologies and how to apply the Well Architected Framework
• Prefers cloud over on-premises infrastructure
• Prefers PaaS over IaaS or containers

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
• Minimum of 10 – 12 years of experience related to IT Management or other information technology solutions architecture role
• Demonstrated ability to communicate the complexities of technical programs
• Proficiency with information technologies in a secure network environment
• Proficiency in design of Azure PaaS services
• Effective design of event driven and hexagonal architectures
• Understands how to apply cloud framework patterns and practices

Required Skills: Must Have: • Architecture and blueprinting experience • Azure Cloud • Azure Data Factory • C#/.