Solution Architect

Responsibilities • Enterprise Architecture Governance & Strategy • Align the development of IT landscape according to the set-out IT architectural principles and standards across the organization • Participate in the forming up and execution of various IT strategies • Participate in architecture reviews for new systems or changes to existing systems • Solution Design & Architecture • Explore and evaluate technologies & solutions in pursuance of the digital transformation journey • Drive the Business Services Platform initiative across the different lines of business • Support proof-of-value initiatives to meet business and IT needs • Provide technical leadership to project teams in areas of solution design and application development • Perform technical design reviews and ensure enterprise-wide architectural standards are adhered to • Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration • Engage stakeholders (i.e. project teams and business units) to ensure solution architecture is aligned with business functional and non-functional requirements • Foster strong partnerships across departments, including various customer facing business units, and operations, to support solution implementation success Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in computer science with a specialization in software engineering, application development, or similar • Technology enthusiast with a minimum of 10 years working experience in the fields of IT architecture and software development • Avid practitioner of system architecture design patterns such as modularity designs, event-driven architectures, and microservices architectures • Highly proficient in development platforms/frameworks/tooling such as Java, .NET Core, Springboot, Kubernetes, Jenkins and OpenSearch • Good knowledge in Cloud technologies; X-as-a-Service from different Cloud Services Providers (CSP) • Familiar with project delivery methodologies (i.e. Waterfall, Agile/Scrum) • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills • Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills • Superb organizational and time management skills • Great collaboration and communication skills Core Competencies • Business Needs Analysis • Design thinking • Enterprise Architecture • Emerging technology • Solutioning • Software design #J-18808-Ljbffr