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Solution Architect

CGI/ Lafayette,LA
Job Title: Solution Architect
Full-Time
Job Description:
  • A full time member of the Solution Architecture Group, the Solution Architect uses his/her deep knowledge of emerging technologies, development strategies, and development best practices to support definition and delivery of the product road map. This includes technical opportunities to advance the baseline software imminently and in the future, crafting overall technical vision and direction documents for large or complex initiatives, evaluating technologies and/or alternate approaches, working with Product Managers to estimate and design new enhancements, and supporting program-level trade-offs on priorities. 
  • The Solution Architect role also requires an individual capable of designing and developing architecture framework capabilities to ensure a technical runway so that development momentum is not delayed. This person has strong collaborative skills with a technologists thinking who can work and communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders to continually ensure the product is of the highest quality. This person will move fluidly between the legacy and next generation applications, providing technical expertise to all teams and products in an Agile environment. The Solution Architect will: 
  • Serve as a subject matter expert for one or more areas of the architecture: Information/Data, Infrastructure/Technology, Application, System, Security, or Dev/Ops. 
  • Identify and evaluate current systems to define a road map that maximizes the use of advanced technology. 
  • Develop solution architectures for new enhancements, systems, and technologies. 
  • Analyze options for system and technology gaps and issues in the current solutions. 
  • Scope technical epics for an assigned initiative. 
  • Evaluate existing framework and/or develop new framework that will be used by agile teams responsible for implementing a solution architecture or enhancement design. 
  • Prepare the assigned agile team to begin work on an initiative by reviewing epics with the team, ensuring comprehension of the subject matter and feature scope prior to PI Planning. 
  • Provide ongoing support to agile teams throughout a PI to help keep overall solution vision on track, make technical trade-offs where necessary, and support the identification and escalation of risks. 
  • Diagnose application, infrastructure, and technology issues using various resources; define an appropriate solution; support the resolution; and document the incident record. 
  • Define architecture and development best practices, supporting the approval and implementation within the Product Development team. 
  • Continuously identify and escalate any risks to product solution, quality, staffing and/or delivery commitments so they can be acted upon in timely manner. 
  • Participate in sprint and system demos for agile teams to maintain a pulse on product progress and interdependencies throughout the life cycle. Identify and offer suggestions for improvement. 
  • Participate in quality validation exercises, including subsystem assessment reviews and/or exploratory testing efforts to continuously keep a pulse on product quality and identify areas for adjustment early in the process. 
  • Mentor developers and other technical resources to enable them to learn the ins and outs of the software and how our customers do business,
  •  provide assistance in managing trade-offs and assessing user or system impact, and
  • promote adherence to design standards and processes to promote quality. 
  • Work with account teams and/or customers to understand technical requirements, provide support on current software implementations, and make recommendations for a product path forward. 
  • Support estimation for new product features, including outlining solution approach, vetting approach with Product Mangers, product SMEs, and other stakeholders, and preparing hours-based estimates to present to management, account teams and/or investment boards
Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of experience as a Solution Architect, Principle Engineer (Lead Developer), or similar role 
  • Technical expertise in key current and future technologies. Depending on the architecture role, this may include: 
  • Angular, Node.js, C++, Java, HTML5, XML 
  • Kafka, Tuxedo, WebLogic, Springboot 
  • Swagger, webMethods 
  • Experience with the realization of a product evolution to cloud-based, microservices, multi-tenancy, and/or SaaS 
  • Demonstrates initiative and strong attention to detail as needed to define and oversee a plan for implementation of software objects toward an overall solution 
  • Experience working in and leading teams an Agile development environment. 
  • Team player with the ability to adapt to changing priorities and goals. 
  • Ability to translate functional designs into technical solutions. 
  • Ability to work closely with technical leads, engineering teams and architecture stakeholders for technical issues, architectural considerations and engineering assessment of product goals. 
  • Ability to understand complex technical concepts and translating them into detailed, executable plans 
  • Experience developing and documenting architecture framework capabilities for use by other development teams 
  • Strong emphasis on teamwork and close collaboration across all roles and functions 
  • Ability to provide appropriate and informed guidance and technical direction.
  • Ability to prioritize across multiple competing interests and recognize situations requiring escalation. 
  • Excellent communication skills. 
  • Strong presentation and leadership skills. 
  • Strong analytical, problem solving and diagnostic skills. 
  • Desired Qualification: 
  • BS/BA degree. 
  • Excellent product delivery skills. 
  • Functional knowledge in one or more areas of the Momentum software suite or equivalent software package 
  • Experience with web, mobile, and RPA applications. 
  • Experience working with brand new applications or legacy applications. 
  • Experience working with a remote team.
Contact: Apply online at https://cgi.njoyn.com

Date Posted: 2/14/2018