Solutions Architect Level 2

Job Description

Partner with development, product management, architecture, information security and infrastructure teams to deliver software and technology products that meet requirements and produce desired business outcomes. Adhere to established architectural principles and associated processes for adopting new technology or integrating with a new third-party solution. Advise product management on technology specific aspects of product roadmap development and recommend adoption of emerging technology appropriate to stated goals. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Key Responsibilities

Develop the overall software & deployment architecture of application solutions across teams

Partner with engineering staff to deliver solutions

Partner with 3rd party vendors to integrate capabilities as required by the solution under development

Partner with Senior Solutions Architects during large, cross-functional project discovery to develop high level architecture and design

Lead architectural design reviews as required

Draft, review and maintain architectural diagrams, interface specifications and other architectural artifacts as required by the delivery teams to clearly communicate the needs of the solution under development

Interact with/present to engineering and product management with the presence to influence and drive the decision makers to a solution

Identify technology overlaps and gaps and inform Senior Solutions Architecture staff

Assess emerging technologies and make appropriate recommendations based on business needs

Mentor engineering team members in software development and architectural principles, patterns, processes and practices

Promote the capture and reuse of intellectual capital, including code objects and components

Contribute to Solutions Architecture Community of Practice