Solution Architect
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Atlanta, GA 30383
Posted 8 months ago
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Job Type(s)
Full Time
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Industry
Technology
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Job Description
Solution Architect
Solution Architect
Company Overview:
We are a global leader in Quote to Cash advisory, implementation, and managed services to both mid-market and large enterprise brands seeking increased agility in the everything as-a-service economy.Implementing CRM, Quoting, and Billing systems are the core of what we do and we are the #1 implementation partner for three leading providers of cloud orplatform-basedCPQ and Billing Solutions. We provideunique and differentiated value to our clients, our ISV partners, and our GSI partners, using years of domain expertise, a set of proprietary tools and intellectual property, and arefined set of delivery accelerators.
Position Overview:
The Solution Architect is a senior project leadership role that is critical to the success of our implementations. Solution Architects are often the most senior technical resource on a project team. They are skilled communicators that exhibit strong executive presence and can present and defend different point of views on various technologies to a variety of audiences. Solution Architects take absolute ownership over their work, and strive to deliver the best customer results while scaling members of their own team.
Solution Architectsare responsible for leading the design of the solution, ensuring that the proposed architecture supports the business requirements across all processes. This involves leading discovery sessions with the client to understand their current state processes, helping the client to transform current state processes into future-state business requirements, translating those business requirements into a technical solution, and documenting that solution in the form of deliverables such as the Technical Design Document (TDD), ERD models, ecosystem and integration diagrams, and process flows.
As the project progress into the Build phase, we expect our Solution Architects to continue to hone the detail design of the solution, while mentoring the other project team members that are responsible for building the solution. The Solution Architect must provide timely feedback to team members and promote a culture of collaboration and leadership.
At times, Solution Architects may also participate in the sales process to help scope and estimate complex implementations.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the evaluation of business and technical requirements,driving alignment with best-practices for the solution design and ongoing solution maintenance/management
Translate functional requirements into detailed system design documentation and build tasks, providing a solution that can be implemented by another team member
Provide guidance on functional solution architecture & design, application and integration development best practices, enterprise architecture standards, environment management, and testing
Review and correct project/program direction, approach and key artifacts to keep programs on track and solutions extendable and maintainable going forward
Identify and proactively manage risk areas and commitment to seeing an issue through to complete resolution
Collaborate with the Project Manager to manage scope and customer expectations by negotiating solutions to complex problems with both the customer and third-party partners
Troubleshoot issues and demonstrate ability to drive to successful resolution
Build relationships with business partners, internal and external, and contribute to broader goals and growth beyond the scope of a single customer engagement.
Contribute to the growth of the Services practice by identifying and leading internal strategic initiatives to grow the consulting practice
Mentor, educate, and enrich internal, customer and partner colleagues
Leverage junior teammates to achieve individual as well as team growth goals
Serve as an active contributor to the practice knowledge and resource base
Skills, Experience, and Requirements:
2+ years of experience in a Solution Architect, Functional Architect role
Experience serving as a trusted advisor, driving conversations with internal and external stakeholders
Experience with end-to-end system development lifecycle, preferably with SaaS solutions
Experience with Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid implementation methodologies
Proven ability to analyze, design, and optimize business operations via technical and process-related improvements
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Able to evangelize technical and non-technical best practices at various levels within a large organization
Firm and decisive, able to effectively present and defend point of view to a variety of audiences, and communicate unpopular decisions when necessary