The Solution Architect is responsible for designing and leading the implementation of a solutions and capability architecture for a particular business capability \/ user journey, according to the overall digital vision and target architecture.\u00a0 This role is responsible for the technical analysis and holistic solution design of future capabilities and features, including external dependencies, cross-domain APIs, and technical enablers \/ stories.\u00a0 This role is responsible for reviewing the target architecture vision and roadmap, evaluating, and prioritizing roadmap items, and translating them into designs and non-functional requirements.\u00a0 This incumbent is responsible for providing support to engineering to ensure development of technical stories are aligned to defined architecture paradigms, principles, and patterns.
\nKey accountabilities and decision ownership<\/p>\n
\u2022 Translate the overall digital vision and target architecture into corresponding solution designs and change requirements
\n\u2022 Design end-to-end solutions and cross domain integration and APIs
\n\u2022 Define non-functional, operational, and quality requirements for solutions
\n\u2022 Define technical stories to enable business capabilities, fostering re-use of existing components, and accept technical features following demos
\n\u2022 Collaborate to plan the release of technical stories
\n\u2022 Provide guidance to delivery teams to ensure alignment
\n\u2022 Facilitate solution compliance to security, privacy, and regulatory needs
\n\u2022 Manage technical debt and technology obsolescence at solution level
\n\u2022 Advocate adoption of new technologies into solutions<\/p>\n
Core competencies, knowledge, and experience<\/p>\n
\u2022 Solution architecture and design
\n\u2022 Feasibility analysis
\n\u2022 Business capability \/ customer journey architecture governance in agile software delivery
\n\u2022 Technical enablers, integration APIs, and detailed technical and operational story design
\n\u2022 Infrastructure design
\n\u2022 Estimation techniques for scaled agile
\n\u2022 Technology Innovation: scouting, screening, and evaluation
\n\u2022 Cost of ownership of technology, application portfolio management
\n\u2022 Web-scale cloud-native architectures including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
\n\u2022 Design of web-scale architectures and systems of innovation and engagement
\n\u2022 DevOps practices and automation tools
\n\u2022 Artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data technologies and architectures
\n\u2022 Management of technical debt
\n\u2022 Excellent analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills, with high levels of creativity
\n\u2022 Excellent written and verbal communications skills, with both technical and business audiences
\n\u2022 Excellent relationship building, teamwork, and collaboration skills that enables the provision of effective support and guidance across multiple DevOps teams
\n\u2022 Understanding of both the current Telecommunications and digital services market and emerging business and technology trends
\n\u2022 Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies, with natural intellectual curiosity and integrity
\n\u2022 Vendor and technology neutral \u2013driven primarily by long-term business outcomes rather than personal preferences
\n\u2022 Sound business understanding and market awareness
\n\u2022 Ability to understand long-term (\u2018big picture\u2019) and short-term perspectives of events and change and how they relate to achieving business outcomes
\n\u2022 Strong time-management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple balls<\/p>\n
Must have technical \/ professional qualifications<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Analysis, or another related field
\n\u2022 2 to 3 years of experience in at least three disciplines, such as business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management or operations in a multitier environment
\n\u2022 Extensive exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments
\n\u2022 Extensive experience in business capability modelling and technical and solution architecture development in a digital business context
\n\u2022 Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, TDD, and BDD
\n\u2022 Professional experience and knowledge of digital and Telecommunications industries strongly preferred<\/p>\n
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