Job Description
The ideal candidate will have proven expertise in working within Agile environments, helping facilitate critical architecture decisions, and producing comprehensive solution architecture artefacts. You will engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, enabling them to achieve business objectives through innovative technology solutions.
Strategic Alignment and Technology Advisory:
* Serve as a trusted advisor to key business and IT stakeholders, providing strategic guidance on technology initiatives, and ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives.
* Identify opportunities for innovation and optimization in the client's technology landscape, delivering actionable recommendations for modernization, cloud migration, and digital transformation.
* Assist in creating a roadmap for technology adoption, aligning with business objectives, and helping define long-term strategies that deliver sustainable growth and value.
Cloud, Security, System Design, and Integration:
* Provide expert advice on cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), security best practices, and how to effectively integrate cloud solutions with existing systems.
* Design and propose end-to-end technology solutions, ensuring the architecture meets scalability, security, and performance requirements.
* Work with cross-functional teams to define integration strategies, ensuring seamless interoperability between on-premise and cloud-based systems.
* Guide the design of secure, scalable, and resilient architectures, ensuring compliance with industry standards and security frameworks.
Solution Architecture and Critical Decision Making:
* Lead and facilitate architecture discussions, ensuring alignment with technical requirements, business goals, and strategic vision.
* Develop and produce detailed architecture artefacts, including high-level and low-level diagrams, flowcharts, and technical documentation for proposed solutions.
* Evaluate and propose new technologies or platforms to enhance the client’s technical capabilities and reduce risks.
* Drive critical decision-making sessions with senior stakeholders, ensuring timely resolution of architectural challenges.
Risk Mitigation & Collaboration Facilitation:
* Proactively identify potential risks in the technology solutions and develop mitigation strategies.
* Facilitate discussions and workshops to identify business, technical, and operational risks and collaborate with key stakeholders to resolve them.
* Provide clear communication on risks, constraints, and dependencies to senior leadership, ensuring alignment and buy-in from all relevant stakeholders.
* Help teams prioritize tasks and guide them through problem-solving to minimize project delays or roadblocks.
Agile Methodology:
* Collaborate closely with Agile teams, ensuring that architectural decisions are aligned with Agile principles and delivery goals.
* Participate in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring that architecture is continuously evolving and adapting to business needs.
* Guide development teams in translating business requirements into technical solutions, enabling iterative and incremental delivery.
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
* Experience: 8+ years of experience in a technology advisory, solution architecture, or engineering leadership role, with a strong focus on strategic alignment and enterprise technology solutions.
* Cloud Expertise: In-depth experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.), including knowledge of cloud-native architecture, security, and best practices.
1. System Design & Integration: Strong experience in system design, integration planning, and working with complex enterprise systems and cloud technologies.
2. Architecture Artefacts: Proven ability to produce comprehensive architecture artefacts, such as architecture diagrams, solution proposals, and technical documentation.
3. Agile Experience: Strong hands-on experience in working with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.), including experience with Agile tools and frameworks.
4. Risk Management: Demonstrated experience in identifying, evaluating, and mitigating risks in technology solutions and integrations.
5. Leadership: Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to facilitate discussions and drive consensus among diverse teams and stakeholders.
Requirements
Required Qualifications: Experience: 8+ years of experience in a technology advisory, solution architecture, or engineering leadership role, with a strong focus on strategic alignment and enterprise technology solutions. Cloud Expertise: In-depth experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.), including knowledge of cloud-native architecture, security, and best practices. System Design & Integration: Strong experience in system design, integration planning, and working with complex enterprise systems and cloud technologies. Architecture Artefacts: Proven ability to produce comprehensive architecture artefacts, such as architecture diagrams, solution proposals, and technical documentation. Agile Experience: Strong hands-on experience in working with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.), including experience with Agile tools and frameworks. Risk Management: Demonstrated experience in identifying, evaluating, and mitigating risks in technology solutions and integrations. Leadership: Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to facilitate discussions and drive consensus among diverse teams and stakeholders.