Sr. Solutions Architect (DXP, MS Dynamics) (# 6294)
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Job Title: Sr. Solutions Architect (DXP, MS Dynamics)
Location: New Haven CT 06473 (Remote working option available)
Duration: 06 to 12 Months Contract to hire
US citizens and Green Card Holders and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor H1b candidates at this time”
Job Description
Overview
- The
Sr. Solutions Architect is responsible for designing business solutions
and capabilities in alignment with enterprise architecture standards and
strategic direction for the organizations external facing presence,
Marketing, Sales & Distribution, Customer Service, Online Membership,
and Charity services.
- The
Solution Architect will be responsible for leading the solution design and
implementation for complex systems, platforms and would interact with key
business stakeholders, design teams, development and QA teams on a variety
of projects in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment. The ideal
candidate will have strong technical aptitude & business acumen in the
insurer sector; and will effectively drive technology change by creating,
communicating, and improving the key requirements, principles and models
that describe the enterprises future state and enable its evolution.
- This
role also requires collaboration with cross functional teams within the
Enterprise Solutions Delivery department, ensuring that outcomes comply
with the Enterprise Architectural vision, quality, and security standards.
The Sr. Solutions Architect is a member of a cross functional team that
collaborates with business customers to define the capabilities and
solutions.
- The
Sr. Solutions Architect will define how those capabilities will be built
and will support timely delivery of those capabilities and solutions
including participating in planning and requirements definition in
collaboration with business owners and product managers to ensure that the
time and effort of the Solutions Delivery teams is producing the greatest
value and is in alignment with the overall strategy.
Core Responsibilities
Technical Solution Design
- Designs
enterprise solutions and capabilities that are scalable, adaptable, and in
synchrony with the ever-changing business needs in alignment with the
architecture strategy, policies, standards and procedures.
- Promotes
shared infrastructure and applications to reduce costs and improve
information flow. Contributes to a reduction in IT complexity, enforcement
of discipline and standardization of IT planning activities, consolidation
of data and applications, and better interoperability of the systems.
Facilitates the reuse of ideas, components, services, and proven patterns
across various solutions.
- Understands
business requirements as they pertain to digital technologies (including
digital marketing, strategy, content, application modernization, DevOps /
Agile processes, API / microservices architecture and digital workspace).
- Leads
the design of innovative enterprise solutions, working closely with
Programmer Analysts, QA, and other stakeholders to get high-quality
products and features through the agile software project lifecycle.
Provides hands-on software development and project management,
cross-functional coordination, and inter/intra team communications to
ensure program success and delivery throughput.
- Documents
and communicates architectural requirements for solutions and
capabilities.
- Maintains
architectural documentation of solutions built and supported by the cross
functional Solutions Delivery teams.
- Collaborates
closely with business customers, product management personnel, and
development team members to design and deliver business solutions.
- Supports
the articulation and communication of the IT Strategy to constituents.
- Collaborates
with the Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Infrastructure Services to
assess technology lifecycles and determines how individual technologies or
standards will change, be versioned or transitioned out.
- Collaborates
with other architects at Knights (Data, Infrastructure etc.) to ensure
integrity of assigned domain.
- Collaborates
with Application Domain Leads to manage the application portfolio and
roadmaps.
- Practices
risk management engages key risk stakeholders, and effectively escalates
issues that create business, technical, operational, and project risk.
- Provides
metrics for key performance indicator measurement in support the planning
process, organizational objectives, and the strategic vision.
- Creates
and maintains a consistent Web site architectural structure across the
organizations Web applications.
- Collaborates
with Web developers in the development and integration of graphical and
multimedia components into Web sites and other Web applications.
- Collaborates
with User Experience (UX) team to ensure that the user is at the center of
all solution design decisions.
- Creates
and develops transaction-based e-commerce solutions for
business-to-business and business-to-consumer applications where required.
- Models,
simulates, or prototypes the behavior of proposed systems components to
enable approval by stakeholders.
- Proven
capabilities to identify, investigate and resolve variety of architecture
issues including scalability, integration, extendibility, and performance.
Ability to drive and lead solution development from conception through
deployment.
- Knowledge
of solution architecture patterns, processes, and governance. Ability to
Review and approve functional & non-functional development and create
implementation guidelines for designed and developers.
- Ability
to articulate and collaborate solution requirements using interviews,
document analysis, stakeholder surveys, business cases, use cases, user
stories, business analysis, task, and workflow analysis.
Collaborative Team Environment Participation
- Provides
deep, subject matter expert knowledge for domain technologies.
- Cross
team collaboration and relationship building, including creating consensus
and buy-in, negotiating and resolving conflicts when necessary with
minimal escalation.
- Provides
a broad, systems-thinking perspective to the solutions delivery teams.
- Participates
in planning at the department and team levels.
- Provide
architectural oversight and direction to multiple scrum teams as
applicable.
- Takes
responsibility for delivering on commitments to teams: their own team and
those with whom they collaborate.
