JOB SUMMARY:

Performs work under the guidance of the Enterprise Architect. The Enterprise Solutions Architect will focus on key solution areas of business technology for the organization. They will ensure that robust, scalable, secure and adaptable solutions are in place for the most strategic business capabilities while minimizing cost and effort needed to support non-strategic business capabilities.

The Solutions Architect provides the necessary leadership, analysis and design skills to support the development, selection, and integration of technology solutions to ensure that solutions meet business needs and align with architectural governance and standards. He or she creates deliverables for managing the organization’s portfolio of “to be” and “as is” solutions — including systems (applications, processes and information), shared infrastructure services, and shared application services and components to enable and drive targeted business outcomes. Working in assigned solution areas, the Solution Architect will develop roadmaps, reference architectures and will provide guidance and direction to project teams.

This is a highly visible position in the company and therefore the chosen candidate will be a self-starter with strong communication, influencing, and collaboration skills.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Work with business leaders, IT Leaders, solution owners, developers, and technology providers to turn business needs into actionable solutions architecture
• Act as a consultant on a range of technologies, platforms, and vendor offerings to drive targeted business outcomes
• Create and maintain reference architectures and standards for assigned solution area(s)
• Understands emerging technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business capabilities
• Provide guidance to project teams prior to implementation, and advise during implementation as issues arise
• Monitors the current-state solution portfolio to identify deficiencies through aging of the technologies used by the application, or misalignment with business requirements.
• Consults with application and infrastructure teams to fit systems or infrastructure to architecture and identify when it is necessary to modify projects to accommodate the solutions architecture
• Leads solution sessions identifying key areas of risk and opportunities on projects
• Participate in software selection processes
• Participate in enterprise architecture review board

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science, related field or equivalent experience
• 5-7 years’ experience in software architecture and/or design
• Significant experience creating roadmaps, technology recommendations and project architectures
• Previous experience with several various technology approaches such as Cloud, REST API, OAuth, SQL Database, Microservices, EAI, DevOps, etc
• Previous experience in delivering integrations between externally hosted / cloud and on-premise applications
• In-depth understanding of one or more coding languages and best practices
• Hands-on experience with SDLC methodologies such as Agile, Lean, Waterfall, and DevOps
• Experience delivering presentations to technical and non-technical audiences
• Effective interpersonal skills and collaborative leadership style to include teamwork and team building ability
• Flexible in a fast-paced dynamic environment with shifting roles and responsibilities
• Proactive, driven by curiosity and innovation
• Experience in the Financial Services Industry is helpful but not required