Senior Solutions Architect Job Description
Senior solutions architect
provides hands-on guidance and oversight in architecting, designing, and developing applications for the AWS Cloud using microservices and other cloud-native application architectures (containerization, serverless computing, API design patterns, and Infrastructure as Code).
Senior Solutions Architect Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Up-to-date knowledge of new cutting edge technologies around Single Sign-On, Mobile development, DevOps, Software Architecture
Effectively communicate and build rapport with team members, stakeholders and interface groups using a variety of techniques and collaboration from initiation to closure
Facilitate small to large group meetings for reviewing technical architecture, decision making and problem solving
Review content within the global solutions architecture demo repository
Help clients understand and implement modern, agile development practice using Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to build "cloud native" applications
Participate in and lead vertical and industry specific subject matter expert (SME) teams
At times work directly with the sales force to coordinate new projects, many of which will involve multiple phases
Supervises junior resources, as demanded by project size and team structure
Contributes to the success of the organization by helping others accomplish job results
Present and explain technologies to customers, guide them through requirements gathering and formulate a solution consisting of hardware, software, licensing, and engineering services
Senior Solutions Architect Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Senior Solutions Architect
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ITIL, RHCE, IBM, VCP, RHCSA, TOGAF, AWS, CCNP, TM, SOA
Education for Senior Solutions Architect
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Employers hiring for the senior solutions architect job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technical, Math, Business, Education, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems, Technology
Skills for Senior Solutions Architect
Desired skills for senior solutions architect include:
AWS services
Customer base and industry verticals
Market segments
Software development tools and methodologies
DevOps
Palo Alto
Riverbed
Cloud native architectures
Fortinet
Juniper
Desired experience for senior solutions architect includes:
Degree in Computer Science (BS or MS) or a related field
Ability to work independently with globally distributed teams and provide technical leadership/mentoring to junior members in the team
Ability to handle are a high volume of requests with frequent interruptions and prioritize their own work while taking organization and business needs into account
8+ years of architecture and development experience of API integration between multiple components of a distributed system
3+ years of hands-on development experience with APIs
Experience with commercial API management platforms and ETL tools
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Our growing company is hiring for a senior solutions architect. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for senior solutions architect
- Experience in improving architecture capability through a variety of techniques
- Proven track record of taking responsibility for architectural decisions and assurance across complex changes
- Ability to practically apply computing fundamentals
- Responsible for leading the design of complex systems solutions across the application stack, including data storage & access) layer, caching, web & mobile UI communication, Security, Unit testing frameworks
- Help design, build, and manage user provisioning and automations systems assist with the day to day high level administration of various SaaS applications and tools
- Must speaks fluent Mandarin and English and has the ability to communicate with an extensive and complete technology vocabulary in both languages
- Significant travel between China and the United States
- Exceptional critical thinking and both quantitative and qualitative analytical skills with the ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative technology solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
- Excellent written and verbal communication and comprehension skills, including the ability to clearly explain complex analytical topics to a wide audience who may or may not be familiar with analytics or the subject matter
- Ability to manage change, resolve conflicts and ensure collaboration within teams and/or units
Qualifications for senior solutions architect
- Proven experience in presenting strategic concepts to Senior Leadership in the C-Suite
- Experience with programming languages for API development, such as Java or Python
- Deep understanding of SOA and RESTful architecture principles and their applicability
- Be the subject matter expert in Mobile Core technologies including in Policy, Charging and Control technologies
- Responsible for architecting and designing products, features and capabilities across
- Policy, Charging and Control technologies (including PCRF, OCS, IN, mediation )
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Our company is looking to fill the role of senior solutions architect. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for senior solutions architect
- Work with internal and external resources to identify potential solutions to meet identified business needs
- Oversee implementation of solutions throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Provide production support for existing technology solutions
- Creation of innovative architectures and solutions in support of major capture efforts within the core business base, in strategic expansion areas such as energy and healthcare, while balancing these solutions against cost, schedule, function, quality, and other business considerations
- Creation of white papers, proposals, and briefings, demonstrating the thought leadership capabilities of the organization, supporting various marketing and business development efforts through customer interaction
- Assist in the further development of the systems integration capabilities across multiple accounts within the business
- Support program management and business development reviews, and assist in improving performance of troubled projects as required
- By understanding customer business requirement and pain points, proposing proper solution to customer leveraging company IPs, OSS and customer data
