Job Summary:

Own the end-to-end enterprise architecture for key domains or programs, ensuring consistency with enterprise principles, long-term scalability, business mission, business strategy, business processes and IT strategy. Document these using multiple architectural models that show how the current and future needs of an organization will be met in an efficient, sustainable, agile, secure, and adaptable manner. The Senior Manager- Solution Architecture stream, serves as architecture advisor across strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define architecture for complex programs.
• Evaluate vendor proposals and align third-party systems.
• Mentor junior architects and review deliverables.
• Champion governance and compliance.
• Promote reuse, standardization, innovation.
• Represent architecture in strategic planning.
• Enforce and ensure adherence of Enterprise Architecture policies, procedures and processes in the IT landscape, to align and comply with local regulations and organization’s stratigic direction.
• Perform business analysis activities (e.g. requirement gathering, requirement analysis, business requirement specification, functional requirement specification etc.).
• Develop different architectural models based on the current and future needs which align with overall architecture policy and the organization’s strategy.
• Ensure the best architectural models are selected considering the risks, possible short falls to meet organization’s quality standard.
• Drive architecture forum process to develop and review architecture models based on operational, security, infrastructure, scalability, and business strategy inputs.
• Ensure proper impact analysis is done from different system perspectives for all new requirements before development starts.
• Ensure proper effort estimates are done based on the selected architectural models for the new requirements before development starts.
• Execute delivery of the architecture models and impact analysis as per the plan while taking appropriate actions to address the issues and communicate the status to all stakeholders regularly.
• Ensure effective communication with all stakeholders.
• Coordinate and negotiate with vendors/partners, to ensure alignment with initial agreement.
• Provide inputs and participate to support test scenario development and facilitate user acceptance testing (UAT) activities, to ensure that the solutions are developed according to predefined specifications to meet requirements of the different IT projects and programs.
• Support other relevant functions by providing general advice and information on business and technical preconditions and processes, to ensure alignment of project delivery with business requirements.
• Perform other architectural functions for different IT projects, ensuring assigned projects operation readiness, as well as keeping a record of technical documentation to support decision-making, to ensure smooth business operations.
• Take technical ownership of the different IT Systems/Projects and take necessary technical decisions considering technological trends, industry best practices and organizations strategy.
• Ensure proper research is done on the new technology to support current and future needs of the organization.
• Be accountable for other certain works as assigned from immediate superior level.

Education

• Bachelor/Master Degree in Engineering/IT.

Experience

• Overall 12 years of experience out of which 8 years of experience in solution architecture and design.
• Experience in telecom domain is preferred. 
• TOGAF, ArchiMate, or equivalent certifications.

Core Skills

• Expertise in enterprise integration and design patterns.
• Architecture decision-making and risk evaluation.
• Experience with governance and solution assurance.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams.
• Experience in System & Solution Design for enterprise level systems.
• Experience in Deployment Architecture Design for enterprise level systems.
• Experience in database design (reporting solution through MIS, BI, Big Data etc.)
• Excellent in communication.

Behavioral Competencies

• Sees the bigger picture while diving into technical detail; connects business objectives with technical design.
• Builds credibility across technical and non-technical stakeholders. 
• Guides junior architects and technical teams in adopting best practices, tools, and standards.
• Promotes continuous learning and architectural discipline.
• Works cross-functionally to build consensus around architecture approaches.

Key Skillsets (3 - 5 skillsets)

1. Enterprise & Solution Architecture Expertise
2. Governance, Risk & Decision-Making
3. Communication & Stakeholder Engagement