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Technical Architect Job Description

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We’re excited to add a Technical Architect to our team. In this role, you’ll work with a team of customer-focused professionals who are committed to defining technical strategy, architecting, designing, and delivering end-to-end digital transformation. You’ll demonstrate strong technical competence and business acumen by engaging in technology decision-making discussions related to agility and business value surrounding M365 and cloud-based workplace solutions. You’ll empower other consultants by sharing subject matter expertise in large enterprise implementations, as well as overseeing the delivery of large, complex, and strategic projects for enterprise customers.

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Job summary 2

As a Technical Architect, you are responsible for engaging with our largest and most strategic customers to assess and design the technical rollout and launch plan for Slack. You are a key member of the Customer Success services team with a technical background and competencies in development, integration, solution architecture, and security. You will conduct detailed technical discovery workshops, and assess cultural, structural, and business functions with security requirements while translating these findings for a foundational Slack solution built for scale and flexibility. This design will include details on the workspaces, user management, authentication, bots, integrations, and settings & permissions required to ensure there are no technical barriers to user adoption of Slack. You will be responsible for advising on integration implementations, including key production systems from GitHub, Jira, Workday, Google Apps, etc. In addition, you'll be customizing client applications. You love strategically working with clients and in this role, you'll be advising customers on how best to implement Slack APIs and Developer tool kits.

Duties & Responsibilities 2

You facilitate customer-facing workshops with the technical team and develop a technical deployment plan
You ensure flawless integration with other systems and apps, including identity management, eDiscovery, data loss prevention, other SaaS products, and internal systems.
- You assist in the secure setup of the customer's Slack environment based on IT, governance, and technical requirements.
- You remove technical roadblocks for organization-wide software distribution
- You present detailed technical information and benefits of the Slack platform to a wide array of customers, including a line of business managers, developers, technical architects, and executives.

Requirements & Skills 2

You possess outstanding written and verbal communications skills, with the ability to go a mile deep with technical customer resources or to explain the most basic capabilities to a business user.
You have excellent presentation skills for presenting both business-oriented solutions and advanced technical concepts.
You have experience leading and crafting technical projects, engaging with, and motivating change across multiple levels of IT executives and organizations.
You have experience working directly with Sales and Success teams, Consultants, and System Integrators.
You have a bachelor's degree required in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Business.
- You have at least 8+ years of previous development, consulting, professional services, or sales engineering experience.
- Hands-on proficiency with at least one object-oriented programming language such as Java, Javascript, Node.js, or Python.
- Hands-on proficiency with data exchanges and API's.

Job summary 3

The Technical Architect is responsible for providing expert guidance to all levels as well as to teams across disciplines and applications. This position provides an increased level of oversight for a diverse array of complex projects falling underneath lead developers. The ideal candidate will have specialized knowledge and experience in Android and/or iOS platforms and possess a proven awareness of instructional strategies for mobile development. This position requires strong leadership and an ability to bring structure to complex problems across multiple platforms. The most successful individual in this position will be one who can influence team execution across multiple platforms, and functions.

Duties & Responsibilities 3

Builds mobile architectural models that are replicable and sustainable and defines the architectural direction for project teams.
Follow our Apps Style and Coding Guidelines. Review code for your peers.
- Work with a team of engineers, designers, QA, and project management to produce high-quality projects for large brands that you know and use.
- Oversee the work of technology leads/or application development processes to support clients.
- Collaborate and meet with the team to review the status, and identify potential blockers.

Requirements & Skills 3

Minimum of 6 years of experience in Mobile Architecture experience in either iOS and/or Android.
Deep experience in back-end architecture.
Experience providing direction to lead developers.
Able to advocate for the scope of work and resource needs.
- Able to provide direction and troubleshoot projects.
- Self-motivated and detail-oriented work ethic with a willingness to challenge assumptions and shift gears.
- Must be able to understand the Activity lifecycle and know what the various states require a developer to do.

Job summary 4

The Technical Architect plays an extremely important role in the delivery of design and will be the lead technical resource for multiple studios. These leaders must become well-versed in the Company design culture, Gensler CAD/Revit platforms, Company specifications, Company production & construction administration standards, and the Company contracts & project management standards. The Technical Architect will be responsible for the guidance, maturation, and development of staff members, as well as the proper deployment of staff to ensure the makeup of each project team suits each project's specific needs and requirements.

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The Technical Architect within the Reference Architecture team creates solutions to streamline delivery, improve quality and reduce costs of support for our applications. When we do our job correctly, we make it easier to deliver high-quality applications to our guests and cast members. It would help if you were confident in designing and engineering your solutions to problems knowing there is more than one way to solve a problem and working through which path will be leveraged on your projects. We are looking for people who are engineers at heart. Willingness to learn new technologies and help improve our organization is essential for success on this team because one day you could be working on a deployment pipeline, next might be implementing a containerized build system and then end up triaging an automation issue in production.