- Plans
directly with business customers ensuring that the solution needed by the
Knights of Columbus is the solution that is delivered.
- Participates
in continuous improvement activities with their own team as well as the
teams whom which they collaborate.
- Promotes
continuous delivery pipeline and DevOps capabilities.
- Defines
subsystems and their interfaces, allocates responsibilities to subsystems,
understands solution deployment, and communicates requirements for
interactions with solution context.
- Capable
of supporting developers during feature implementation by explaining
solution design details and solving issues. Maintain up to date domain
architecture specification.
- Ability
to articulate and collaborate solution requirements using interviews,
document analysis, stakeholder surveys, business cases, use cases, user
stories, business analysis, task, and workflow analysis.
Business Relationship Management
- Gracefully
responds to emerging business needs and changes in priority.
- Cultivates
relationships with business stakeholders, product managers, stakeholders
and users of the systems they design and support.
- Maintains
in-depth knowledge of the business processes they support.
- Collaborates
with business partners on generating and analyzing innovative ideas and
technologies across the business.
- Develops
and maintains current and future state solution architectures.
Information System & Technology Architecture
- Actively
participates in the Architecture community of practice.
- Designs
and oversees implementation of business solutions.
- Maintains
in-depth knowledge of the organization's technologies and architectures.
- Actively
uses the shared infrastructure and application roadmap to reduce costs and
improve how information flows.
- Conducts
research into current and emerging Web technologies and issues in support
of Web development efforts.
- Develop
project deliverables, proof-of-concepts, and pilot new technologies.
- Tracks
and evaluates new standards, technologies and trends in Web architecture,
development, design, and delivery.
Architecture Process & Governance
- Adheres
to the architectural governance process.
- Adheres
to Enterprise technology standards and policies in solution designs and
recommendations.
- Executes
the Enterprise Architecture Governance processes.
- Executes
the IT strategy as defined by the IT Leadership and Enterprise
Architecture Team.
- Actively
participates in architecture review sessions with the Enterprise
Architecture team.
- Enforces
and adheres to IT standards, policies and Enterprise architectural plans.
- Ensures
that project documentation captures significant architectural decisions.
- Expertise
with all facet of the solution architecture including UI/UX, APIs, ERP,
CRM, Distributed Caching, Mobile Application, Application Portfolio
Management, Databases & Storage, Security, and Cloud &
Infrastructure Components (SaaS, IaaS, and IaaS). Any vendor specific
Cloud certification is a plus.
- Ability
to articulate and collaborate solution requirements using interviews,
document analysis, stakeholder surveys, business cases, use cases, user
stories, business analysis, task, and workflow analysis.
- Participates
in defining and measuring SLAs and recommends improvement opportunities or
provides alternate solutions or approaches.
Essential Competencies
- Professionalism/Personal
Accountability, Collaboration and Teamwork, Communication, Flexible and
Adapts to Change, Service to Customers and Clients.
Skill Qualifications
Required:
- Expertise
with a broad base of digital web and mobile products, technologies,
platforms, patterns, frameworks, and methodologies.
- Experience
with single sign-on systems, role-based access management systems, and PII
data security best practices.
- Expertise
with typical multi-tier architectures: web servers, caching, application
servers, load balancers, and storage.
- Experience
developing and refining best practices for implementation and maintenance
of e-Commerce, CRM, web, social media, and web analytic assets.
- Experience
with general security technologies, processes, and concepts.
- Experience
with architectural framework (TOGAF, Zachman, FEA, or a hybrid of multiple
frameworks).
- Experience
within SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud environments.
- Experience
with User Centered Design practices.
- Experience
in Content Management systems (TeamSite knowledge a plus).
- Experience
user facing web application development and measurement.
- Experience
with environments containing multiple, diverse technologies and processing
environments.
- Command
of sound software design principles and patterns is required.
- Excellent
communication, presentation, influencing, and reasoning skills.
- Ability
to clearly communicate complex concepts with both technical and
non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong
leadership, interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally.
- Strong
business judgment and decision-making skills. Ability to identify,
prioritize, and articulate highest impact initiatives.
- Experience
working/leading projects executed using Waterfall and Agile Methodologies.
- Ability
to learn and adjust quickly to a dynamic and changing environment
- Competency
in Microsoft applications including Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and Outlook.
- Knowledge
of ITSM standards and processes.
- Effectively
participates in teams and moves the team toward completion of goals.
- Ability
to effectively resolve conflicts.
Preferred:
- Microsoft
Dynamics experience.
- Business
intelligence/analytics experience is a plus.
- Familiarity
with Marketing and Advertising is desirable.
Education and Experience Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s
degree in computer science, information systems, computer engineering,
system analysis, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 10
or more years of IT and business/industry work experience including
architecture design and deployment, systems lifecycle management, and
infrastructure planning and operations.
Preferred:
- Certification
in any one of the EA frameworks is a plus.
Physical Demands
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position for a majority of the workday.
A
reasonable, good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum Pay rate for this
position is $80.00/Hr. to
$87.00/Hr.