Solutions Architect - Remote
Company: Illinois Mutual
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: June 25, 2022
Job Description:
Job Summary The Solution Architect (SA) evaluates all business
and technical requirements considering the overall enterprise
architecture to design technology solutions. The role serves as an
ambassador to business and technology stakeholders and interprets
business needs while applying analytical skills to design, describe
and manage a solution to fruition. The SA is not only in charge of
finding answers and solutions to problems, but also of actively
leading the technical vision to success. The SA role works closely
with project managers, ensuring that all parties, including
stakeholders, are on the same page and moving in the right
direction at all stages of a project.Responsibilities
- Interprets business needs and applies innovative technology and
business process solutions
- Develops design artifacts (technical/functional specifications,
architectural diagrams, etc.) at required level of detail to
support high-level solution development and testing
- Understands how the different elements of business, information
and technology can be applied to solve a specific problem
- Describes the structure, characteristics, behavior and other
aspects of the software solution to project stakeholders
- Upon completing a solution design for an existing problem,
works closely with the project managers to manage the technical
tasks and activities that are involved with its successful
implementation
- Works effectively in a matrix organization with teams of
architects, developers, testers, infrastructure engineers and
business partners with minimal supervision
- Expresses ideas verbally and in writing to effectively
communicate with and influence teammates, technology partners,
business leaders and executives
- Provides strategic and tactical architecture direction to
development/delivery teams aligning to enterprise strategic plans,
annual goals and technology roadmaps
- Prepares materials for Enterprise Architecture reviews that
demonstrate the alignment of the software delivery to enterprise
practices and roadmaps
- Provides industry, technology and market expertise and thought
leadership to support and guide business decisions around strategic
investments in technology solutions
- Assists IT leadership team in defining vision, strategy, and
principles for future technology platforms
- Assists Quality Assurance team in design and implementation of
test automation practices and harnesses
- Understands how technology is, or will be used, and implication
on people, processes, products and technology
- Leverages technical expertise of peers and external resources
as needed to ensure high-quality, effective solutions are
delivered
- Recognizes and identifies potential areas where existing
policies and procedures require change, or where new ones need to
be developed, especially regarding future business expansion and
makes proactive recommendations to IT leadership to implement
necessary changes Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science
or STEM related field required
- Four year's experience as a technical architect or solution
architect utilizing Microsoft platform technologies in the areas of
enterprise-level technology strategy, solution architecture, and
integration architecture required
- Minimum eight years general IT experience required with at
least three years as an application developer preferred
- Experience managing relationships, coalitions and
communications with senior business and technology leaders to
influence desired outcomes without direct authority required
- Experience in complete life cycle of design, development and
implementation of software projects using agile frameworks
required
- Proven success driving business technology strategies that lead
to desired outcomes
- Ability to understand how to navigate a complex organization,
understand the big picture, and interface with external teams to
leverage technology in alignment with our strategies
- Ability to estimate the financial impact of technical
architecture alternatives
- Experience in presenting and demonstrating solutions to
business and technology teams
- Experience delivering formal designs to teams of
developers
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, team-oriented
environment
- Ability to work independently
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to manage data and metadata migration
- Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and
user-friendly language
- Highly self-motivated and directed, with strong attention to
detail
- Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced
environment
Keywords: Illinois Mutual, Charlotte , Solutions Architect - Remote, Other , Charlotte, North Carolina
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