Solution Architect

Job Summary

The role involves leading solution and application architecture for large-scale engagements, acting as the design authority and ensuring technical quality of deliverables by adhering to architecture principles and design standards. Responsibilities include conceptualizing technical platforms, providing conceptual solution models for pre-sales activities, evangelizing industry best practices across multiple accounts, and mentoring a group of architects. The role also encompasses managing architecture governance, knowledge management, requirement analysis, talent management, technology consulting, and driving innovation.

• Define architecture for large engagements involving a cluster of technologies and act as the design authority.
• Ensure technical quality of deliverables by adhering to architecture principles and design standards.
• Conceptualize technical platforms that address similar patterns of need for a domain or horizontal segment.
• Provide conceptual solution models as part of pre-sales activities.
• Evangelize industry best practices across multiple accounts.
• Mentor a group of architects and support their professional development.
• Perform architecture reviews of all projects within the portfolio.
• Conduct design reviews of framework elements, including architecturally significant components.
• Identify common themes across projects to optimize by creating reusable assets, saving time and cost.
• Guide Technical Architects and Sr. Technical Leaders through design challenges.
• Conduct technical audits for complex projects.
• Define and measure project/program-specific architectural and technology quality metrics.
• Review outputs to ensure non-functional requirements (NFRs) are met.
• Partner in creating training programs for new service offerings.
• Gain and cultivate domain expertise to provide optimized solutions.
• Understand and conceptualize architecturally significant requirements.
• Validate cross-application/cross-technology requirements to ensure integration ability and reconcile conflicting requirements.
• Support the delivery management team in identifying team training needs.
• Conduct training and certifications with the help of GAMA and provide mentoring on technical skills.
• Support the technical evaluation of candidates to meet project requirements.
• Perform career guidance and performance management for team members.
• Define problem statements for customers aligned with primary business objectives.
• Assess existing landscapes across business, application, data, and technology architectures to identify gaps.
• Define solution roadmaps for agile transitions to target states.
• Analyze solution fitment across technical feasibility, cost vs. benefit, and people dimensions.
• Demonstrate value and gain buy-in from key stakeholders.
• Define architectural solution models using the latest architectural paradigms.
• Define architecture principles and patterns for engagements.
• Adopt appropriate technical stacks.
• Ensure adherence to adopted architecture principles and design standards, complying with regulatory mandates.
• Guide technical teams in adopting principles, patterns, and technical stacks.
• Perform architecture and design reviews using industry-standard methodologies.
• Partner with stakeholders in multi-vendor environments for successful solution deliveries.
• Define non-functional requirements and ensure solution's ability to meet them.
• Resolve issues based on industry expertise and by leveraging partners.
• Proactively identify and manage technical risks.
• Build credibility as a technical go-to person and trusted partner.
• Expand professional networks within client organizations.
• Manage stakeholder expectations effectively.
• Provide thought leadership in conceptualizing the need and design of assets.
• Track implementation and improve asset effectiveness and deployment.

• Domain and industry knowledge to understand business requirements.
• Technology knowledge including broad knowledge of multiple technologies (e.g., Java/Microsoft), multiple frameworks, data structures, algorithms, APIs, libraries, and best practices for multiple technology stacks. In-depth knowledge of at least two technologies within the customer technology landscape.
• Knowledge of technology trends related to multiple inter-related technologies.
• Knowledge of architecture concepts and principles, including architectural principles, models, patterns (e.g., SOA, N-Tier, EDA), perspectives (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman), system integration points, integration architecture, non-functional areas, and architecture trends. Broad understanding of enterprise assets, deployment architecture, and architecture governance. Working knowledge of data architecture, capacity planning, and security architecture.
• Knowledge of design patterns, tools, and principles.
• Knowledge of software development process tools and techniques, including the end-to-end SDLC (Agile and Traditional), SDLC methodology, programming principles, tools, and best practices.
• Knowledge of project management tools and…