InfoCepts - Solution Architect - Analytics

Position : Role : Solution Architect Analytics. Purpose of the Position : Purpose of this role is to drive growth of Analytics and Business Intelligence business at Infocepts as a Solution Architect. Major responsibilities under this role would be to engage with clients in advisory and consulting, advance solutions, support presales as a solution architect, build capabilities, drive research and experimentation and nurture talent in analytics. Key Result Areas and Activities : 1. Engage with clients, delivery and market : - Engage with new and existing clients to provide advisory consulting and address unmet needs in analytics. - Proactively track D&A trends and influence clients data strategy and choices through thought leadership. - Identify white spaces and mine opportunities for growth. 2. Architect solutions and coordinate their implementation : - Architect and design modern, high-performance D&A solutions incorporating people, process, and technology levers in analytics. - Coordinate with delivery for adoption with focus on greater reuse, AI infusion for accelerated and risk-mitigated implementation. 3. Lead and support opportunities : - Support pre-sales activities including conducting discovery workshops, developing point of views/solutions/scoping, writing proposals, and supporting sales and marketing enablement for analytics platforms and technologies. 4. Guide research and experiments to address unmet needs : - Proactively drive research and experimentation through the CoEs to ensure that Infocepts stays ahead of the curve in emerging areas of analytics. - Identify specific opportunities for innovation to create differentiation and address unmet needs. 5. Build and reuse knowledge and expertise : - Build foundation components in the form of reusable assets in analytics platforms which can be leveraged across projects and client accounts. - Advance Infocepts solutions through effective use of one or more foundation components. - Influence D&A space by creating thought leadership content and participating in external events and forums. - Anchor and leverage Community of Practitioners (CoPs) for knowledge sharing and mobilizing support for innovation at scale. 6. Nurture and grow talent : - Develop differentiated D&A talent pool in through recruitment and learning and development in analytics competencies. - Mentor associates to help them advance their careers in D&A using the Infocepts Career Architecture Framework. Work and Technical Experience : 1. Essential Skills : - Experience in D&A domain specifically in analytics, business intelligence and data visualization. - Experience in solution design, architecture and implementation of modern analytics solutions. - Diverse experiences including green field analytics development, augmented analytics, full stack data products, conversational BI, and analytics platform migrations. - Proficiency in at least two leading analytics platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, MicroStrategy (now Strategy), ThoughtSpot, Quicksight and Looker. - Experience of designing and implementing end-to-end solutions from semantic layer design, data modeling, data visualization and conversational BI. - Demonstrable thought leadership through blogs, white papers and presentations in D&A events. - Demonstrable presales and solutioning experience in conducting workshops, building proposals. - Demonstrable advisory and consulting experiences for strategic D&A initiatives. 2. Desirable Skills : - Conversant with cloud data technologies such as Azure, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks in relation to analytics development. - Well versed with DevSecOps considerations for analytics solutions. - Sound understanding of analytics platform administration, usage analytics. - Sound business appreciation to understand business and functional requirements for solution architecture considerations. - Experience in evaluating and comparing multiple analytics and visualization choices and making right-fit recommendations in the client context. - Working knowledge of frameworks like TOGAF, DAMA. Qualifications : - Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (Masters degree is a plus). - Demonstrated continued learning through one or more technical certifications or related methods. - At least 14+ years of experience in data analytics with focus on analytics and business intelligence. Qualities : - Self-motivated and focused on delivering outcomes for a fast growing team and firm. - Able to communicate persuasively through speaking, writing, and client presentations. - Able to consult, write, and present persuasively. - Able to work in a self-organized and cross-functional team.