Senior Data Solution Architect

Role: Sr. Data Solution Architect Job type: C2C/Full time Location: Hybrid (3 days per week at Knoxville, TN) WHAT YOU WILL GET TO DO Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into architecture design. Set up, lead and facilitate conversations to perform discovery of technology and challenges. Document identified gaps and present to key stakeholders. Determine what requirements are needed to solve the business outcome and resolve gaps. Store and distribute gap analysis and findings associated with a technical solution. Guide and mentor Solutions Architects in performing discovery activities and documenting findings. Articulate solution requirements within an architecture diagram that is delivered to the organization’s enterprise architecture diagram standards. Take given requirements and document the business problem to solve and outcome to realize. Leverage a diagramming tool (i.e. Visio, Lucid) to compose a architecture diagram that complies to IT enterprise architecture standards. Derive within the architecture design the details around what falls into a business, data, network and security flows. Document and understand the disaster recovery requirements, including DR Tiers, Recovery Point Objectives, Recovery Time Objectives, Hosting Regions, Hosting Environments, and Hosting Strategy. Utilize advanced design methodologies and frameworks to address complex architectural changes. Present architecture designs to stakeholders for alignment and to the architecture review board for approval. Present the architecture design to IT and business stakeholders to align the business outcome and technical solution. Submit request (i.e. Jira) present to the architecture review board to gain cross-departmental approval of the technical solution. Genericize architecture designs to reference architecture and design patterns for continued reusability in enterprise architecture repository (i.e. Confluence and SharePoint). Present to the IT leadership team for any escalations. Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to executive-level stakeholders. Stay close to the teams on an ongoing basis to iterate architecture designs to be current, minimizing drift. Attend ongoing team meetings to stay in the know of any architecture changes that are needed. Streamline architecture updates and iterate the changes through the architecture review process. Support strategic planning and to determine the technical roadmap for technology solutions. Lead the development and execution of long-term technical roadmaps. Model behaviors that support the company’s common purpose; ensure guests and team members are supported at the highest level. Ensure all activities are in compliance with rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TEAM Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, or related field experience required. Proven experience of at least 5+ as a solutions architect or equivalent experience required. Required familiarity with design tools (e.g., Visio, Lucid,& draw.io ), Visio preferred. Proven experience in performing requirements discovery, gap analysis and presenting architectural designs. Effective communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders. Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities. Familiarity with cloud platforms is required; AWS is required, Azure is preferred. Familiarity with integrations platforms is required; Mulesoft is strongly preferred. Familiarity with data platforms is preferred but not required; Databricks is strongly preferred. Competencies Technical capability – possess a strong understanding of technology and modern architecture concepts (e.g., serverless compute, service-oriented architecture, infrastructure elasticity and scalability). Problem solving – possess the ability to gather and articulate the business challenge to be solved, as well as the solution statement that supports solving it. Communication – drive proactive, interpersonal communication skills are a must have to be effective in the hybrid work culture. Projects Management – possess the ability to manage 3-5 ongoing architecture projects alongside any operational work required. Continuous Learning – keeping updated with the latest industry trends and technology advancements. Mentorship – work to deliver thought leadership to other architects and share lessons learned and improvement feedback. Required location: Knoxville, TN area and required to be onsite 3 days per week at client location. Remote About the Company: Virtualan Software, LLC Apply tot his job Apply tot his job Apply tot his job

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