Senior Architect

JOB DESCRIPTION This role is for staff augmentation support and resources will be assisting non-core activities SENIOR (10+ YRS OF EXPERIENCE) • Responsible for driving architecture solutions that will support the business goals • Analyzes requirements and ensures solutions will integrate with current platforms or services • Supports long-range application and technology planning efforts, representing multiple technology platforms • Leads technology team in resolving architectural issues • Identifies and escalates issues and when necessary, pulls appropriate teams together to solve challenges • Documents and resolves technical risks by contributing specific recommendations for improving performance, stability, reliability, availability, and / or maintainability of infrastructure technologies • Under guidance of senior level technical architects, leads platform, service, or portfolio architectural efforts to translate partner needs to technical solutions based on a balance of needs, architecture standards and plans, total cost of ownership and feasibility • Translates functional requirements to platform and service design requirements • Participates in project planning, estimating and costing • Participates in reuse, extend, buy, or build recommendations • Defines the architecture, client environment, and supporting tools to meet stated program or project objectives • Develops architectural design documentation • Communicates the architecture direction within a given platform, service or portfolio • Participates in the development of future enterprise architecture within a given platform, service or portfolio • Communicates with key partners to explain alternatives and make recommendations • Communicates and collaborates with more senior level technical architects and select IT leadership • Evaluates and anticipates impact of technical solutions on related projects • Assists in the development and maintenance of global technology roadmaps and application or platform evolution plans • Participates in technology life cycle management by understanding relevant technology states and by making recommendations for timely technology evolution • Has a working knowledge of designing and constructing platform architectures (server, network, desktop, database, systems management, or data) • Has a high level understanding of operating systems and foundation architecture • Must have significant business knowledge and have one or more areas of technical expertise in which they concentrate • Ability to explain technical solutions to technical and non technical teams • Possess an understanding of tools, platform scripting and control languages