Solution Architect, Data & Analytics

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The Solution Architect – Data & Analytics will lead the Data engineering, ETL / ELT and BI team in translation of business strategies and requirements into specific technical solutions, data assets, process designs and identify associated functional requirements.  The individual plays an integral role in the solution definition for analytics solutions and / or project deliveries assuming the overall responsibility for all technical aspects of solution delivery, from inception through design to implementation (including all aspects related to development, infrastructure, data and configuration management perspectives).

Additionally, this team has amazing colleagues, supports culture of learning and positive work environment.

Responsibilities :

• Create detailed solution design and reviews across relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment to the overall business needs including architecture overview, detailed solution architecture and documentations necessary the architecture decisions.
• Analyze, document, and optimize the overall solution architecture by developing design principles, models, plans, internal standards, budgets, and processes aligned on industry best practices.
• Provides technical oversight and recommendations on data infrastructure (on-premises and Cloud), Data Engineering and BI tool configuration to project teams.
• Participate in the selection of relevant technologies and products when solicited.
• Present and socialize proposed solutions to technical boards during review sessions as well as articulate and communicate designs to audiences with limited expertise related to the selected technology.
• Support the delivery of the solution by providing insights to the development teams and project managers that plan and execute delivery activities.
• Support implementation processes in association with internal and external development teams, participate in project-related activities and enforces guidelines and standards that production teams use to help guide their work.
• Assume responsibility for the quality of the implemented solution and its adherence to technology strategies, standards and best practices defined by the enterprise architecture team.
• Provide architectural leadership to development teams, and serve as the primary architect resource, and provide technical guidance and leadership to all internal and external teams involved in the implementation process.
• Create solution architecture documents that describe and explain solutions attributes and associated benefits and maintain documentation in collaboration with enterprise architects as well as others solution architects.
• Support the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of solution management methodologies, including obtaining feedback after the solution has been implemented.
• Build standard solution templates for different business use cases.