Solutions Architect

Design and lead the implementation of a solutions architecture

across a group of specific business applications or technologies

based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities and

business requirements.

2. Manage and develop the architecture for a broader scope of

projects, working closely with application architects that manage and

design architecture for a single project or initiative.

3. Provide consulting support to project teams to ensure the project is

aligned with the overall enterprise architecture.

4. Understand technology trends and the practical application of

existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and

evolving business and operating models.

5. Understand, advocate and augment the principles of information

technology strategies.

6. Analyze the business-IT environment (run, grow and transform the

business) to detect critical deficiencies, and recommend solutions for

improvement (systems of record, differentiation and innovation).

7. Analyze the technology industry, competitors and market trends, and

determine their potential impact on the enterprise.

8. Define the principles, guidelines, standards and solution patterns to

ensure solution decisions are aligned with the enterprise's futurestate architecture vision.

9. Design and direct the governance activities associated with ensuring

solutions architecture assurance and compliance.

10. Develop a roadmap for the evolution of the enterprise application

portfolio from future to current state (as defined by the solutions

architecture).

11. Facilitate the evaluation and selection of software product standards

and services, as well as the design of standard and custom software

configurations.

12. Consult with application and infrastructure development projects to fit

systems or infrastructure to architecture, and identify when it is

necessary to modify projects to accommodate the solutions

architecture.

13. Identify the organizational impact (for example, on skills, processes,

structures or culture) and financial impact of the solutions

architecture.

14. Document all solution architecture design and analysis work.

15. Work closely with the program management office (PMO) or project

management office to ensure the execution of plans corresponds

with what is being promised.