IT Solutions Architect

IT Architecture - Job Details

Job Family Definition Champion the development and execution of the company's IT architectural vision, ensuring technological alignment with business strategies and promoting scalable, secure, and cohesive solutions across the enterprise.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of architectural standards, policies, and procedures across different teams.
• Work alongside IT leaders and developers to ensure alignment with architectural guidelines and best practices.
• Assist in documenting architecture designs, reference structures, and technical protocols.
• Contribute to the IT architectural strategy, helping to ensure it aligns with broader business objectives.
• Research and suggest suitable technologies and tools based on scalability, security, and integration requirements.
• Identify potential technological risks and assist in finding solutions to address them.
• Engage in IT governance activities, supporting adherence to architectural standards and strategic initiatives.
• Present findings and recommendations on suitable technologies and tools.
• Evaluate potential technological risks and develop effective solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with architectural standards.
• Develop and present comprehensive reports on the IT architectural strategy.
• Resolve complex issues related to architectural standards and procedures.
• Communicate effectively with teams to ensure optimal execution of architectural tasks.
• Review and optimize the implementation of architectural guidelines.
• Coordinate the implementation of architectural standards and policies.
• Supervise the execution of architectural guidelines and best practices.
• Coordinate and supervise the resolution of complex architectural issues.

Differentiating Criteria

• Functional Knowledge: Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field. Regarded as the technical expert in their job discipline within the organization.
• Business Expertise: Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services. Anticipates business and regulatory issues; recommends product, process, or service improvements.
• Leadership Skills: May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Leads projects with notable risk and complexity; develops the strategy for project execution.
• Problem Solving: Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions. Solves unique problems with broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions.
• Nature and Area of Impact: Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies. Impacts the direction and resource allocation for program, project or services; works within general functional policies and industry guidelines.
• Interpersonal Skills: Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view. Communicates complex ideas, anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view.