Solutions Architect-Market Source

Job Summary:



* The Business Solutions Architect for MarketSource works w/ IS Delivery, IS Strategy and Allegis business partners to build a high-level view of their end-to-end business architecture.

The role is accountable for architecting and designing comprehensive solutions that meet both regional and in-country business needs.

This role is responsible for partnering with key business stakeholders to define strategies and solutions which are aligned with Enterprise Architecture principles and leverage a common solution and services framework. 

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:



* Collaborates with the Delivery Manager, Enterprise Architecture in defining the business architecture, capability framework, metrics, baseline assessments and future-state vision


* Provide technical recommendations and trade-offs which address business needs, timeline, and cost


* Participate in cross-functional, cross-discipline technical teams to enhance/set architectural direction for key business initiatives documentation of systems, architectures, process flows, and value-chains


* Define and document business technology domains via blueprints of the current state, target state, and OpCo/Region roadmaps to guide technology investments


* Drive buy vs.

build decisions based on reviewing products and capabilities within the enterprise as well as leading industry technology partners, products, and technologies


* Reviews technical designs to ensure that they are consistent with defined architecture principles, standards, and best practices


* Conduct formal assessments and vettings for software products and software tools


* Defines and promotes enterprise architecture processes, policies, standards, and procedures to assure compliance with corporate and regulatory policies


* Reviews, aligns, and drives technology plans with enterprise goals, business plans and business processes


* Enable the creation of all conceptual and logical models in the organization


* Accountable for the availability, stability, scalability, security, and recoverability enabled by the designs


* Ensure alignment of initiative solutions designs with the architecture, technology and business strategies


* Manage tradeoffs between speed to market, quality, and financial impact


* Effectively communicate designs/solutions in multiple forums and to various audiences including technology and business executives


* Ability to collaborate with business and technical resources to understand and develop solutions that meet business requirements, translating strategy and objectives when necessary


* Maintenance of the Enterprise Architecture Library and management of the development and maintenance of associated artifacts


* Governs the introduction of new technologies


* Develop standards, patterns, and best practices for reuse and acceleration

Minimum Education and/or Experience:


* Bachelor's degree in ...