Global Solution Architect

Global Solution Architect

Location:

Houston, TX (HO) - Digital & IT - Hub
World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with approximately 66,000 employees and serves more than 3.6 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen have been at the core of the company's activities since its creation in 1902. Air Liquide's ambition is to be the leader in its industry, delivering long-term performance and acting responsibly.
How Will You Contribute and Grow?  We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the unique perspectives of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders, and cultures across the world. We believe that a variety of backgrounds makes our team stronger and more innovative. Responsible for the overall project design and delivery of GIO services, the GIO Project Solution Architect is responsible for ensuring that GIO infrastructure impacts on projects and initiatives are identified and serves as the primary point of contact for GIO impact assessments and the coordination of GIO resources for IT infrastructure solutioning.
At Air Liquide we respect, honor and value diversity.
Air Liquide is hiring for a Global Solution Architect in Houston, TX.
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Comprehensive Family Benefits:
Air Liquide offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance. Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time. Early Access:
Your benefits start on the first day of employment.

Job Responsibilities   The GIO Project Solution Architect is responsible for the overall IT infrastructure impact assessment process and supports Digital Delivery Services (DDS) Enterprise Architects and GIO Demand Managers in ensuring that the infrastructure impacts on projects and initiatives are identified early in the project life cycle. This process includes the following:
Reviewing high level requirements with Digital Delivery Services (DDS) management and project managers
Providing an initial assessment of GIO impacts for all demands and projects to facilitate effective demand triage and project assignment
Collaborating with DDS Architects to ensure a full understanding of the project requirements and potential IT infrastructure impacts
Ensuring GIO representation in project architecture reviews (preliminary, summary and follow up)
Communicating upcoming projects with GIO infrastructure impacts to GIO stakeholders
Collaborating with GIO teams for all project gate reviews and following up on GIO Gate deliverables (ensuring project documentation includes infrastructure components)
Providing recommendations for Gate approval and attending all project gate review meetings - representing the infrastructure team
GIO Project Design and Delivery
Following the initial GIO impact assessment, the GIO Project Solution Architect is responsible for ensuring that GIO infrastructure solutions proposed are in line with project requirements (timeline and scope) and communicates these impacts to key GIO stakeholders through the following activities:
Ensuring that requirements are clearly defined and communicated to GIO teams for technical solutioning
Facilitating GIO technical solutioning sessions with GIO Service Line Directors, Service Managers and Demand Managers
Ensuring that GIO infrastructure solutions are documented (through an IT Infrastructure Solution Design document) with clear deliverables and timelines
Assessing GIO demand coordination and/or project management requirements and, working with the GIO Demand Manager, and PMO Lead, ensures an effective resourcing model for demands and projects
Supporting GIO and Customer projects that are in execution that have adjustments in their scope that may impact GIO by leading the assessment of the requirements and subsequent technical solutioning (including estimates, scheduling and documentation updates).
GIO Project Design and Delivery Governance
Liaising with the GIO Demand Manager and GIO PMO Lead, the…