IT Solution architect

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Develop optimal, fit-for-purpose, and aligned IT architecture solutions that meet customer requirements. Ensure architecture is robust, appropriate, and high-quality, conforming to corporate IT standards and roadmaps. Take accountability for the end-to-end architecture, including architecture and technology decisions.
• - Ensure that internal architecture and technology governance practices are followed in the projects
• - Scout market and track technology advancements and new business innovations, determine how they relate to Customer IT strategy, existing standards, platforms and patterns, and lead the work to amend existing assets or create new assets to reflect changes in the technology landscape. Showcase business value by executing Proof of Concepts by engaging relevant IT teams.
• - Drive the solution architecture development for new initiatives, vendor solution acquisitions, and enhancement of existing systems, taking full responsibility for the quality of the architecture, including integration architecture by aligning to agile architecture development practices. Drive architecture decisions and be accountable for their implications in regard to solution costs, delivery schedules, application complexity, technical debt and overall solution performance.
• - Provide architecture and technology leadership to development teams by playing the architect role in Teams of Teams or Agile/ Release Trains. In addition, be accountable for the overall architecture, solution discoveries, and strategic incubations by coordinating with peer architects and engineering teams
• - Own, manage and maintain the architecture roadmap and runways of complex/large projects, technical products, environments and/or platforms. Act as a product owner and be accountable for proactively identifying, prioritizing, and overseeing the development of technical enablers, technical debts, quality improvements, and application modernization activities
• - Define and drive the overarching architectural intent for discoveries, connecting solution architects, products, SMEs, and other stakeholders. Provide guidance and support to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and best practices
• - Drive architecture decisions and record them as architecture decision records (ADRs) and ensure that they are aligned with the enterprise architecture governance process
• - Address, visualize and communicate complex architectural challenges, engaging and aligning all necessary stakeholders, including the business
• - Follow Customer Agile Delivery methodology to design and deliver features aligned with the roadmap
• Understanding of agile software development methodologies such as SCRUM and Scaled Agile and industry standard software modeling techniques such as ArchiMate, C4 and UML

Skills Required