Future Opportunity - Enterprise Technology Architect

Day-to-day you will:

• Design cloud-based solutions
• Design cloud architecture and complete plans and specifications to develop solutions
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to develop specifications for new cloud-based products/services, applications and solutions
• Drive the roll-out of cloud management platforms, evaluate its performance and implements enhancements
• Design and develop IT architecture (integrated process, applications, data and technology) solutions to business problems in alignment with the enterprise architecture direction and standards
• Develop specifications for new products/services, applications and service offerings
• Assess the compatibility and integration of products/services proposed as standards to ensure an integrated architecture across interdependent technologies
• Provide the work’s technical scope, defining and driving the best solution to meet the technical performance, scalability, flexibility, operations and capability needs of your client
• Oversee and manage a cross-functional development team that designs, develops, and enhances software assets that meet or exceed internal and external (client) expectations, in line with product functionality, cost and delivery schedules
• Coach, mentor, and motivate team members to influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
• Apply knowledge to create an environment that fosters accountability, quality, commitment, growth and innovation and support the sales process as needed
• Recommend changes in development, maintenance and system standards
• Own product line engineering responsibility within a business unit: Own, manage, and communicate engineering metrics; has responsibilities across geographies; manages the cost of engineering across portfolios and capabilities; articulate the quality of the software and what quality improvement measures are in place; measure of responsibility for client satisfaction of the products, and responsible for cost of implementation

Skills and capabilities you posses:

• Develop and enrich the product portfolio of value-added services
• Perform technical planning, architecture development and modification of specifications
• Advanced skills in developing client-based and/or web-based software solutions
• Experience with specific technologies as specified by hiring manager
• Up-to-date knowledge of Microsoft products
• Ability to gain an understanding of customer process and issues, and communicate them back
• Ability to work in teams and individually when needed
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working with global teams on projects
• Experience working with offshore teams to facilitate project work
• Demonstrated excellence in communicating and presenting complex information to technical and non-technical stakeholders, both verbally and in written form
• Advanced skills and experience in application lifecycle management, agile development methods and software planning
• Effective at recruiting talented people, managing and influencing virtual teams, and developing leaders
• Strategic thinker about business issues across product areas and industries
• Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and drive them to completion effectively
• Monitor, mentor, and lead teams to overcome roadblocks and challenges and implement coordination

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• 7+ years of experience working with global teams
• You likely have 7+ years of increasingly diverse or complex experience in a software/product development capacity

• You likely possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS or related field. An equivalent combination of education and experience will also suffice.