Job Overview
A technical architect must have a broad understanding of architecture domains (business, information, application, technology, etc.) and know how to apply concepts from those domains to the specific needs of their product team(s) while respecting the architecture principles and guardrails of the enterprise at large.
Role : .NET architect or principal
Location: Norwell, MA - Onsite
Exp: 15+ Years
Preferred: GCEAD, or USC
Scope of Activities
The product architect is responsible to perform activities across four key dimensions:
● Understands the context of the supported product or product portfolio within the organization and its competitive landscape.
● Works with enterprise and business architects to document the business architecture that the product or product portfolio supports, including business capabilities, value streams and business processes.
● Works with product team(s) to define and maintain the high-level target product and product portfolio architecture.
● Works with domain architects (information, application, security, etc.) when deeper domain knowledge is necessary to support decision making.
● Coaches and mentors team members on architecture thinking.
● Maintains high-level knowledge of enterprise application and technology portfolio to support contextual decision making.
Manage the Architectural Runway
● Coordinates with enterprise architects and portfolio managers to prioritize development of needed enterprise enablers.
● Assists enterprise architects with evaluation of emerging technologies.
Support and Coordinate EA Practices Across Product Lines
● Serves as a member of architecture community of practice.
● Escalates product architecture decisions that are not compliant with MVA.
● Works with enterprise architects and other product architects to coordinate dependencies and shared capabilities across product lines.
Credentials and Experience
● Bachelor''s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience.
● Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies, platforms and processing environments.
● Experience working in a relevant industry is helpful, but not required.
● Experience delivering presentations to senior-level executives and technical audiences.
Skills
● Knowledge of various back-end development languages like .Net, Java, Go and Python.
● Knowledge of various database technologies like SQL and Oracle.
● Knowledge of various front-end web development languages like JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
● Knowledge of various aspects of a technology architecture like integration, network and security.
● Knowledge of information principles and processes.
● Knowledge of different modeling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate).
● Understanding of IT standards and controls.
● Excellent understanding of application development methodologies and infrastructure and network architecture.
● Excellent analytical, planning, organizational and technical and skills.
● Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
● Ability to work with developers in an outsourced environment.
● Meeting/discussion facilitation.
● Research.
Competencies
● Organizationally savvy, with the ability to navigate organizational politics.
● Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations.
● Ability to translate future-state business capabilities and requirements into solution architecture requirements.
● Ability to propose and estimate the financial impact of solution architecture alternatives.
● Ability to work creatively and analytically to solve business problems and propose solutions.
● Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
Characteristics
● Trusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders and IT development teams.
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