Manage and drive activities related to the development and delivery of the Solutions Architecture domain.
Collaborate with IT & Business leadership and cross-functional IT teams to drive Enterprise Architecture principals enabling business growth and agility.
Provide solution architecture services to support enterprise project delivery methodology.
Responsibilities:
Collaborate with other solution architects (including from vendors) to define end to end solutions, detail design elements & proof of concepts and evaluation of the enterprise technologies (including environmental analysis, opportunity identification and value cases with alignment to business innovation portfolio development).
Provide technical leadership to the team throughout the project lifecycle and regularly communicating new features & benefits to partners, customers, and other stakeholders.
Collaborate with cross-functional IT areas to drive project planning for activities related to solution ideation & solution design and work closely with project management teams to successfully monitor & status reporting.
Drive the architectural aspects of all application projects in peer IT portfolios, contributes to the continuous enhancement of architecture governance structures & methodologies.
Contribute as a principal team member of the Enterprise Architecture organization, ensuring coordinated technology delivery with enterprise strategies & roadmaps are integrated and aligned with the business strategy & business agility.
Responsible for the application rationalization roadmap specifically focusing on SOA enabling technologies, drive standardization of common business objects and ensure infrastructure solutions are architected for reusability.
Provide architectural guidance for application, information management and infrastructure development projects to fit solutions to the reference architecture and identify when it is necessary to modify the architectural guidelines to accommodate project needs.
Research current & emerging technologies and propose changes where needed.
Assist in project production implementation planning.
Perform other duties as directed or required.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field required
TOGAF or similar Enterprise Architecture certification required.
PMP or advanced project/program management certification preferred.
10+ years of IT experience with a progression towards higher levels of responsibility, including 5 years of architecture/infrastructure development and five years in information architecture strategy and solutions delivery required
Technically creative and open-minded required
In-depth understanding of various coding languages, sound knowledge of various operating systems, databases, Cloud infrastructure, etc. required
In-depth expertise in TriZetto Facets Suite of products and good understanding of all other platform architecture & technology –Sales Force, VLocity Portals, Oracle Cloud ERP/HCM, Integrations, Communications, Infrastructure and Enterprise Data Lake required
Effective at applying multiple solutions to solve business challenges, drive growth and efficiencies required
Strong leadership skills, with the ability to operate in a core and cross-functional team environments required
Excellent analytical and technical vision skills required
Excellent written and verbal communication skills required
Excellent planning and organizational skills required
Knowledge of business re-engineering principles and processes required
Ability to balance the long-term ("big picture") and short-term implications of individual decisions required
Ability to rapidly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies and business value-add proposition required
Proven ability to perform holistic problem analysis, recognize dependencies across and within systems (systems thinking), offer trade-offs and develop resolutions at both strategic and functional levels required
Proven ability to interface/communicate with all levels of the organization, lead, participate & negotiate effectively in a crossfunctional environment required
Must take an enterprise architectural approach to solutioning
Must represent/champion Enterprise architectural principles when solutioning within an IT domain
Ability to clearly present multiple solution options, benefits, and associated costs to all constituents required
Clear understanding of difference between operational and analytical needs of data & systems required
Experience and ability to conduct assessments and develop product recommendations required
Experience with Relational DB, Cloud, Big Data repository, DBA, ETL Development, BI Development preferred
Technical working experience with API, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Java/.NET, Big Data, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Azure preferred
Experience applying modern Enterprise integration patterns to solve real world business problems required
Experience with Enterprise Data management systems (MDM, Data Lake, data retention) required
Experience with system monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk) and system health reporting required
Flexible in a fast-paced dynamic environment with shifting roles and responsibilities required
Experience leading the work of outsource partners (multi-supplier environment) preferred