Solutions Architect Full Time

Job Purpose. Architect, design and communicate high-level structural and behavioural aspects of a system to enable and guide the design and development of integrated solutions that meet current and future business needs in alignment with corporate IT standards and architecture guiding principles. This necessitates engagement throughout the lifecycle of projects by taking full responsibility for the solution architecture. Job Outline: – Develop optimal, fit for purpose and aligned IT architecture solutions that meet customer requirements. Ensure architecture is robust, appropriate and of high quality conforming to corporate IT standards and roadmaps. Take accountability for the end-to-end architecture, including architecture and technology decisions. – Develop Enterprise Architecture standards and guidelines in the information, application and technology domains. Work closely with Manager Enterprise Architecture and other peer architects in the development of technology advancements and adaptation of new technologies and patterns. – Continuously monitor industry trends, identify and evaluate technologies & tools that are relevant for the business. Showcase business value by executing Proof of Concepts by engaging relevant IT teams. – Establish policy, guidelines and strategy for the selection of system components and their designs. Assess solution designs to ensure they effectively use architectural patterns and adhere to the guidelines. Promote reuse of solutions, platforms and services. Contribute to enterprise architecture repository. – Guide, mentor, and motivate the development team members in adopting good engineering practices, tools, and techniques throughout the development process. In addition, advise and support team members to overcome technical challenges by providing expert consultancy and coaching. – Conduct deep dive architecture reviews of vendor products as part of selection and other critical production applications together with Software Engineering development teams. Provide architecture recommendations for the short and long-term improvement of applications. – Develop logical infrastructure solutions in alignment with the technology standards. Work closely with infrastructure teams to ensure that the physical infrastructure designed meets project requirements, Work together, oversee and govern the development to ensure design and implementation done by the development team are in line with the proposed architecture definition. Work closely with quality engineering team to ensure that final solution meets the agreed non-functional requirements. – Collaborate closely with Manager Enterprise Architects to ensure alignment of information, application and technology architecture to the overall architecture principles, framework and guidelines. – Own, manage and maintain the architecture roadmap and runways of small to medium size initiatives, 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. – Drive architecture decisions and be accountable for their implications in regard to solution costs, delivery schedules, application complexity, technical debt and overall solution performance.

Information Technology.Infrastructure : 8+ Years Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent) : Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent IT related discipline. Knowledge/skills: – 5+ years of experience in the design and development of large scale, complex, distributed, mission critical applications in heterogeneous environments. – Hands on experience of detailed business system architecture and design technical leadership across groups of technical architects and senior developers. – Ability to influence delivery plans based on architecture and skills constraints. – In-depth understanding of one or more technologies such as Java, ERP, Cloud, open source frameworks, low code platforms, Big data, BI, data warehouses, observability, automation, network and infrastructure, mobile & frontend technologies, AI/ML, container management platforms, database, integration, digital workplace, DevOps. IoT, Blockchain, web 3.0, contact center, mainframe, service management platforms, messaging, cyber security etc. – Understanding of Architecture Methods, Principles and Patters (OOAD, GoF,SOA etc.). – Understanding of Architecture and design artifacts (Archimate, C4, UML models etc. – Understanding of agile software development methodologies such as SCRUM and Scaled Agile – Understanding of Open Source Frameworks ( Apache, Spring etc.) – Understanding of cross cutting architecture capabilities (Rules, Workflows, Security etc.) – Understanding of the big picture view, non-functional requirements and other practices such as observability, automation etc. – Understanding of architecture styles such as microservices, event driven architecture, cloud native applications. – Understanding of well architected framework for cloud deployments. – Preferably good understanding and experience in airline domain. Desirable Skills:: -Cross-functional expertise in CRM and Contact Centre technologies such as Salesforce, Genesys Cloud, and other related products. -Deep understanding of Salesforce architecture, capabilities(Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud) and limitations, integration aspects, solution design, technical architecture, and industry best practices -Expertise in Salesforce.com and integration between different business systems as well as working with integration tools. -Experienced in implementing solutions that enable seamless omni-channel interactions and effective customer engagement. -Experience in working with CRM and Contact Centre product connectors, telephony, IVR, call routing, network, and security architecture for complex cloud and on-prem connectivity. – Leadership Role : NO

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