Solution Architect

Reporting to the VP, the Solution Architect is responsible for defining and communicating a shared technical and architectural vision across a Solution Train to help ensure the system or Solution under development is fit for its intended purpose. In this role you will ensure that the business process and technology perspectives are in line with the governance strategies, policies and standards. You will use your influence to steer projects and technology teams from architectural standpoint towards the common goals and standards of the organization, adjusting when necessary to meet business objectives.

It involves close collaboration with business stakeholders, teams, customers, suppliers, and thirdparty stakeholders in defining the EagleView's technology infrastructure, decomposing solutions, and systems into components and subsystems, and defining and managing their interfaces and APIs. While providing a general view of solution architecture, you will required to enable those who implement value by empowering them to make local decisions, allowing faster flow of work and better economics.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for assisting in the establishment of an IT Architecture practice, and the adoption of an architecture and standards methodology.
• Champions a structured approach to business application solutions.
• Directly assists in the development of a solutions architecture program including departmental roadmaps and project portfolios for IT systems architecture.
• Develops and executes solutions which further reduce the percentage of time spent on reactive work.
• Participate in planning, definition, and high level design of the solution and exploration of solution alternatives.
• Enable the Continuous Delivery Pipeline through appropriate design guidelines and investment advocacy.
• Actively participate in the Continuous Exploration process as part of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline, especially with enabler Epics Define subsystems and their interfaces, allocate responsibilities to subsystems, understand solution deployment, and communicate requirements for interactions with solution context.
• Work with customers, stakeholders, and suppliers to establish high-level solution intent, and the solution intent information models and documentation requirements.
• Establish critical NFRs for the solution and participate in the definition of others.
• Operate within an economic framework when analyzing the impact of design decisions.
• Work with portfolio stakeholders, notably the Enterprise Architect, to develop, analyze, split, and realize the implementation of enabler epics.
• Participate in Program Increment (PI) Planning and Pre- and Post-PI Planning, System and Solution Demos, and Inspect and Adapt(I&A) events.
• Define, explore, and support the implementation of enablers to evolve solution intent, working directly with Agile teams to implement them.
• Plan and develop the Architectural Runway in support of new business Features and Capabilities.
• Work with Product and Solution Management to determine the capacity allocation for enablement work.
• Support technology/engineering aspects of program and solution Kanbans.
• Provide oversight and foster Built-In Quality and Team and Technical Agility.