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Requirements & Skills 5

5+ years of relevant experience
Continue Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) practices
Experience with technology in multiple areas including Build & Deploy, Application Delivery, Infrastructure, Cloud, Automation, Testing
Experience/Familiarity with some technologies used by our teams: Angular.js, Node.js, Spring Framework, Docker, Ansible, Chef, OpenStack, Apache CXF, Restify, AppDynamics, F5, HA Proxy, AWS Services, Terraform, Jenkins, Nexus, Maven, Gradle, NPM
Specific Languages: Javascript, CSS, HTML, Java, Ruby, Bash, Objective-C, Swift, Python
Very hands-on and deep understanding of the code and coding practices
- You should have a general understanding of how the internet works
- Experience with architecting highly scalable and highly available systems
- Experience with emerging technology trends

Job summary 6

The Technical Architect works within the Professional Services organization at the Company. This position will serve in a technical consulting capacity to understand customer business requirements, turn them into technical requirements and apply them to the application to ensure customers’ success. The software is delivered in a cloud-based, on-demand environment and the candidate will work directly with global customers to deliver complex, global supply chain solutions.

Duties & Responsibilities 6

Utilize a consultative approach in working with customer's technical teams to gather and understand customer requirements clearly and accurately, understand the overall vision of the project, and collaborate closely with the Solution Architect and Implementation Consultant in building solution designs
Develops technical design specifications
Acts resourcefully when trying to understand and resolve an issue
- Works closely with and builds positive relationships with customer project teams
- Effectively communicates a variety of information (e.g., technical details, status updates, obstacles and challenges being faced, strategies for resolving issues, reporting and interpretation of data) in a way that the customer understands and finds meaningful
- Responsible for collaborating regularly with global, multicultural teams both within Infor and with the customer

Requirements & Skills 6

5 or more years of experience in a related field or position
Experience coding in JAVA and Javascript
Familiarity with REST APIs
Ability to effectively troubleshoot technical issues, analyze complex problems, and formulate alternative approaches
- Effective written and verbal communication skills; ability to prepare and deliver oral presentations
- Ability to present business process flows and technical applications
- Comfortable working on multiple projects and tasks simultaneously, excellent attention to detail

Job summary 7

As a Technical Architect, you will help customers realize their business goals and guide them on the most effective solutions for on-premise, cloud, and hybrid integration, and API management.

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Participate in Technical Product and Consulting Services training, methodology, and enablement
Begin participation in field activities with clients by shadowing Senior Architects and practicing enablement gained from training
Begin Mulesoft implementations for customers and start on your journey to internalize business outcomes and business context relevance to MuleSoft implementation methodologies and approaches
- Complete MuleSoft technical certifications and fully ramp on technology and implementation methodologies; start to develop and contribute domain expertise and project deliverables to internal knowledge exchange
- Begin mentorship and guidance of junior Services team members and help to build out our services organization
- Continue to lead technical teams through multi-phased delivery projects and provide hands-on delivery guidance to influence standards for development, governance, and operational life cycle

Requirements & Skills 7

Six to ten years of proven track record leading integration teams and architecting solutions
Solid understanding of on-premise/cloud-based infrastructures, SDLC pipelines, and deployments/configurations and definition/evangelism of best practices/standards
Demonstrated ability to effectively architect solutions within a diverse technical team of clients, SIs, contractors, and internal teams
Experience leading technical teams and mentoring junior-level resources, consultants, and clients while leading internal initiatives to grow Services organization practices
Demonstrated experience with High-Availability, Fault-Tolerance, Performance Testing, and Tuning parameters on multiple engagements
- Demonstrated expertise in architecting, implementing, and supporting enterprise-grade technical solutions meeting complex business requirements while promoting integration methodologies and supporting business case justification to C-level executives
- Experience driving technical workshops with technical and business clients to acquire effective services and implementations
- Ability to travel up to 75% of the time (varies depending on customer needs, focused within region

Job summary 8

The Technical Architect will lead complex solution design evaluations and analyses of technical applications and services across multiple disciplines/functions. and will lead teams with a focus on policy and strategy implementation and control rather than development; short-term operational / department-level tactical responsibilities. The Technical Architect will recommend alterations and enhancements to improve the quality of applications and/or procedures and interface with business, industry groups, and customer references. In addition, the Technical Architect will provide architectural guidance on all technology strategy matters and collaborate with other technical teams in the exchange and transfer of technical knowledge. Participate in the development and evolution of architecture standards, guidelines, reference architectures, and the IT Technology Roadmap.

Duties & Responsibilities 8

Provides expert consultation in one or more areas for the design, development, and implementation of technical products and systems.
Set technology direction and establish standards for the organization
Lead technical problem resolution on highly complex or First of a Kind (FOAK) issues.
- Interface with business, industry groups, and customer references.
- Support knowledge transfer activities.
- Provides leadership for the resolution of highly complex problems.

