Solutions Architect - AWS - Bloomfield, CT or Plano, TX

Solutions Architect - AWS

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Onsite work required at least 2 days per week in Bloomfield, CT OR Plano TX

Duties :

• Ensure that IT solutions align to defined business strategies and use influence to ensure execution meets long term objectives, architecture runway, and market needs.
• Manage the relationship with IT, Business and Operations partners at all levels, within all the organizations.
• Operate within an economic framework when analyzing the impact of design decisions.
• Work with customers, stakeholders, and suppliers to establish high-level solution intent, and the solution intent information models and documentation requirements.
• Participate in planning, definition, and high-level design of the solution and exploration of solution alternatives.
• Review end to end design by delivery team and provide guidance with accountability.
• Provide reference implementation on new solution, patterns and technology products.
• Ensure high quality solution with best security measures and cost, performance and operational efficiency in mind.
• Participate in Solution Demos, often demonstrating the capabilities that their Release Trains have contributed to the overall solution.
• Align technology approaches across Release Trains.
• Foster communication and collaboration between Agile teams within the Release Train and all appropriate stakeholders.

Skills :

• Key Leadership skills including : honesty, integrity, inspire others, commitment, passion, decision making, empathy, delegation and empowerment.
• Listen and influence teams in problem identification / decision making.
• Create an environment of mutual influence.
• Effective Communication Skills : Written, Verbal, Presentation.
• Coaching & Feedback.
• Facilitation.
• Ability to think critically to solve complex problems and guide the team to successful outcomes.
• Ability to drive change through influencing.
• Ability to collaborate to drive outcomes.
• Business Acumen.
• Ability to think beyond day to day activities.
• Process / Continuous Improvement.

Minimum Requirements :

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related degree required.
• Strong technical background with a core competency in software development and architecture is desired.
• Overall 10+ years of experience related to IT delivery or software development.
• 5+ years of experience in technical / solution IT architecture.
• AWS Certified Solution Architect preferred.
• Broad knowledge of current technology trends and design patterns.
• Proven experience in building strong partnerships with key stakeholders, including senior level executive sponsors.
• Experience in defining strategic roadmaps and establishing priorities, with experience in managing competing needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Executive presence, communication skills.
• Ability to influence leaders, drive change and transformation while working across all levels of the organization.
• Strong Knowledge of Agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, utilizing CA Agile Central / Rally or a similar tool.
• Hands on experience with Agile techniques : User Stories, Features, Capabilities and Epics development and refinement, Continuous Integration, Behavior Driven Development (BDD) test automation framework, Continuous Deployments, Regression Testing, Pair Programming, Burn Down Metrics, Velocity, etc.
• Hands on experience with software development processes and procedures to understand team needs includes fundamentals of iterative and incremental development.
• Solid conceptual understanding of technology components, DevOps tools and practices.

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