- Analyzing and mining customer data utilizing RDB, BI tool or Excel, finding values for customer business
- Adopting existing solution cores or OSS to be integrated into required solution/system to customer, required developments for adoption, and testing towards go-live
Qualifications for senior solutions architect
- Professional certificates to supplement formal education
- On occasion, travel may be required
- Mobile Core (including CS Core, PS Core, IMS core, DPI/TDF, Diameter Routers, STP )
- Value Added Services (including SMS, MMS, Voice Mail, RCS, WebRTC )
- Ability to define roadmaps that align to our global partner needs our internal stakeholders
- Knowledge of technologies like clustering, directory services, identity management, or programming languages like Python, Perl, Java is preferred
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Senior Solutions Architect Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of senior solutions architect. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for senior solutions architect
- Ensure revenue and new business quotas and service objectives are met while maintaining a high level of satisfaction among prospective and existing customers
- Build relationships with customer technical staff to identify new opportunities
- Creation of innovative architectures and solutions in support of major capture efforts within the core business base, in strategic expansion areas, while balancing these solutions against cost, schedule, function, quality, and other business considerations
- Assist in the further development of the systems integration capabilities within the business
- Integral part of the sales team to identify and qualify business opportunities, identify key Client technical objections and develop the strategy to resolve technical blockers
- Leads prioritization of Client solution / technical requirements and champions resolution of solution / product gaps internally (also towards Product Groups)
- Develop individual skill set and expand product knowledge to maximize value and to deliver quality services to our clients
- Travel to Client sites, conferences, and other related events as required
- Partner with local teams to address Telco customers and partners and their technical network teams
- Guide or contribute to RFP and RFI responses and projects for Telco, NFV, and strategic customers
Qualifications for senior solutions architect
- Understanding of application, server, and network security and government requirements such as FISMA/FedRAMP, HIPAA or CJIS
- Web services development/deployment experience, IT systems and network engineering experience, security and compliance experience, software engineering experience
- Operational experience with website/web services traditional IT operations, management, and security experience
- Deep business understanding of cloud computing as a fundamentally disruptive technical and business strategy
- Bachelor's or master's degree is an advantage
- The successful candidate will ideally have strong experience managing projects and proposal efforts, and working at a high level taking full ownership of solutions
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Senior Solutions Architect Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a senior solutions architect. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for senior solutions architect
- Responsibility for collaborating on and setting cloud vision
- Designing technical architecture for cloud solutions that meet organizational needs for scalability, reliability and performance
- Overseeing the team that will be deploying cloud solutions and technologies across a range of industries and solutions
- Defining, maturing, and championing Global Reference Architecture
- Contributing to company-wide architectures, setting technology environment standards and guidelines, and identifying and creating delivery processes and toolsets
- Researching and assessing new technologies and identifing ways they can support the business, which may not be obvious to others
- Acting as an advisor to senior management and internal clients on advanced technologies and their applications for the business
- Responsibility to teach, coach and develop all IT team members
- Analyze business requirements and lead the architecture, design and implementation of highly scalable and flexible web applications using modern best-of-breed technologies
- Collaborate with business partners, IT leaders, and Implementation teams, vendors and other stakeholders, to find right solutions for solving business problems
Qualifications for senior solutions architect
- Good experience in an operational environment
- This position involves client advisory duties and therefore excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential
- Knowledge and experience in data privacy standards such as encryption, PCI, PI, and PII
- Knowledge of electronic tolling roadside equipment
- Creating Bill of Materials (BOM)
- Experience with various test phases – Factory Acceptance (functional), Integration (on-site), User Acceptance, Parallel (shadow) operations, Go-live, Post go-live support
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Senior Solutions Architect Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of senior solutions architect. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for senior solutions architect
- Work on multiple projects and with multiple teams
- Perform mandatory code reviews before code is checked in
- Work with design team during discovery phase to understand project requirements
- Supply architectural guidance and ensure best practices are being followed
- Assist in scoping projects
- Assist in writing statements of works
- Assist project manager or have light project management duties
- Assist with sales calls/business development
- Collects, generates and analyzes innovative ideas and technologies and are applicable across the enterprise
- Aligns IT strategy and planning with company's business goals
Qualifications for senior solutions architect
- Ideally experienced in security and service management related technology stacks web solutions
- Being a liaison between Customer, Program Management, and Technical Staff
- Excellent interpersonal skills – oral and written
- Comfortable working virtually with geographically scattered teams
- Translation of requirements to specifications
- Definition of solution to meet specifications, using a range of elements, including custom code, commodity components, and COTS products