Requirements & Skills 8

Bachelor's degree in IT, related technical discipline, or equivalent
- Minimum 10 years of IT-specific work experience.
- Professional Level Certification in the technical area of competency (CCNP, MCSA, MCSD, CISSP, etc.) or equivalent IT-specific work experience.
- Recognized as a technical expert and resource. Demonstrates expertise in a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Takes responsibility for technical leadership of projects. Possess expert knowledge in a specialized area.

Job summary 9

As a Technical Architect, you’ll work as part of a team to deliver innovative, cost-effective, and efficient IT products.

Duties & Responsibilities 9

Primary responsibility includes but is not limited to, designing the technical architect for a technology system, overseeing the implementation of programs, and liaising with the software development team.
Should have extensive knowledge of enterprise networking systems, and advanced problem-solving skills.
Understanding technical requirements by attending client meetings and developer brainstorming sessions.
Understanding of Service Oriented Architecture, serverless, containerization, and Microservices.
You will be the primary owner of the architecture of your product and will also be responsible for getting it reviewed and making sure the system is built accordingly.
- Maintain coding standards and do audits.
- Being accountable for designing solutions for scale, performance, quality, and security.
- Help identify, recruit and grow technical talent.

Requirements & Skills 9

Technical background and experience with building technology platforms for scale
Understanding of any one of the cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, or Google)
Prior experience with designing and developing technical solutions.
Ability to write specification, design, development, and debugging of scale and high-performance service-based web applications and frameworks
Understanding of tools that help in documenting technical designs using flow charts, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, data flow diagrams, database schemas, and +descriptive software component documentation
- Experience working closely with the implementation teams of the various product lines to ensure that architectural standards and best practices are being followed consistently
- Ability to contribute to tools that help increase developer productivity through automation
- Ability to manage Stakeholder expectations with the ability to gain others' support for ideas, proposals, projects, and solutions

Job summary 10

We're looking for a Technical Architect to join our team! You will act as the technical lead across several Release Trains and Scrum Teams. As a key member of the architecture team, you will work with Engineering Leads and Architects for each Release Train to guide the engineering teams in the development of new services, as well as the migration of existing ones to cloud-native technologies. The right individual has strong hands-on technical skills and can influence the larger community of architects and software engineers to align everyone to a shared technology direction and strategy while enabling implementation teams to make local decisions.

Duties & Responsibilities 10

Guide engineers and technical architects regarding technology solutions and methodologies.
Assist with the development of frameworks, standards, policies, principles, and procedures that guide technology decisions.
Oversees architecture reviews and drive architecture qualities including Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Operational Excellence.
Champion architectural best practices, standards, and consistency across the organization.
- Identify the required architectural runway in support of upcoming business features and capabilities. Work with product and engineering counterparts to ensure it is prioritized and delivered.
- Frame technical and architectural alternatives in business terms, clearly articulating both business and technical implications of various options.
- Champion sound architectural solutions and effectively advocate for them at all levels of the organization.

Requirements & Skills 10

5+ years of experience as a technical architect or principal engineer.
10+ years of experience in the full development life cycle and in delivering web applications and services in a production environment.
Experience building software with an API-first approach using serverless technologies, containers, distributed architectures, and continuous delivery pipelines.
3+ years experience with AWS Cloud-Native architectures.
Strong knowledge of software engineering and proficiency in various technologies such as SQL, NoSQL, Node.js, Java, React, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Exemplary consulting skills. Outstanding verbal, written, presentation, facilitation, and interaction skills, including the ability to effectively communicate architectural issues and concepts to multiple organizational levels.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management of Information Systems, or related field, OR equivalent work experience
- Automotive industry experience is a plus.

Frequently asked questions

What are the duties of a technical architect?

The duties of a technical architect may vary depending on the organization and industry, but generally, a technical architect is responsible for designing and implementing technical solutions that meet business needs. Some of the key duties of a technical architect may include:

Assessing and analyzing business requirements to identify technical solutions

Designing technical architecture and solutions to support business needs

Developing and implementing IT strategies and solutions

Evaluating and selecting appropriate technology solutions and vendors

Providing guidance and leadership to development teams

Collaborating with business stakeholders, developers, and project managers to ensure successful project delivery

Managing and maintaining technical documentation and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

What skills do you need to be a technical architect?

The skills required for a successful technical architect may include:

Strong technical knowledge and experience in relevant technologies and systems

Analytical and problem-solving skills to identify technical issues and develop solutions

Communication and interpersonal skills to interact with business stakeholders, developers, and other IT staff

Leadership and project management skills to manage teams and ensure successful project delivery

Knowledge of industry standards and regulations related to technical architecture

Ability to assess business needs and develop technical solutions that meet those needs

Attention to detail and accuracy in developing technical documentation

Continuous learning and adaptability to keep up with changing technology trends and advancements.

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