Domain Solutions Architect

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Job Description:

Summary
Develops Domain solution architecture, policies, standards, and processes that manage the lifecycle of solutions. Helps plan, estimate, design, and develop new solutions as well as educates and promotes the best practices and architecture. Partners with functional teams to address any challenges encountered in project lifecycle. Ensures that the solutions are in agreement with enterprise architecture and will meet the current and future needs of the organization.

Essential Functions

• Partner with PMO and functional teams during the lifetime of a project, including design and estimation.
  Coordinate solution architecture implementation and modification activities.
  Consult with application or infrastructure development projects to fit systems or infrastructure to architecture, and identify when it is necessary to modify the solution architecture to accommodate project needs.
  Document all solution architecture design and analysis work.
• Understand, advocate and augment the principles of information technology strategies.
  Analyze domain business drivers to determine corresponding change requirements.
  Evangelize the architecture process, its outcome and ongoing results.
  Analyze technology industry and market trends, and determine their potential impact on the projects.
  Develop guidelines, standards, and best practices
• Evangelize the architecture process, its outcome and ongoing results.
  Help define the principles to guide solution decisions for the enterprise.
  Evaluate infrastructure and tools
  Help design the implementation of an ESA based on enterprise business requirements and IT strategies.
  Facilitate the evaluation and selection of software product standards, as well as the design of standard software configurations.

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills and Abilities

• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments(preferred)
• Effective interpersonal skillsExceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation(preferred)
• Effective leadership skills (preferred)
• Demonstrates analytical skillsExcellent analytical and technical skills(preferred)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (preferred)
• Excellent planning and organizational skills(preferred)
• Knowledge of all components of an enterprise technical architecture(preferred)
• Knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and processes(preferred)
• Basic knowledge of financial models and budgeting(preferred)
• Strong understanding of network architecture and application development methodologies(preferred)
• Strong understanding of SOA, object-oriented analysis and design, and/or client/server systems(preferred)
• Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations(preferred)
• Ability to translate business needs into solution architecture requirements(preferred)
• Ability to estimate the financial impact of solution architecture alternatives(preferred)
• Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to business problems(preferred)
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies(preferred)
• SOA design and implementation …