IT Architect Specialist
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• Understand how technology can be used to solve a given business problem
• Understand the problems we are helping our customers overcome
• Working with the business to define, design and estimate solutions.
• Provide architecture and consulting services to development teams
• Prepare guidance, standards, requirements, design documentation and ensure that the end product is aligned to the business strategy and overall enterprise architecture standards
• Guiding development teams on the decisions made and the reasons for these
• Participating in collaborative architectural discussions
• Defining the overall technical vision and creation of architectural designs for a particular solution
• Work closely with both Product Management and Product Engineering to ensure solutions are in line with our target architecture vision
• Promoting the IT vision within Product Management and the wider organisation
• Involving and harnessing the knowledge and abilities of the development teams in the solutions
• Collaborates with clients and other functional areas in the design of IT Roadmaps to illustrate architectural complexities and interactions of information systems. Analyzes, refines and documents the business requirements of the client. Analyzes existing system to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement. Plans and designs information systems and implements updates within scope of established guidelines and objectives.
• Researches new technological advances to assess current practices for compliance with systems requirements. Recommends solutions to address current system needs, process improvements and controls. Assists in the Request for Proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process. Makes recommendations for future information system needs.
• Provides technical architecture and support across applications and guidance to other functional areas to define software/hardware requirements and in planning and delivering infrastructure. Analyzes infrastructure and capacity planning.
• Employs a thorough knowledge of required procedures, methodologies and/or application standards, including Payment Card Industry (PCI) and security related compliance to write or modify software programs to include analysis, writing specifications and code, program installation and documentation for use with multiple application/user database systems. Maintains information systems by configuring software and hardware, tracking errors and data movement, and troubleshooting.
• Solicits feedback from internal customers and IT teams to understand how well information systems are serving customers.
Communication skills
• Software engineering literacy and communication skills
• Strong customer focus and ability to think about the impact of actions on the customer
• Ability to present technical concepts and specific solutions to internal teams in a clear, concise and easily understood manner
• Excellent active listening skills that enable you to understand the goals and challenges to craft meaningful solutions
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• Understand how technology can be used to solve a given business problem
• Understand the problems we are helping our customers overcome
• Working with the business to define, design and estimate solutions.
• Provide architecture and consulting services to development teams
• Prepare guidance, standards, requirements, design documentation and ensure that the end product is aligned to the business strategy and overall enterprise architecture standards
• Guiding development teams on the decisions made and the reasons for these
• Participating in collaborative architectural discussions
• Defining the overall technical vision and creation of architectural designs for a particular solution
• Work closely with both Product Management and Product Engineering to ensure solutions are in line with our target architecture vision
• Promoting the IT vision within Product Management and the wider organisation
• Involving and harnessing the knowledge and abilities of the development teams in the solutions
• Collaborates with clients and other functional areas in the design of IT Roadmaps to illustrate architectural complexities and interactions of information systems. Analyzes, refines and documents the business requirements of the client. Analyzes existing system to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement. Plans and designs information systems and implements updates within scope of established guidelines and objectives.
• Researches new technological advances to assess current practices for compliance with systems requirements. Recommends solutions to address current system needs, process improvements and controls. Assists in the Request for Proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process. Makes recommendations for future information system needs.
• Provides technical architecture and support across applications and guidance to other functional areas to define software/hardware requirements and in planning and delivering infrastructure. Analyzes infrastructure and capacity planning.
• Employs a thorough knowledge of required procedures, methodologies and/or application standards, including Payment Card Industry (PCI) and security related compliance to write or modify software programs to include analysis, writing specifications and code, program installation and documentation for use with multiple application/user database systems. Maintains information systems by configuring software and hardware, tracking errors and data movement, and troubleshooting.
• Solicits feedback from internal customers and IT teams to understand how well information systems are serving customers.
Communication skills
• Software engineering literacy and communication skills
• Strong customer focus and ability to think about the impact of actions on the customer
• Ability to present technical concepts and specific solutions to internal teams in a clear, concise and easily understood manner
• Excellent active listening skills that enable you to understand the goals and challenges to craft meaningful solutions